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Whose Brand Is It, Anyway?

Liz Ryan | Posted 05.07.2013 | Business
Read More: Brand Control, Linkedin, Personal Brand, LinkedIn Crackdown, Canary in the Coal Mine, Brand, Whose Brand Is It, DISH Network, Brand Power, Liz Ryan, Personal Branding, Advice, Control, Human Workplace, Social Media, Online Persona, Identity, Glassdoor, Business News
Liz Ryan

"So anyway, that was my old company's policy," said the breathless guy on the phone, whose name turned out to be Phil. "They used to tell us that we c...

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There's Something Crazy in the Air

Mike Montgomery | Posted 04.25.2013 | Technology
Read More: T-Mobile, Technology, Fcc, Metropcs, Softbank, Wireless Spectrum, Sprint Nextel, DISH Network, Technology News
Mike Montgomery

Bananas. That's the best way to describe the current state of the wireless industry. Absolutely bananas.

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The End Of Sprint As We Know It?

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 04.15.2013 | Business
Read More: Cell Phones, Cell-Phone-Provider, Verizon, Dish Buys Sprint, AT&T, DISH Network, Sprint Nextel, Sprint, Business News

NEW YORK — Dish Network Corp. is trying to snag U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel away from a Japanese suitor, the latest sign that satellite ...

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Dish Spending Millions On Ads To Market Ad-Skipping DVR

www.broadcastingcable.com | Posted 04.13.2013 | Media
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Dish Network is memorializing the ...

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3,000 Blockbuster Workers Laid Off As More Stores Close

AP | Posted 03.23.2013 | Business
Read More: Layoffs, Video, John Hall, Video Stores, Job Cuts, DISH Network, Blockbuster Closures, Business, Ap, Blockbuster, Business News

DENVER (AP) — Dish Network Corp. says it plans to close about 300 Blockbuster stores across the country, losing about 3,000 employees. ...

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Crisis Communications Advice for CBS: Fix Your CNET Mess. Now.

Art Brodsky | Posted 03.17.2013 | Media
Read More: Free Press, Fcc, Les Moonves, Cbs, DISH Network, Cnet, Ces 2013, Media News
Art Brodsky

CBS over the course of a couple of days also managed to trash sizable part of a $1.8 billion investment. All in all, not a bad weekend's work. The question now is: how do you dig yourself out of a big hole, assuming you even want to?

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CBS Overrules Best-of-Product Choice by Its CNET Unit, Citing Litigation: A Case of Censorship?

Paul Raeburn | Posted 03.17.2013 | Media
Read More: Ad-Skipping, CNET Reviews, CBS Network, Ces, Dvr, Leslie Moonves, DISH Network, Media News
Paul Raeburn

Last week, about 40 members of the CNET.com editorial staff met at the CES trade show in Las Vegas to select the website's official Best of CES product.

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TV Worth Watching: Link TV Expands Your World View One Program at a Time

Joel Brokaw | Posted 01.01.2013 | Media
Read More: Paul Mason, Borgen, World Music, World News, Mosaic, Link TV, DISH Network, Arab Labor John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kcet, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Directv, Middle East, Ford Foundation, John S. And James L Knight Foundation, Bertha Foundation, Hannah Eaves, Itunes, Independent Media, Kim Spencer, Storiful, Media News
Joel Brokaw

Filling a void by bringing to light societal issues rarely covered by mainstream media is a major reason why Link TV has not only thrived but is expanding. It is perhaps the only television channel in the world that measures its success not in ratings, but in getting people off their sofas into engagement and action.

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Denver Musician Esmé Patterson and Comedian Kevin O'Brien on New Skin for Old Ceremonies

The Denver Diatribe | Posted 12.17.2012 | Denver
Read More: Buffalo Bill Downhill, Mara Wiles, Lancer Lounge, Dive Bars, DISH Network, Grapes-of-Rad, Starbucks, Esme Patterson, Kevin O'Brien, Denver, Blockbuster, Paper Bird, Harpoontang, Rockbar, Denver News
The Denver Diatribe

Denver-based musical polymath Esmé Patterson and stand-up comedian Kevin O'Brien joins us this week on the Denver Diatribe podcast to peel back new skin for old ceremonies.

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David Lohr

The Walking Dead: Secrets Revealed At 2012 New York Comic Con (PHOTOS & VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 10.15.2012 | Weird News
Read More: New York Comic-Con, David Morrissey, Tv Series, The Walking Dead Season 3, Halloween, Chandler Riggs, Weird News, Zombies, Talking Dead, Comics, The Governor, DISH Network, Michael Rooker, Slidewide, Walking Dead Tattoo, Robert Kirkman, Merle Dixon, Gears of War, Andrew Lincoln, Carl Grimes, Chris Hardwick, Video, Amc, Daryl Dixon, The Walking Dead, Chuck Norris, Michonne, Rick Grimes, Gale Anne Hurd, Danai Gurira, Mingus Reedus, Norman Reedus, Weird News News

NEW YORK -- Comic book enthusiasts, writers, illustrators, celebrities and some 115,000 attendees gathered this weekend in New York City for the seven...

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PHEW: Dish Customers Get To Keep All Their Local TV Stations

AP | Posted 12.07.2012 | Technology
Read More: Dish, Dish Gannett, Video, Dish Gannett Agreement, Gannett Dish, Gannett, Ap, DISH Network, Technology News

McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Dish and Gannett said Monday that they have reached an agreement in a fee dispute that had threatened to leave more than 2 millio...

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Dish Network the Country's Worst Employer? CEO: 'That's Ridiculous!'

