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2013 TV upfronts: ESPN not worried about a la carte or competition
ESPN President John Skipper said Tuesday he isn’t too worried about proposed legislation from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that would allow consumers to pick what channels they want instead of buying a big package of networks. “We don’...Tags: Consumers, Television Industry, NBC (tv network), Fox Sports (tv network), ESPN (tv network)
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A Sony entertainment spinoff would provide opening for CBS
New York hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb wants Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. to spin off its Culver City entertainment business. CBS Corp. might like that, too. Loeb, whose Third Point funds own more than $1 billion in Sony stock, sent a letter...Tags: NBC (tv network), Television Industry, Media Industry, Sumner Redstone, CBS Corp.
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Fox veteran Peter Levinsohn named Universal Studios president
Longtime digital media veteran Peter Levinsohn will join Universal Pictures as president and chief distribution officer, overseeing worldwide home entertainment, new media and digital strategy and international and domestic television distribution....
Tags: Xbox, Netflix Inc., Computing and Information Technology Industry, Fox Sports (tv network), Media Industry
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John McCain introduces Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013
Calling the business practices of the television industry an "injustice being inflicted on the American people," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) introduced legislation Thursday he said will give consumers more choice and control over their pay-TV services....Tags: TNT (tv network), NBC (tv network), Consumers, Television Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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News Corp. reveals corporate logo for 21st Century Fox
News Corp. has unveiled its corporate logo for its new incarnation. The company, following the spinoff of its publishing assets, plans to take the name 21st Century Fox. The new logo is a stripped-down version of the one that has served the legendary...
Tags: Rupert Murdoch, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Media Industry, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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News Corp. third-quarter profit climbs; revenue up 14%
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is preparing to split into two entities, and the company's fiscal third-quarter financials illustrated why: Its cable television and film properties continue to flex their muscles while the publishing unit's profit exhibited...
Tags: Television Industry, Book, Fox Broadcasting Company, Media Industry, The Wall Street Journal
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News Corp.'s Carey downplays threat to make Fox a cable channel
News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey rattled cages last month by threatening to turn his company's Fox Broadcasting network -- home of "Family Guy," "American Idol" and NFL football -- into a cable channel. Carey threw down the gauntlet in...Tags: Entertainment, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, American Idol (tv program), Media Industry, Family Guy (tv program)
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John McCain's wish list! Will Fox blow up 'American Idol'?
After the coffee. Before seeing if I can make it here. The Skinny: It took almost two hours to get from JFK to the Upper West Side on Wednesday but a four-mile run in Riverside Park recharged me. Think of me in a sticky subway station while you're in...
Tags: Nicki Minaj, Kenneth Turan, Politics, Fox Broadcasting Company, Media Industry
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McCain is prepping legislation to overhaul pay-TV business
The maverick wants to cook the TV industry's golden goose. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is preparing to introduce legislation perhaps as early as Thursday that would dramatically overhaul the television business and will probably be met with strong...Tags: Television Industry, Consumers, ESPN (tv network), Media Industry, Fox Broadcasting Company
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William C. Cox Jr. dies at 82; helped seal Dow Jones sale to Murdoch
William C. Cox Jr., the patriarch of the Bancroft clan that controlled Dow Jones & Co. for 105 years and sold it to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in a decision sparking a family feud, died Wednesday at his home in Hobe Sound, Fla., according to his...Tags: Hobe Sound, New Corporation Limited, Newspaper and Magazine, Rupert Murdoch, News of the World
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Tech-shy 'Oracle' Warren Buffett joins Twitter
Staff and wire reportBillionaire investor Warren Buffett, who famously sat out the technology bubble of the late 1990s because he said he didn't understand the companies, set up his first Twitter account Thursday. He opted for the straigtforward @WarrenBuffett handle...Tags: Corporate Officers, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Media Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Microsoft Corporation
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Stars pick the directors they want to watch
Let's say there's a row of beautiful movie theaters, and the marquee of each one reads, "New film by (name of filmmaker here)." And let's say there's no other information about the film itself. Which one would you choose? We offered this dilemma to some...
Tags: Fred Armisen, Portlandia (tv program), The Impossible (movie), Malcolm X (movie), The Fighter (movie)
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