Fred Schruers
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Paul Telegdy Takes Over NBC Late Night
The network reality chief adds late night oversight to his job description amid the departure of longtime after-hours lead man Rick Ludwin
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USA Renews ‘Royal Pains,’ ‘Covert Affairs,’ ‘Necessary Roughness’
NBCUniversal cable channel orders 16 episodes for each show; top-rated network has now renewed all its summer series
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CBS’ Moonves Happy Being No. 1, Especially Sans Hulu
The CBS chief told an amused Paley Center crowd Thursday that he prizes such primetime hits as “C.S.I.” too much to dole them out freely online
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Diller Mocks AOL/HuffPo For Fumbling Its Michael Arrington Situation
The mogul found plenty of time to praise his own IAC enterprises, but scattered snipes at his media competitors as he looked into the future
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Steve Wynn Loses Court Fight With Joe Francis
Billionaire Las Vegas impresario’s claim that the “Girls Gone Wild” mastermind owes him gambling money gets thrown out of criminal court
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Disney’s Anne Sweeney: Steve Jobs Pirated ‘Lost’!
At a Paley Center gathering, the Disney Media Networks co-chair recounted the first time the Apple chief showed her ‘Lost’ on an iPod. “I forgot to ask him how he got a copy of the show”
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You Betcha Sarah Palin Will Be Hating on Biographer Joe McGinniss
Joe McGinniss’s Palin bio, due next week, alleges fornication, infidelity and coke use by the sometime candidate from Alaska
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NBCU CEO Steve Burke: ‘Ultimately, We Need to Get Paid’
NBC Universal’s chief executive sang the monetization tune during a Bank of America Merrill Lynch media conference Wednesday morning
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Hollywood Donors Hit in Campaign Embezzlement Scandal
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s campaign war chest was wiped out in the scandal that has forced the Democratic Party to hit up donors for more money
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Rating the Comcast-NBCU Merger: The New Culture Settles In
Wall Street likes the progress the paired companies have made since the January union, but the jury’s still out in Hollywood
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Carol Bartz Resigns From Yahoo Board; Next Target, Chairman Bostock?
Ousted Yahoo CEO Bartz, after cussing out the company, yields to pressure
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Emmys 2011: HBO’s ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Sweeps, ‘Deadliest Catch’ Snags Reality Win
“Boardwalk Empire” scored 7 wins for craft prowess, as “Deadliest Catch” led reality shows at the Creative Arts Emmys Saturday evening
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Disney Installs Robert Chapek as Head of Consumer Products
Disney names former head of distribution to take over lucrative consumer products division
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Mel Gibson’s Judah Maccabee Film Stirs Jewish Leaders’ Ire
The embattled actor seeks to return to form with an action epic showing the Biblical battle of the Jews against their oppressors, but the Anti-Defamation League objects
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After CEO Carol Bartz’s Ouster, What’s Next for Yahoo?
Analysis: Yahoo’s board has its work cut out for themselves after firing the company’s CEO