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  • September 2008

    • Under Pressure, Sirius XM Tries to Look Ahead

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 15, 08 11:45 AM CDT

      Under Pressure, Sirius XM Tries to Look Ahead

      (Newser) - Satellite radio’s fortunes—thought to be peaking after Sirius and XM merged in July—are falling as the united company’s stock continues to tumble and management scrambles to refinance debt, reports the Wall Street Journal. Still, CEO Mel Karmazin says, the company is “heading toward making a bunch of money in the future.” More »

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      mergers and acquisitions  • Sirius  • broadcasting  • XM Satellite Radio  • Mel Karmazin

    • Cable News Was Biggest Convention Winner

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 1, 08 9:33 AM CDT

      Cable News Was Biggest Convention Winner

      (Newser) - The Democratic Convention made it official, writes Scott Collilns in the Los Angeles Times: The broadcast networks have passed the political torch to the cable networks. CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC not only delivered “wall to wall coverage” compared to the broadcast nets' paltry hour of nightly programming. Their ratings soared, while the networks' "stank." More »

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      Democratic National Convention  • NBC  • Republican National Convention  • cable TV  • Fox News  • CNN  • MSNBC  • ABC News  • broadcasting  • CBS News  • PBS

  • August 2008

    • Google Readies for Spectrum Showdown

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Aug 19, 08 9:49 AM CDT

      Google Readies for Spectrum Showdown

      (Newser) - Google has launched an aggressive campaign to free up the soon-to-be-emptied "white spaces" of the TV spectrum for Internet devices and broadband access, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The spaces will open up when TV switches entirely to digital in February. Google and other tech giants are hotly disputing use of the spaces with broadcasters. More »

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      Google  • FCC  • broadcasting  • digital television  • airwaves  • unused spectrum

  • July 2008

    • CBS Bounces Packer From NCAA Team

      Miami Herald  |  Jul 14, 08 11:57 AM CDT

      CBS Bounces Packer From NCAA Team

      (Newser) - For the first time in 34 years, Billy Packer won’t be calling the Final Four, the Miami Herald reports. CBS won’t renew the 68-year-old’s year-to-year contract, an exec confirmed, but will replace Packer with veteran announcer Clark Kellogg. Packer has been a controversy magnet, most famously for calling Allen Iverson “a tough monkey” in 1996. More »

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      basketball  • NCAA basketball  • college basketball  • broadcasting

  • May 2008

    • Thriller Joins Top US History Trove

      Variety  |  May 15, 08 12:13 PM CDT

      Thriller Joins Top US History Trove

      (Newser) - Michael Jackson's Thriller has been added to the prestigious National Recording Registry's archive of the most important recordings in American history, Variety reports. The monster 1982 hit joins 24 other "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" new additions to the collection, including a 1925 recording of the first-ever broadcast to cross the Atlantic. More »

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      speech  • Michael Jackson  • broadcasting  • record  • Library of Congress  • archive  • Thriller

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • NBC Splits Off Studio for Cable

      Hollywood Reporter  |  Mar 25, 08 2:55 AM CDT

      NBC Splits Off Studio for Cable

      (Newser) - NBC is splitting its TV production unit into two companies. The units will share the same resources, but will be divided into separate cable and broadcast operations, according to the Hollywood Reporter . NBC's cable channels have been reaping the profits of hits like Battlestar Galactica and Monk , while its broadcast network has has been struggling in fourth place in recent years. More »

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      television  • NBC  • cable TV  • NBC Universal  • broadcasting  • Universal Studios  • Jeff Zucker

    • China May Ban Shots of Tiananmen During Olympics

      Associated Press  |  Mar 22, 08 5:13 AM CDT

      China May Ban Shots of Tiananmen During Olympics

      (Newser) - The Chinese government may ban live footage of Tiananmen Square during the coming Summer Olympics in Beijing, the AP reports. Increasingly concerned about protests,  Chinese Olympic officials this week told broadcasting organizers an earlier agreement on live shots had been canceled. If the decision stands, it would be a blow to networks, especially big spender NBC. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • NBC  • Tibetan independence  • International Olympic Committee  • broadcasting  • Tiananmen Square

    • NPR Prez Abruptly Resigns

      Washington Post  |  Mar 7, 08 3:15 AM CST

      NPR Prez Abruptly Resigns

      (Newser) - National Public Radio chief executive Ken Stern stepped down yesterday amid increasing static from the board about his ambitious plans for the network, reports the Washington Post . Stern oversaw rapid expansion that boosted revenue from $65 million to $200 million since joining NPR in 1999, and made the organization into the world's biggest producer of podcasts. But station managers often felt the push into new media came at the expense of serving local audiences. More »

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      radio  • broadcasting  • new media  • podcasts  • radio stations  • NPR

  • February 2008

    • Booze and Beats Don't Mix in Turkey

      Independent (UK)  |  Feb 28, 08 6:47 PM CST

      Booze and Beats Don't Mix in Turkey

      (Newser) - Singer Aslizen Yentur thought it was a joke when Turkey's top music channel axed shots of a wine bottle-laden table from her video. It wasn't, and now Turkey's broadcasting watchdog is drafting a bill to make scenes that encourage drinking illegal—supposedly to align with EU norms, the Independent reports. But critics charge the government is really trying to steer Turkey toward religious populism. More »

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      European Union  • Turkey  • alcohol  • wine  • censorship  • pop music  • broadcasting  • music videos

  • January 2008

    • HBO Offers Shows Online, Free to Subscribers

      New York Times  |  Jan 21, 08 12:42 PM CST

      HBO Offers Shows Online, Free to Subscribers

      (Newser) - Time Warner’s category king, HBO, is looking for younger viewers as it launches an Internet service in partnership with several cable operators. HBO on Broadband bows tomorrow in Green Bay and Milwaukee, offering free web access to HBO programming for HBO subscribers. The company will make about 400 hours of movies and original content available monthly, reports the New York Times. More »

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      HBO  • broadcasting

  • October 2007

    • BBC Cuts 1,800 Jobs, Updates for Digital Age

      Reuters  |  Oct 18, 07 5:41 PM CDT

      BBC Cuts 1,800 Jobs, Updates for Digital Age

      (Newser) - The BBC will cut 1,800 of its 18,000 jobs and integrate its TV, radio and Internet news operations to adapt to the digital age, the public broadcaster announced today. As many as 2,500 positions may be lost, but others will be added, the BBC said, to reflect shifting audience habits. The Beeb will also pare by 10% its original television programming, improve online offerings and establish bbc.com to carry advertising to non-British users. More »

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      television  • Internet advertising  • BBC  • job cuts  • broadcasting

  • September 2007

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