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Obama, Bush at Odds Over Media-Ownership Vote
By John Eggerton - 05/16/2008
The fight over the FCC's media-ownership vote set up a potential battle between the president and a senator who wants to be the next one. More

Cross-Ownership Reversal: The House
By John Eggerton - 05/16/2008
Rep. Jay Inslee is ready to push his companion bill to repeal the FCC's newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership change. More
Creditors File Bankruptcy Petitions vs. Harry Pappas
By John Eggerton - 05/16/2008
The Pappas Telecasting chairman said Thursday that three of the lenders that financed some of his company's station purchases filed involuntary bankruptcy petitions (Chapter 7) against him and his wife. More
More Reaction to Media-Ownership Smackdown
By John Eggerton - 05/16/2008
FCC chairman Kevin Martin has been criticized for paying too much attention to the health of newspapers in justifying the FCC's vote to loosen the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership ban. More
Computer Companies Praise FCC Smackdown
By John Eggerton - 05/16/2008
The Computer and Communications Industry Association Friday praised the Senate for voting to block the FCC's newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule change. More
Senate Votes to Block FCC's Cross-Ownership Rule Change
By John Eggerton - 05/15/2008
The Senate Thursday night voted, without debate, to invalidate the FCC's Dec. 18 decision to loosen the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule. More
Upfront: Fox Cutting Commericals for New Shows
By Ben Grossman - 05/15/2008
Fox said it will run rookie fall drama Fringe and rookie midseason drama Dollhouse with one-half the commercial interruptions in a test it is calling "Remote Free TV." More
Senate Scheduled to Begin Debate on FCC-Blocking Bill
By John Eggerton - 05/15/2008
The Bush administration sent another warning signal to Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) that it will veto his legislative effort to invalidate the FCC's loosening of the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rules. More
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Kate Bacon, Contributor, Broadcastingcable.com
May 15, 2008
Production and Development times 2
From the “Toot Your Horn” department (apologies to all) comes word that D...
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Station to Station
Mike Malone, Deputy Editor, Broadcasting & Cable
May 9, 2008
Wallace: Local Newscasts Still Matter
NBC Local Media president John Wallace says the station group's on-air newscasts will...
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Kate Bacon, Contributor, Broadcastingcable.com
May 9, 2008
Atlanta, NatGeo and WNET news
Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasting has news. They launched AID News in early April, focu...
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Kate Bacon, Contributor, Broadcastingcable.com
May 6, 2008
I think he looks like Val Kilmer
That’s MARK MCGEARY there in the pix. Doesn’t he look a little like VAL K...
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Irma Zamora - 5/17/2008 10:44:51 AM PT
in response to Lauren Lee Smith Joins CSI Cast

Make certain to visit the website TVSpy.com In the Watercooler section there are ma...
The Grim Reaper - 5/17/2008 9:43:34 AM PT
in response to Creditors File Bankrucpty Petitions Against Harry Pappas

The House of Represenatives should follow the Senate on the ownership issue, but that...
Jerry D. Weaver - 5/17/2008 12:40:34 AM PT
in response to Obama, Bush At Odds Over Senate Media Ownership Vote

I am glad that NBC is continuing it's NHL deal.The NHL needs network exposure and NBC...
Russell Williams - 5/16/2008 8:25:40 PM PT
in response to Report: NBC, NHL to Extend Deal by One Year

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Prospects for mobile DTV brightened this week with news that LG and Samsung will collaborate on technology to allow local stations to broadcast to cell phones and other portable devices.

Broadcasting & Cable TechTalk: Mobile DTV Hits the Fast Lane
B&C Senior Editor Glen Dickson discusses this week's news that LG and Samsung will collaborate on technology to allow local stations to broadcast to cell phones and other portable devices.

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Jake Tapper's Caricatures
ABC News' Jake Tapper has a not-so-hidden talent as a caricaturist whose work has been published in several national papers. The following are from Tapper's ABC News blog, Political Punch, at blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch

Headshots: Caricatures of the Fifth Estate
From B&C's 'Fifth Estater' column, a gallery of caricatures by artist Michael Caplanis

CNN's Democratic Debate - Kodak Theater
CNN hosts the first head-to-head debate between Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama at L.A.'s Kodak Theater, Jan. 31.

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Will Fallon Fly?
The television industry is going to forget about Jimmy Fallon about two weeks after he takes over for Conan O'Brien next year on NBC. And that is the best thing that could possibly happen to the rookie. If Fallon's press conference last week announcing the new gig is any indication, his first week will include equal amounts of quick wit, hyped-up nerves, involuntary leg twitching and talking re...
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