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Farewell party at 'The Office' after 9 years
An old index card reads: Original. Real. Poignant. Those were the first words Greg Daniels jotted down a decade ago as his guide in adapting the daft British TV series "The Office" for an American audience. The ideas on the flimsy card stock proved...
Tags: The Mindy Project (tv program), Entertainment, NBC (tv network), Crosswords, Television
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Comcast profit jumps 17%; NBC network loses $35 million
Comcast Corp. posted strong first-quarter earnings with gains in nearly all of its business units -- except for the NBC broadcast network as the peacock's feathers once again got plucked. Dismal prime-time ratings at NBC contributed to a $35-million...Tags: Comcast Corporation, The Voice (tv program), Entertainment, USA Network (tv network), Advertising
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Gibson Amphitheatre to close, make room for Harry Potter attraction
A celebrated musical venue will close at Universal City to make way for a new magical venue. The Gibson Amphitheatre, a 6,100-seat hall that has hosted the likes of Frank Sinatra, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton, will close in September, clearing...
Tags: Bob Dylan, Theme Park Vacations, Trips and Vacations, Fiction, Travel
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School Board shows lack of leadership on gay-straight club issue
After seemingly endless delays over whether to let a 14-year-old bisexual girl form a gay-straight club at Carver Middle School, the Lake County School Board faced a crowd of nearly 300 people last week — and voted to put off the decision. Again....Tags: Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Barack Obama, Interior Policy
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Tribune Broadcasting adds NBC exec as distribution chief
Tribune Co. has named NBCUniversal executive Dana Zimmer as president of distribution for Tribune Broadcasting. The move, announced Wednesday, will put Zimmer in charge of negotiating deals with cable, satellite and telco providers to carry the company'...
Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Tribune Company, JPMorgan Chase & Co., NBC (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service
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Tribune taps NBCU's Dana Zimmer as president of distribution
Tribune Co. has tapped Dana Zimmer at Comcast's NBCUniversal unit to be its president of distribution. Zimmer will oversee relationships between Tribune's television properties and pay-TV distributors including cable operators and satellite...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Peter Liguori, Media Industry, Television Networks
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Ban on ticket-buying 'bots' used by scalpers clears Assembly panel
Jimmy Camp of Orange says he has been frustrated trying to buy concert or sporting-event tickets online just as they go on sale only to see them sell out within minutes before he can buy anything. He blames ticket-buying software that allows scalpers to...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Justin Bieber, Richard Pan, Consumers
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NBC News looks outside the company and country for a president
NBC's hunt for a new president of its news division has gone beyond not only the company, but the country as well. The position of NBC News president has been open since last month when Steve Capus departed after almost eight years in the job. Among...Tags: CBS Corp., News Media, Television Industry, Barack Obama, England
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Bounty hunter reality show tracks down viewers for Latino channel
The star of this reality show is a Mexican immigrant who carries pink handcuffs. The bounty hunter show "Fugitivos de la Ley: Los Angeles" boasts a cast that includes two real-life federal agents and a fireplug of a man, a former U.S. Marine from...
Tags: Comcast Corporation, Environmental Issues, Human Interest, Entertainment, Cops (tv program)
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L.A. County supervisors OK plan for Universal Studios expansion
After a bumpy 17-year process that once proposed developing thousands of homes on its famous Hollywood back lot, NBCUniversal won unanimous approval Tuesday from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for a plan that lets it expand its Universal...
Tags: Tom LaBonge, Desperate Housewives (tv program), Back to the Future (movie), Fiction, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Lake commission condemns Comcast's refusal to air gun ads
Lake County commissioners are backing Property Appraiser Carey Baker in his battle against Comcast after the cable company refused this month to run ads for his Mount Dora gun shop. All but one commissioner — Welton Cadwell — voted Tuesday...
Tags: Business, Justice System, Satellite and Cable Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Mount Dora
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Sinclair Broadcast to become country's largest TV station owner
When Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. completes three deals announced in the past two months, it will own more television stations across the country than any other company. The Hunt Valley company will operate 134 stations in 69 markets, reaching more...
Tags: Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., Politics, Anti Trust Crime, Freedom of the Press, Barrington
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