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NBC/WSJ Poll: Majority Say Social Media is Time Waster, Rumor Monger

It appears that the bipartisan criticism of social media giants on Capitol Hill is indeed a case of representative government in action. According to a new poll from NBC and the Wall Street Journal, "a whopping" 82% said social media sites do more to waste people's time than use that time well ...

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GCI Blames Job Cuts Partly on FCC Subsidy Cutback

Liberty-owned Alaska telecom GCI has laid off about 4% of its workforce, the company has confirmed, blaming its cuts, in part, on the FCC's cut in rural health funding last fall. "Yesterday GCI let go of 87 employees which represents about 4% of the company," said GCI spokesperson Heather ...

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FCC Economics Office's First Conclusion: Office is Justified

The FCC's new Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) has produced its first work product, a paper entitled “The Organization of Economists in Regulatory Agencies: Does Structure Matter?" The paper, essentially a self-justifying establisher for the office, concludes that creating an office like OEA ...

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AMC Networks Names Penella President, Direct-to-Consumer

AMC Networks said it named Miguel Penella to the new role of president, global direct-to-consumer. Penella will also continue in his role as president of RLJ Entertainment, which was acquired by AMC last year. “Our direct-to-consumer platforms are a key priority as we continue to strategically ...

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Long-Time CBS News Producer Terry Martin Dies

Terrance “Terry” Martin, who spent 34 years at CBS News, died on April 1 in Greenwich, Conn. He was 75. Born in San Antonio, Martin began his career in 1966 with the New Brunswick Daily Home News and joined CBS News Radio. At CBS News, he was associate producer of the CBS Morning News; senior ...

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OTI to FCC: Broadcasters Should Not Get Extra Channels

New America's Open Technology Institute, whose funders include Google, the Gates and Balmer foundation's and DISH, among many others, is pushing hard for vacant channels--so-called TV white spaces--broadcasters say they may need to roll out ATSC 3.0. Michael Calabrese, director of the institute's ...

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Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins Despite Comedy Drop

CBS won the Thursday ratings race, its comedies leading the network to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That squeaked by the 1.0/5 put up by ABC. CBS’ comedies showed stiff slides. The Big Bang Theory was down 17% to 1.9 and Young Sheldon was off 22% at 1.4. Mom ...

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“BLOCK OUT”, A FORMAT CREATED BY NIPPON TV AND RED ARROW STUDIOS, LICENSED TO ZENSE ENTERTAINMENT IN THAILAND

CANNES, FRANCE & TOKYO, JAPAN - April 5, 2019– Having recently announced the action-packed new gameshow format, Beat the Rooms, Nippon TV announced today that the format they developed together entitled Block Out has been licensed to Zense Entertainment, a leading Thailand-based production ...

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FCC OKs Scripps Purchase of Cordillera Stations

The FCC has approved the sale of Cordillera Communications TV stations to Scripps plus the sale of one Cordillera station to Quincy. In fact the sale of the Cordillera stations to Scripps is contingent on that spin-off of KVOA(TV) Tucson.  The Department of Justice gave its OK to the deal ...

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