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GE, Comcast Deal For NBC Universal Is Complete, Reports CNBC

Posted 12.01.2009 | Business

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The deal between General Electric and Comcast over a majority stake in NBC Universal is complete, and there is nothing left to do but process paper, a...

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DVR Ratings Bringing TV Networks Money

New York Times | BILL CARTER | Posted 11.01.2009 | Media

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Against almost every expectation, nearly half of all people watching delayed shows are still slouching on their couches watching messages about movies...

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Olbermann Versus O'Reilly: It's a Shoot

Lionel | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

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Lionel

There's something so exciting about watching something that is normally choreographed and predictable disintegrate.

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Network Upfront Results Will Impact the TV Content Landscape for Decades

Jack Myers | Posted 07.16.2009 | Media

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Jack Myers

This year's Upfront results will have significant impact on the future of the network television business.

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CBS Threatens To Unseat Fox As Top Rated TV Network -- Despite "Idol"

Los Angeles Times | Scott Collins | Posted 04.04.2009 | Media

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Thanks to "American Idol," Fox is still beating up on rivals, at least among the young viewers that advertisers crave. But the punch isn't what it onc...

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Network TV Upfront Forecast: Bad News/Good News Scenarios

Jack Myers | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

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Jack Myers

The day-to-day realities facing television networks, which are certainly feeling the pain of both economic and systemic challenges, are still not that troubling.

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Network TV Diversity Lacking In "Virtual Whiteout" Of Television

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 01.18.2009 | Media

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LOS ANGELES — Nearly a decade after the NAACP condemned a "virtual whiteout" in broadcast TV, the civil rights group said major networks have st...

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Network TV Profits Would Probably Increase With Nudity And Swear Words

AP, Epicenter | Posted 09.08.2008 | Business

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This week has been a week of confirming what analysts had expected about Rupert Murdoch: he's making money -- but not really on TV. Chairman and Chie...

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Corrupting Habit

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media

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Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

Since the fall of 1969, media discourse has been dominated by debates about the news as a spin zone. But we think this argument over bias has obscured a far more fundamental reality.

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