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A Sony entertainment spinoff would provide opening for CBS
New York hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb wants Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. to spin off its Culver City entertainment business. CBS Corp. might like that, too. Loeb, whose Third Point funds own more than $1 billion in Sony stock, sent a letter...
Tags: Sumner Redstone, Services and Shopping, Satellite and Cable Service, Television Networks, Community (tv program)
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Rupert Murdoch warns about Facebook, sees echo of 'crappy' Myspace
Today marks the one-year anniversary of Facebook's initial public offering, a milestone that often prompts reflection and introspection. And in the case of Rupert Murdoch, the occasion provided an opportunity for a nanny-nanny-nah-nah tweet: "Look out...
Tags: Media Industry, Computer Networking and Internet, Social Media, Rupert Murdoch, MySpace
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Less dancing at ABC! Viacom jumps gun in upfront ad race.
After the coffee. Before the CBS and TNT upfronts. Jealous yet? The Skinny: It feels like I've been here a week. Oh wait, I have been here a week! By the time most of you read this, I'll have already been to two upfront events and in desperate need of a...
Tags: Fox Sports (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service, Scandal (tv program), Marketing, Sony Corp.
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'Gatsby' does great. Upfront week! Bruce Rosenblum on way out.
After the coffee. Before getting through two upfronts in one day. The Skinny: It's a beautiful day here in New York. Too bad I'll spend it indoors at the NBC and Fox upfronts, and then running in and out of Starbucks to steal their Wi-Fi to file blog...
Tags: Revolution (movie), Iron Man (movie), TLC (tv network), The Tonight Show (tv program), The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013)
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John McCain introduces Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013
Calling the business practices of the television industry an "injustice being inflicted on the American people," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) introduced legislation Thursday he said will give consumers more choice and control over their pay-TV services....
Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Media Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, Consumers
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McCain is prepping legislation to overhaul pay-TV business
The maverick wants to cook the TV industry's golden goose. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is preparing to introduce legislation perhaps as early as Thursday that would dramatically overhaul the television business and will probably be met with strong...
Tags: Media Industry, Cablevision Systems Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., Satellite and Cable Service, Consumers
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Give cable TV subscribers more freedom of choice
President Obama has nominated venture capitalist Tom Wheeler, a former lobbyist for the cable and the wireless industries, to serve as head of the Federal Communications Commission. "Tom knows this stuff inside and out," Obama said. If that's true, I...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, PBS (tv network), Barack Obama, Fox Broadcasting Company
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Economists predict modest growth in advertising spending
Economists are forecasting slow growth in advertising spending for the remainder of 2013 amid encouraging signs from the U.S. labor market. Media companies are doing their best to grab a bigger slice of the pie. This week, Wall Street cheered Viacom...
Tags: Media Industry, Television Networks, Television, Summer Olympics, Advertising
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Chinese Theatre closes for renovations
Hollywood's best-known theater is going dark for several months. The former Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood shut down this week for several months of renovations and a digital face lift. The storied theater held its final movie showing last...
Tags: Sid Grauman, Arts and Culture, Travel, Arrested Development (tv program) , Netflix Inc.
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Wheeler rolling to FCC. DreamWorks Animation eyes AwesomenessTV
After the coffee. Before a long morning of earnings calls. The Skinny: I got through the season finale of "The Following" last night. It wasn't easy. Fortunately, afterward I watched the premiere of Comedy Central's "Inside Amy," which was a tad...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Ashton Kutcher, Sundance Channel (tv network), AMC (tv network)
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Weak Paramount slate contributes to Viacom's 18% drop in profit
Paramount Pictures turned in another disappointing performance, contributing to an 18% drop in quarterly earnings for parent company Viacom Inc., the media conglomerate reported Wednesday. The Melrose Avenue movie studio suffered from the DVD blues...
Tags: Media Industry, Black Entertainment Television (tv network), G.I. Joe: Retaliation (movie), Television, Star Trek into Darkness (movie)
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Netflix push into original fare may be bad news for Hollywood
The desire of Netflix to acquire more original programming such as the political drama "House of Cards" could mean bad news for Hollywood, which has come to count on the company as a good customer and a steady source of revenue. Netflix Chief...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Television, Netflix Inc., House of Cards (tv program), Entertainment
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