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Colbert Goes For Gold

Among Olympic sports, certain athletes tend to be the recipients of all the hype. In the Summer games gymnastics and swimming is suddenly in vogue. For the Winter Olympiads, snowboarding and hockey take center stage. But Comedy Central funnyman Stephen Colbert is trying to draw attention to one of the oft-underlooked events: speedskating. During last night’s taping of The Colbert... More

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Domain Déjà vu for NBCU

You’d think that media conglomerates in this day and age would be more mindful of their digital p’s and q’s. But when it comes to snatching up brand-rich domain names, it seems those enterprising, sometimes mischievous cybersquatters keep getting there first. When news broke in late September that Comcast was looking to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal, Danny... More

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Balloon Boy Falcon Heene May Have Been on CNN In 2008

Falcon Heene, the missing boy who had been feared trapped inside of a runaway UFO shaped balloon, dominated cable news coverage this afternoon, with CNN, MSNBC and Fox News providing live, commercial free coverage. While it broke early that the family appeared on ABC’s Wife Swap , it appears as though Heene and his family also made a brief appearance on CNN in late 2008, according to... More

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Fox News Celebrates Birthday With Delicious Ratings, Cake

Fox News turned 13 today (October 7th), and celebrated by finishing 3rd on basic cable in total day for the week of 9/28-10/4 2009. That is the first time in 2009 the network finished 3rd in total day, the last time being election week 2008. Fox is typically ranked somewhere between 4th and 6th in total day. In primetime ESPN (with its live sports, including Monday Night Football ) and USA... More

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Tivo Study: Republicans Like Crabs, Dems Like Kathy Griffin

Republicans like to watch The O’Reilly Factor and Deadliest Catch , while Democrats prefer Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Kathy Griffin: My Life On the D-List , according to Tivo that is. Tivo released the results of a study based on its PowerWatch ratings service, which examines the viewing habits of specific demographics. Tivo applied its service to focus on what shows... More