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  • CBS wins November TV sweeps; Fox scores big gains

    Reuters – 1 hr 24 mins ago  

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - CBS claimed victory on Tuesday in the key November television sweeps period, but Fox said it was the only broadcast network to show year-on-year gains in both total viewers and the 18-49 year-old age group coveted by advertisers. Full Story »

  • Charles Gibson to leave "World News" December 18

    Reuters – Tue Dec 1, 5:45 pm ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Newscast anchor Charles Gibson will sign off from "World News" on December 18, the show's executive producer Jon Banner wrote on the "World Newser" blog Tuesday. Full Story »

  • ESPN to launch L.A. website December 21

    Reuters – Tue Dec 1, 5:41 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sports media company ESPN will roll out a local website for Los Angeles on December 21, with sites for New York and other cities to follow, as it looks to boost revenue from regional advertising sales, its top executive said on Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Gannett to furlough workers, USA Today cuts staff

    Reuters – Tue Dec 1, 5:37 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gannett Co Inc, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, will furlough workers in its U.S. local newspaper division to save money as advertising revenue declines. Full Story »

  • Time Warner Cable no interest in buying cable TV network

    Reuters – Tue Dec 1, 4:33 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Cable Inc is eyeing a range of ways to use its cash, from buying cable systems to paying dividends and repurchasing stock, but it has no interest in buying a cable TV network, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Regal cinema group sees "Avatar" making over $250 million

    Reuters – Tue Dec 1, 4:27 pm ET  
    Visitors wear 3D glasses as they watch a preview of the upcoming... Reuters

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The highly anticipated 3-D movie "Avatar" could make more than $250 million in the U.S. and Canada, and draw new audiences to 3-D films, Regal Entertainment Group's chief executive said on Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Michael Jackson bumps Britney Spears from top Yahoo '09 searches

    Reuters – Tue Dec 1, 12:26 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's death thrust the singer to the top of yahoo.com Internet searches in 2009, putting an end to Britney Spears' four-year reign and helping bump President Barack Obama from the top 10 list. Full Story »

  • Lawsuit over Time Warner-AOL merger dismissed

    Reuters – Mon Nov 30, 10:09 pm ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The last in a wave of hundreds of shareholder lawsuits over the 2001 AOL-Time Warner merger was dismissed on Monday by a New York judge who found the claim was filed too late and failed to link investor losses to statements made by AOL's auditor, Ernst & Young. Full Story »

  • GE, Vivendi agree to value NBCU stake at $5.8 billion

    Reuters – Mon Nov 30, 7:51 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co and Vivendi SA have agreed in principle to value the French company's 20 percent stake in NBC Universal at $5.8 billion, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday, paving the way for Comcast's proposed deal with GE. Full Story »

  • Sirius XM CEO says holiday sales on target

    Reuters – Mon Nov 30, 3:37 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Holiday sales of Sirius XM Radio's satellite radio players are so far matching expectations, helped in part by an advertising blitz featuring footage of Elvis Presley and Michael Jordan. Full Story »

  • Prime-Time Metered Market Tuesday Ratings: ABC and CBS Tie for Leadership

    Mediaweek.com – Wed Nov 25, 6:03 pm ET  

    -Yesterday's Winners: NCIS (CBS), Dancing With the Stars (ABC), NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS), The Good Wife (CBS) Full Story »

  • Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf

    AP – Sun Nov 22, 7:42 am ET  

    LONDON - An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England. Full Story »

  • National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of November 16, 2009

    Mediaweek.com – Wed Nov 25, 6:03 pm ET  

    Excluding adults 18-49 (which was a tie between ABC and Fox), CBS swept the week of Nov. 16, with a first-place finish in households, total viewers, adults 18-49 (tied with ABC) and adults 25-54. Comparably, CBS has now ranked first in total viewers for eight of the last nine weeks. ABC, which like CBS was consistent from the year-ago week, finished one notch below CBS in the aforementioned four categories. Full Story »

  • 2 sites selling Beatles songs to remain shut down

    AP – Thu Nov 19, 12:51 am ET  

    LOS ANGELES - Two Web sites that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents apiece should remain shut down indefinitely, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Full Story »

  • Ratings Box: What's Hot/What's Not

    Mediaweek.com – Wed Nov 25, 6:03 pm ET  

    The season-finale of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, featuring the cast of Seinfeld, averaged 1.33 million viewers on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 9 p.m. ET -- it most-watched finale in over five years. Comparably, that built from the prior season ender (1.07 million on Nov. 11, 2007) by 260,000 viewers. The repeat at 10 p.m. was watched by an additional 716,000 viewers. Full Story »

  • Broadcast pioneer NBC prepares for cable takeover

    AP – Sun Nov 15, 1:26 am ET  
    FILE - In this Oct. 11, 1976 file photo, NBC's 'Today' show host... AP

    NEW YORK - Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's decline. Full Story »

  • TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest

    Mediaweek.com – Wed Nov 25, 6:03 pm ET  

    In support of upcoming holiday movie Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe, ABC Family will attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of Santa's elves together in one place. The event will take place at ABC Family's World Record Elf Party at New York's The Pond at Bryant Park on Monday, Dec. 7 from 12-2 p.m. ET, where Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe stars Jenny McCarthy and Dean McDermott will be on hand to help gather over 250 elves to set the new world record. Guinness World Records will hand out elf costumes to adults and children onsite at the event. ... Full Story »

  • Prime-Time Metered Market Monday Ratings: ABC Dances to Victory, Leadership Up For Grabs Among Adults 18-49

    Mediaweek.com – Tue Nov 24, 8:12 pm ET  

    -Yesterday's Winners: Dancing With the Stars (ABC), House (Fox), Two and a Half Men (CBS), The Big Bang Theory (CBS), Find My Family (ABC), CSI: Miami (CBS) Full Story »

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