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  • AP Chief DOJ Record Seizure Has Chilled Sources

    The U.S. government's secret seizure of AP phone records has thrown a scare into some of the iconic news outlet's sources, as well as those of other journalists. That is according to AP president Gary Pruitt, who provided an update on the issue at a speech at the National Press Club on Wednesday, according to a copy of the prepared text obtained ...

  • Sports Summit Freer -- If Its Must-Have It Cant Cost Too Much

    New York -- Live sports has taken a lot of blame recently for driving up customers' cable bills, with rights deals being signed at record numbers. Randy Freer, copresident and COO, Fox Sports Media Group, isn't buying that notion. "There's a reason they call it 'must-have' programming," Freer ...

  • ABC rides NBA playoffs to another prime time win

    NBC at least made it somewhat competitive with its final Voice episode, but the NBA playoffs still beat it in the Nielsen contest by a wide margin. Univision was 3rd, just edging Fox, and CBS brought up the ...

  • Mount Wilson snags second Monterey radio station

    $300K KNRY-AM Monterey-Salinas CA (Monterey CA) from IHR Educational Broadcasting (Douglas M. Sherman) to Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters Inc. (Saul Levine). $10K escrow, $190K cash at closing, $100K consulting agreement. Combo with KYZZ-FM Salinas CA, coming in separate deal. [FCC file date ...

  • Sagamore Hill flips stations in two DMAs to Frontier

    $20.5M KGWN-TV, KSTF-DT & K19FX-D Cheyenne WY-Scottsbluff NE (Cheyenne WY, Scottsbluff NE, Laramie WY); and KGNS-TV Laredo TX from Sagamore Hill Broadcasting LLC (Louis Wall) to Yellowstone Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Frontier Radio Management Inc. (Jason Wolff). $1.025M escrow, balance in cash at closing. [FCC file date ...


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Movie Review

Wild Wild West

Barry Sonnenfeld's "Wild Wild West" is a giant, bombastic flop of a movie. It's a $100-million science fiction-Western-comedy-action hybrid with elaborate special effects and big name stars that never manages to balance itself, let alone gain momentum. It just sort of chugs along on good intentions and the hope that some of its tedious jokes might land with something other than a thud. ...

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  • Demise of West Palm LPTV stands

    WALO-LP in West Palm Beach had to vacate Channel 53, and was authorized to begin digital operation on Channel 44. However, it failed to get on the air on Channel 44 within 12 months, had its license rescinded according to the rules and has failed to get it back on appeal. According to the rules, any station that is off air for a full year is to be shut down. The station did go back on the air ...

  • Summer travel plans up from 2012

    A Harris Poll survey finds that the sluggish economy is still feeding into sluggish vacation plans. However, despite the fact that about a third of all Americans say the economy will keep them at home, more are hitting the road and fewer are staying home than last year. 64% are planning to travel this summer, up from 60% in 2012, and 43% say the state of the economy does not play any role ...

  • MMTC Says FCC Fees Can Be Barrier to Broadcast Diversity

    The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council has told the FCC that if it wants to promote diversity, one way would be waiving or deferring regulatory and application fees, which it sees as yet another barrier to minority entry into the broadcast market. In comments ...

  • ConnecTV to Study Second-Screen Social TV Viewing Behavior

    ConnecTV is teaming with consumer technology and media research firm SmithGeiger on a study that will examine second screen social TV viewing behavior. The study, which will provide reports to media companies, TV networks, advertisers and ad agencies, has a stated goal of validating the purported premium value of second screen companion ads that are synchronized with broadcast ads, as well ...

  • Apple TV Tunes in HBO GO WatchESPN

    Apple announced Wednesday that the HBO GO and WatchESPN authenticated TV Everywhere applications are now offered directly on Apple TV, the company's broadband-connected video streaming device. The HBO GO app offers full seasons of original series as well as movies and behind-the-scenes extras, while WatchESPN delivers live streams of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and ESPN Buzzer ...

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