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Logo Online and the Web Series Renaissance

Kit Williamson | Posted 05.10.2013 | Gay Voices

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The quality of web shows has improved dramatically in the last few years, and with internet institutions embracing the art form, the bar has been raised even higher. We are experiencing a veritable web series renaissance right now.

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Disney, Viacom and Other MPAA Members Join Book Publishers to Weaken a Treaty for the Blind

James Love | Posted 04.23.2013 | Politics

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The World Blind Union and its members and supporters in the negotiation are now concerned that that Obama Administration and the European Commission are making demands that will render the treaty far less useful, or even derail the negotiations entirely.

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Viacom SUED

Reuters | Liana B. Baker | Posted 04.28.2013 | Media

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By Liana B. Baker Feb 26 (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp has accused Viacom Inc in an antitrust lawsuit of forcin...

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Those MTV And BET 'Hacks' Were A PR Stunt

The Huffington Post | Dino Grandoni | Posted 04.21.2013 | Technology

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After the Twitter accounts for both Burger King and Jeep were hacked over a two-day period, you're likely to take @MTV and @BET at their word when the...

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WATCH: Are Fox And CNN Lying To You?

Posted 09.07.2012 | Comedy

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HuffPost Comedy readers will surely agree that two people stand out above the rest when it comes to news coverage you can trust. Even if they happen t...

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WATCH: Where Did BET Go?

Posted 09.19.2012 | Comedy

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A contract dispute between DirecTV and Viacom may have recently resulted in 26 channels like Comedy Central and Nickelodeon being pulled from the air,...

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It's Settled

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 09.19.2012 | Media

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viacom and DirecTV fought a bruising bout over fees to a draw Friday and agreed to a long-term deal that ended a 10-day channel b...

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Viacom, DirecTV Dispute Rages On

latimes.com | Joe Flint | Posted 09.17.2012 | Media

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A top executive at Viacom said Wednesday that talks with DirecTV over a new agreement have broken down....

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Behind TV Channel Blackouts

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 09.15.2012 | Media

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LOS ANGELES — Channel blackouts such as the one that resulted from the recent spat between Viacom and DirecTV have become far more common over t...

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DirecTV Drops Viacom Channels

AP | Posted 09.10.2012 | TV

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NEW YORK — Viacom is ramping up its war with DirecTV over how much it is paid for shows including "The Daily Show" and "SpongeBob SquarePants." ...

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News Corp Mulls Splitting In 2

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 06.26.2012 | Media

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News Corp. is thinking of splitting in two, dividing its publishing business from its entertainment division, the company's own Wall Street Journal re...

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Disney's App Deal With Comcast a Preview of Things to Come

Brad Spirrison | Posted 08.14.2012 | Technology

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The logical question here is: Why won't entertainment companies just break free of the cable systems and distribute their premium content directly to consumers via the web and mobile devices?

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Rather Outspoken

Leslie Griffith | Posted 07.21.2012 | Media

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Dan Rather's latest book, Rather Outspoken, reminds us that reporters had best be careful when they set about the business of digging up news.

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Time Warner Cable, Viacom Reach iPad Agreement

Reuters | Jonathan Stempel | Posted 07.17.2012 | Media

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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Viacom Inc, the parent of MTV and Comedy Central, has settled lawsuits with Time Warner Cable Inc over ...

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Viacom May Get Better Than Expected News

AP | Posted 07.02.2012 | Media

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NEW YORK (AP) — Viacom, the home of such shows as "SpongeBob Squarepants" and "Jersey Shore," is reporting its financial results for the latest quar...

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Viacom Revives Lawsuit Against YouTube

Reuters | Posted 06.05.2012 | Technology

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By Jonathan Stempel and Yinka Adegoke (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court dealt Google Inc a major defeat by reviving lawsuits by Viacom I...

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Amazon Could Announce Netflix Challenger As Soon As This Week

Reuters | Yinka Adegoke | Posted 04.08.2012 | Technology

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By Yinka Adegoke (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is about to announce a Web video deal with Viacom Inc in what sources said was one of the l...

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Viacom Earnings Miss Expectations

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 04.03.2012 | Technology

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NEW YORK — Viacom Inc., the owner of Paramount Pictures, MTV and Comedy Central, on Thursday posted a 65 percent drop in net income for the late...

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'Daily Show' & 'Colbert Report' Twitter Accounts Hacked

The Huffington Post | Christine Friar | Posted 01.24.2012 | Comedy

Late Sunday evening, both "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" official Twitter accounts were hacked. It started with tweets telling people to fo...

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A Unique Ecosystem Brings Food to the Hungry: What Do You Bring to the Table?

April Rudin | Posted 03.04.2012 | Impact

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Hunger is something which Syd Mandelbaum has never known personally. But as the child of Holocaust survivors, it was something which was close to his heart.

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Viacom's Huge Lobbying Effort

AP | Posted 02.12.2012 | Media

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WASHINGTON (AP) � Viacom Inc., the owner of the Paramount Pictures movie studio and cable TV channels MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, spent $66...

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Food and Media Companies Lobby to Weaken Guidelines on Marketing Food to Children

The Sunlight Foundation | Posted 02.06.2012 | Politics

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A major lobbying push by a powerful group of food and media companies appears to be working, with a federal agency indicating it would back off on parts of proposed voluntary guidelines for marketing food to children. The guidelines are meant to combat childhood obesity.

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Viacom Earnings Up

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 01.10.2012 | Media

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NEW YORK — Viacom turned the success of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" into a pile of money in its latest quarter, as earnings tripled and rev...

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Flouting The Law?

AP | By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 12.18.2011 | Technology

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NEW YORK -- A lawyer for Viacom Inc. warned an appeals court panel Tuesday that there will be greater exploitation of copyright material on the Intern...

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Chatting with The Summer Set's Brian Dales, Plus Rightsflow's Patrick Sullivan and Tedeschi Trucks Band Video Premiere

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.11.2011 | Entertainment

The Tedeschi Trucks Band's new album Revelator features the track "Bound For Glory," and premiering here is a live version of that song. This exclusive comes from Susan and Derek's Center Stage performance in Atlanta on April 8, 2011.

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