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'Sports Guy' jabs WEEI

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:41:06 -0500

ESPN heavyweight Bill Simmons is taking on WEEI powerhouse "The Big Show," blasting the top-rated afternoon yackfest on Twitter and on the air at new sports radio...

Wrigley, GM end Digitas advertising accounts

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:55:10 -0500

Boston digital marketing firm Digitas is losing two big accounts. Candy maker Wrigley announced this week that Digitas would no longer serve as its digital agency of...

Threat alert at WRKO

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:18:38 -0500

Security at WRKO radio is on alert after a caller threatened to gut Tom Finneran's producer "like a pig" and leave him "for dead" over comments he...

Lou Dobbs says he is leaving CNN

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:00:10 -0500

NEW YORK - CNN host Lou Dobbs says he is leaving CNN effective immediately. The longtime host of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" said Wednesday on his show that it would...

Longtime CNN host Lou Dobbs quits abruptly

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:59:53 -0500

CNN host Lou Dobbs shocked his viewers yesterday when he announced that he would be leaving the network effective immediately. The longtime host of "Lou Dobbs Tonight"...

CNN finding that prime-time success is elusive

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:32:33 -0500

NEW YORK - The latest rough patch for CNN illustrates the two contradictions at the network's heart. In a brutal time for the news business, CNN is one of the few...

New breed of ads is sure to bug you

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:10:46 -0500

The catchword "buzz" is already overused in the advertising and public relations worlds, but brace yourself for an infestation. Insects could be the new entry-level...

Bias at MSNBC, Fox is harmful, says Charles Gibson

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:08:55 -0500

An ABC TV network news anchor said he's troubled by what he called the biased news coverage of Fox and MSNBC. "I worry about the lack of objectivity and the...

Comcast close to deal for NBC Universal

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:41:43 -0500

PHILADELPHIA - Comcast Corp. appears days from finalizing a $30 billion joint venture deal for NBC Universal Inc. A deal could be announced later this week or, more likely,...

Cop: Suspect admitted being at slain TV anchorwoman's home

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:33:13 -0500

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A Little Rock police detective told jurors at a capital murder trial that Curtis Vance admitted being at the home of television anchorwoman Anne Pressly...

CatholicTV reaches out to Web

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:39:45 -0500

CatholicTV may be 50 years old, but it's getting hip to new technology to spread the gospel globally, as Pope Benedict XVI urges priests and parishes to do the same. ...

Fox 25 dumps top sportscaster

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:17:20 -0500

In another sign that local TV news is throwing in the towel in the media sports battle, FOX 25 has cut loose beloved veteran sports anchor Butch Stearns after a decade with...