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Liquor Advertising Floods Television After Decades-Long Dry Spell

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 05.24.2012

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Already a fast-track brand, Skinnygirl Cocktails turned to an old ad platform for a pick-me-up. The company, founded by reality show star Bethenny ...

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Tribune Broadcasting: No Deal Reached With DirecTV

AP | Posted 04.02.2012

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NEW YORK (AP) — DirecTV Inc. subscribers in 19 U.S. markets have lost access to certain programming, after Tribune Broadcasting said it failed to re...

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GOP Lawmaker Blasts History Channel For Lack Of History

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: History, Television, Video, Twitter, Chuck Grassley, Social Networking, Cable Television, History Channel, Customer Service, Chuck Grassley History Channel, Politics News

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), has been a bit despondent lately -- not about the economy or the war in Afghanistan, but about the lack of history on th...

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Comcast Almost Manages To Stop Decline In Cable Subscriptions

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 04.16.2012

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NEW YORK (AP) — It's become the routine in the cable industry that subscribers stream out the door every quarter, hanging up on cable in favor of se...

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Disney, Comcast Reach Deal

AP | Posted 03.05.2012

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday that it reached a long-term agreement with the nation's largest TV signal provider, Comcast Co...

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Time Warner Subscribers Could Miss Out On 15 Knick Games

AP | Posted 01.03.2012

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NEW YORK -- MSG sports channels are still missing from Time Warner Cable in New York. Both MSG and the cable company say no more talks are planned. T...

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Kim Kardashian Divorce: The Irrelevant News That Ruined My Halloween

Millie Kerr | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Cable Television, Reality TV, Entertainment News, Kim Kardashian, Breaking Entertainment News, Kris Humphries, Entertainment News

It should have been a joyous day, one filled with pumpkins, trick-or-treating, candy-induced food comas and epic costumes, but I was busy grumbling ab...

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'America's Most Wanted' Moves To Lifetime

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 11.07.2011

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NEW YORK — Just weeks after Fox dropped "America's Most Wanted" after more than two decades, its creator-host, John Walsh, has a new home for th...

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VMAs Get Biggest Ratings Ever

AP | Posted 10.30.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Between Beyonce's baby bump and Lady Gaga dressed in drag, the Video Music Awards brought MTV its biggest audience since the netwo...

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USA Network Trounces Rivals

Adweek | September 28 2010 | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Cable Television, USA Network Ratings, Television, Cable Ratings, USA Network, USA, Television Ratings, USA Ratings, Media News

Rival cable channels cannot conquer USA Network, they can only hope to contain it. With less than a week to go before the sun sets on another summe...

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Power to the People Works When People Claim the Power

Rev. Barbara Kaufmann | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Future of Journalism, Journalists, Mainstream Media, Television, Social Media, Television Ratings, Rupert Murdoch, Cable Television, Murdoch, Media, Media Bias, Journalism, Tabloid Journalism, Legal, Commentary, Media News

Does the media have responsibilities? When people are in positions of power or influence over others, is there an inherent obligation to tell the truth?

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'Conan' In Trouble?

Posted 10.18.2011

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TBS is doubling down on its investment in "Conan" since the ratings for Conan O'Brien's late night show have failed to deliver, according to the Wall ...

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'Men Of A Certain Age' Canceled

AP | Posted 09.15.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- TNT says it's canceled Ray Romano's award-winning series "Men of a Certain Age" after two seasons. Calling it a "difficult decision," ...

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Netflix Price Hike: Rage vs. Reward

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 09.12.2011

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With the announcement on Tuesday that Netflix would raise its subscription prices -- separating its DVD and streaming services into two separate plans...

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Breaking Bad: The Best Dramatic Show on TV Begins Another Season

Richard B. Woodward | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Cable Television, Breaking Bad, War on Drugs, Aaron Paul, Bryan Cranston, TV Shows, Abc, Entertainment News

One of many reasons to watch this ultra-dark and gripping series is that the characters face murky ethical quandaries all the time. How one unlawful action inevitably leads to another is at the heart of the show.

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The Naked Nielsens

Marty Kaplan | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Television, Advertising, Television Ratings, Nielson Ratings, Cable Television, Cable Tv, Tv Industry, Tv, Cbs, TV Advertising, Media News

How would you react if you found out that the basis of your business model was bogus? That's the nightmare that the television industry is finally waking up to, and I bet that online media won't be far behind.

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Comedy Central Going Strong At 20

nytimes.com | Posted 06.11.2011

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Comedy Central, which turned 20 years old on April Fool's Day, has arguably never been more relevant. The late-night tag team of Jon Stewart and Steph...

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ABC Family Soars On The Back Of Original Dramas

nytimes.com | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Michael G. Riley, the new president of ABC Family, comes across as a bit nervous these days, cut him some slack. Only seven months ago he was worki...

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Mean Girls and Media: The Teenage Fists of Feminism

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oxygen Network, The Bad Girls Club, Snooki, New York Times, Cable Television, Teenage Girls, Jersey Shore, Feminism, Jerry Springer, Media News

Feminism is ultimately about the freedom to chose and compete and be who you are -- also to tumble into the slime pit of excess. As cable television has learned, there's money in the mire -- lots of it.

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Oprah Winfrey Breaks Through Another Barrier

Mike Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Oprah has set herself apart from anyone we've ever known in the history of television media but who would've thought she would venture alone into a world where no Black media owner has ever trod: cable television?

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TV is NOT DEAD!

Greg Selkoe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some of you know I am launching a youth oriented entertainment cable network in 2011...Karmaloop TV http://www.Karmalooptv.com. I thought you might l...

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Olbermann Worries About Beck's Sanity: 'Is He OK?'

Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keith Olbermann claimed he was worried about Glenn Beck's sanity after Beck said that he wanted to let "the spirit" speak through him at his "Restorin...

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Shep Smith: How Katrina Changed Me

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — His time reporting in front of a camera isn't the first thing Shepard Smith thinks about when he recalls Hurricane Katrina. Instead, ...

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POLL: Is Cable Dead?

Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the rise of Hulu, Netflix and other Internet streaming services, some are wondering: is cable television dying? Probably not, according to the N...

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SUMNER WINS! MTV Moving Forward With Sexy Girl-Band Show

hollywoodreporter.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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MTV has confirmed to THR that a reality show about an aspiring raunchy girl band favored by the boss, Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone, remains in deve...

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