Liz Ryan | Posted 10.29.2012 | Business
Read More: Ranking, Worst Employer, Ceo, Hr, glassdoor.com, DISH Network, Team, Culture, Business News
Liz Ryan

I wish Dish the best in their efforts to save a sinking cultural ship, but to be honest I'm not optimistic.

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Does Dish Not Know What 'Do Not Call' Means?

Reuters | Liana B. Baker | Posted 10.23.2012 | Technology
Read More: Dish, Federal Trade Commission, Ftc, Reuters, DISH Network, Video, Technology News

By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is suing Dish Network Corp, accusing the satellite television provider ...

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David Moye

Zombie Candidate Wants YOU To Lend Him Your Ears, Brains

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 08.22.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Walking Dead, Zombies, DISH Network, Kate Barnes, Bath Salts, Slideexpand, Video, Holly-Weird, Patti Morgan-Zombie, Zombie President, Amc, Bob Toevs, A. Zombie, Weird Photos & Videos, Zombie Apocalypse, Amc the Walking Dead, Weird News News

A third party presidential candidate is looking for voters with brains. Problem is, he's a zombie, and you know what they do with that particular o...

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Joe Satran

AMC-Dish Dispute Escalates

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Satran | Posted 08.07.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Mad Men, Satellite TV, Video, Breaking Bad, Amc Breaking Bad, Amc Dish Network, Amc, DISH Network, Amc Dish, Dish Network Amc, AMC Dish Dispute, Amc Dish Fight, Satellite, Entertainment News

The brawl between AMC and Dish Network continues to escalate more than a month after the satellite provider dropped AMC and its subsidiaries WE, IFC a...

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Dish Network Chairman Speaks Out On Controversial Move

The Wall Street Journal | SHALINI RAMACHANDRAN | Posted 08.08.2012 | Media
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Dish Network Corp. DISH +0.61% Chairman Charlie Ergen said a new ad-skipping feature that has infuriated major broadcast TV networks is a "competitive...

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Dave Jamieson

'DO NOT POST': Major Companies' Social Media Policies Deemed Unlawful

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.31.2012 | Technology
Read More: Nlrb, Walmart, Social Media, Labor, Video, Twitter, General Motors, Labor Rights, DISH Network, Target, Facebook, Labor Unions, National Labor Relations Board, Social Media Policies, Technology News

WASHINGTON -- In an effort to control employees' activities on Facebook and Twitter, some U.S. companies have instituted social media policies that ru...

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IT'S ON: Dish, TV Networks To Battle Over Ad Skipper

Reuters | Posted 07.24.2012 | Technology
Read More: Dish, Comcast Corp, Fox, Digital Video Recorder, Auto Hop, Ad Skipper, Reuters, DISH Network, Technology News

By Liana B. Baker and Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A legal battle erupted between DISH Network and some of the major broadcast networks...

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TV Networks Hate This New Anti-Commercial DVR Feature

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 07.22.2012 | Technology
Read More: Auto Hop Dish, Video, Ad-Skipper, Auto Hop, Dvr, Ap, DISH Network, Dish Dvr, Technology News

NEW YORK (AP) — The maker of a new DVR that lets consumers zap away broadcast TV commercials at the touch of a button suggested Tuesday that the net...

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Ad Skipping: Careful What You Wish For

Dennis O'Brien | Posted 05.18.2012 | TV
Read More: Mad Men, Abc, Les Moonves CBS, Les Moonves, DISH Network, Cable Tv, Comcast, Hulu, Cbs, Modern Family, Nbc, TV News
Dennis O'Brien

No one likes watching TV commercials, except, perhaps, during the Super Bowl. Even those whose livelihoods depend on them have a hard time convincing family members not to fast forward past them in this DVR age.

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Dish To Shutter A Third Of All Blockbuster Stores

AP | Posted 02.26.2012 | Denver
Read More: Blockbuster Bankruptcy, Video, Dish Network Closing Blockbusters, Denver News, Englewood Colo, DISH Network, Colorado News, Colorado Business News, Blockbuster, Denver News

The Associated Press ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Dish Network Corp. says in an annual filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it plans to c...

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Dish Network Eyes T-Mobile

Reuters | Yinka Adegoke and Liana B. Baker | Posted 02.11.2012 | Technology
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By Yinka Adegoke and Liana B. Baker NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp is considering a partnership with T-Mobile USA if AT&T i...

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Netflix Rival Announced--But It's Not For Everyone

The Huffington Post | Jason O. Gilbert | Posted 11.23.2011 | Technology
Read More: Netflix Alternative, Streaming Video, Dish Streaming, Blockbuster Movie Pass, DISH Network, Blockbuster Streaming, Netflix, Blockbuster, Technology News

Blockbuster has announced its unlimited movie streaming service, dubbing it a "stream come true." But while many thought the service would compete wit...

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Watch Out Netflix: Big Blockbuster Announcement Expected

AP | Posted 11.23.2011 | Technology
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Dish Network Corp. is expected to unveil an Internet video service Friday in a move that could give movie lovers another reason to ab...

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Jumping Through Hoops With Hulu: Will Hollywood Studios Kill Their Offspring Again?

Tony Greenberg | Posted 11.20.2011 | Technology
Read More: DISH Network, Yahoo, And DirecTV, Amazon, Google, Vudu, News Corp, NBC Universal, Hulu Plus, Video Streaming, Online Video, Disney, Hulu, Technology News
Tony Greenberg

Congratulations to News Corp., Disney, and NBC Universal for creating an online company so successful that tech industry giants may stumble over each other to acquire it. Does Hulu or its buyer get the short stick?

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