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Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN says it is cutting staff
Just one week after touting its strength to advertisers and declaring it wasn't worried about new competition from Fox Sports, ESPN is cutting its staff. The moves are part of an overall cost-cutting effort by ESPN parent Walt Disney Co. Earlier this...Tags: Joe Flint, Fox Sports (tv network), ESPN (tv network), The Walt Disney Co.
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'Tonight's' forecast calls for scattered viewership
Jimmy Fallon has been crowned the next king of late-night television, but the empire he will inherit has seen better days. "Late Night" host Fallon, who will succeed Jay Leno in "The Tonight Show" chair in 2014, is charged with trying to reenergize a...
Tags: The Tonight Show (tv program), Jimmy Fallon, Media Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, Meg James
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'The Tonight Show' may return to New York
NBC's "Tonight Show" may soon be switching hosts — and coasts. The long-struggling network is finalizing plans to replace Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon in 2014, people close to the situation said Wednesday. And in a blow for Southern California,...
Tags: CBS Corp., The Tonight Show (tv program), Jimmy Fallon, Johnny Carson, David Letterman
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Robert Iger addresses alleged liberal news bias at Disney
Walt Disney Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Robert Iger faced tough questioning about alleged liberal bias at Disney-owned ABC News and ESPN during the entertainment company's annual meeting in Phoenix on Wednesday. Justin Danhof, a representative of...
Tags: Robert A. Iger, James Holmes, ESPN (tv network), The Walt Disney Co.
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KCET honored for its new Burbank broadcasting facility
KCET, a local independent television station serving Southern and Central California, recently won the 2012 Excellence Award from the publication Broadcast Engineering for the station’s new state-of-the-art facility in Burbank. In April 2012, KCET...Tags: Science and Technology, Human Interest, Engineering, Technology, Television Stations
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Major shake up at NBCUniversal with latest reorganization
In a dramatic reorganization at NBCUniversal, respected programmer Bonnie Hammer has been promoted to lead the company's entire cable entertainment portfolio -- the most lucrative division, which generates approximately 50% of the media giant's...
Tags: Bonnie Hammer, Entertainment, Bravo (tv network), NBCUniversal, Satellite and Cable Service
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Fire rips through Burbank smoke shop; Victory Boulevard closed
Firefighters made progress early Friday on a three-alarm blaze that ripped through a Burbank smoke shop. The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. at Wholesale Giant at Victory Boulevard and Manning Street, just south of Bob Hope Airport, KTLA-TV reported....
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Bob Hope, Heavy Engineering
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Cablevision and NBCUniversal sign distribution deal
Cablevision Systems Corp. has signed a long-term distribution deal to carry broadcast and cable networks owned by Comcast's NBCUniversal unit. The agreement includes broadcast networks NBC and Telemundo as well as cable channels USA, Bravo, MSNBC, CNBC...Tags: NBCUniversal, Telemundo (tv network), MSNBC (tv network), NBC (tv network), CBS Corp.
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Former Disney executive Rich Ross lands at Shine America
Deposed Walt Disney Studios Chairman and former Disney Channels Worldwide President Rich Ross has been named chief executive of Shine America, a production company owned by News Corp. Ross, who was a fast-rising television executive heading Disney...
Tags: Entertainment, Media Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, News Corp., Los Angeles Times
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At State of the City address, Burbank mayor bullish on the future
While the recession dealt Burbank some economic blows, the 101-year-old city's financial health is stable — sales tax revenues are rising and new infrastructure projects are on the horizon, Burbank Mayor Dave Golonski said Wednesday during the...
Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Finance, NBC (tv network), Google Inc., ABC (tv network)
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Filming on the rise locally
Filming permits pulled in Glendale and Burbank appear to be bucking a wider downward trend in the region as on-location shoots become more common sights in both cities. Glendale reported an uptick in the number of film permits issued so far this year...
Tags: Robot and Frank (movie), Entertainment, Johnny Carson, Frank Langella, Matt Damon
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Google Fiber strikes distribution deal with Disney
Google is ready for some "Monday Night Football." Walt Disney Co. has struck a distribution deal with Google Fiber to add its cable networks, including ESPN, ABC Family and Disney Channel, to the new broadband pay-TV service the search-engine giant is...Tags: Entertainment, Time Warner Cable Inc., ABC Family (tv network), ESPN (tv network), Google Inc.
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