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Moore and Spurlock Help NYC Officials Break Ground on First All-Doc Cinema in U.S.

By New York’s skyscraping, neon-lit standards, Tuesday’s groundbreaking ceremony for Downtown Community Television’s new all-documentary cinema was fairly low-key. When it opens in 2015, the downtown theatre will seat only 73, so this was miles from promo-happy Broadway. Still, the idea of welcoming the first all-doc theatre in the U.S. was more than sufficient to entice... More

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Sports Media Struggles in Initial Coverage of NBA Player Coming Out as Gay

April 29 will go down as a milestone day in the sports world, as current NBA player Jason Collins became the first player in a major U.S. sport to reveal his homosexuality during his active playing days. And while it won’t likely have a dramatic impact on how NBA games themselves are broadcast, the large and ever-expanding sports media ecosystem showed notable signs of disorientation.... More

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Gruesome Injury Creates Final Four Dilemma for CBS

TV networks seldom score points for restraint when it comes to broadcasting live sports. But CBS managed that feat with its treatment of Louisville sophomore Kevin Ware’s horrific injury in the Cardinals’ win Sunday over Duke. The network on Monday stood by its decision to play the Final Four moment conservatively even as online clips of the injury racked up millions of YouTube... More

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Meredith Reported to Be Chief Time Inc. Suitor

UPDATED: 6:55 p.m. ET Time Warner is discussing a potential sale of most of its fabled Time Inc. magazine portfolio to Meredith Corp., according to numerous published reports. Following an initial revelation Wednesday of talks with an unnamed suitor in Time-owned  Fortune  magazine , an array of follow-ups pinpointed Meredith as the would-be buyer in a deal for the entire... More

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NATPE 2013: Online Players Make the Case for Digital

Miami - In one of several back-to-back digital panel sessions on opening day at NATPE, a handful of major online players made the case for their ever-expanding reach. They also acknowledged that questions linger about whether they can yet be considered true rivals to ad-supported television networks. “It’s funny, when the Lance Armstrong interview happened, OWN was crowing... More