Media
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The U of Miami Football Scandal: Will the NCAA Do the Unthinkable and Strip TV Rights?
While it threw a tough sentence at USC, college sports’ governing body has been reluctant to target the bread and butter of university athletic programs, lucrative television appearances
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L.A. Times Employees to Get $32 Million for ESOP Sell-Out
“This was a horrible deal for the employees of Tribune,” says Dan Neil, who brought the suit
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Christine O’Donell’s CNN Walk-Off: A Perplexingly Illogical Media Relations Decision
Just between us, Christine, I don’t think you’re a witch. But I do think you’re naïve and ill-informed
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Frankie Stone -
Ex-LA Times Writer Mark Heisler Vents Again About Tribune
He writes a supposedly personal essay, but still points out many of the negative recent changes at the paper
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Ashton Kutcher Safe From FTC Investigation of Details Gig
The FTC retracts statement that the “Two and a Half Men” star could be investigated for not disclosing his investments in guest “Social Issue”
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2 More Arrested in News Corp. Phone-Hacking Scandal
Latest arrests in the U.K. bring the tally to 15
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‘West Memphis Three’ Killers Freed After 18 Years
A third HBO documentary about the convicted murderers is being re-edited in wake of their release; celebs had lobbied for their release
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Apple Launching iPad 3 in Early 2012 (Report)
Though the iPad 2 has only been out for a few months, the Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is already preparing a new version of the tablet
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What Does Time Warner’s Purchase of Insight Say About Your Worth (to Them)?
The next time you’re feeling down in the dumps, just remind yourself: “I’m special, and people (cable execs) like me”
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Matthew Cain -
Stephen Colbert Hurls Poop-Pun Onslaught at ‘Rival’ Anderson Cooper
After watching Cooper laugh uncontrollably over Gerard Depardieu’s in-flight meltdown, Colbert is “shocked at this behavior from the award-winning journalist”
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L.A. Times Charts Promising Online Growth — But Where’s the Money?
The L.A. Times has charted bigger traffic gains than its rivals, but those increases have not prevented further cutbacks
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Ashton Kutcher Guest-Edits Details, Fails to Disclose He Invests in Companies He Touts
In an online-only version of Details, the “Two and a Half Men” star champions a number of new media companies without mentioning he’s an investor in several of them
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Newsweek-Daily Beast Gains, Yahoo Loses in Latest Media Shuffle
Yahoo’s Joe Pompeo jumps to New York-centered Capital while the Daily Beast makes a flurry of staffing moves
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What’s in a Chinese Director’s Name? Plenty!
Word order matters — especially with Chinese and Taiwanese names when written or pronounced in English in the US or Europe
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Dan Bloom -
News Corp. Sued by Its Former Private Investigator
Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator responsible for much of the condemned phone hacking, is suing one of News Corp.’s British subsidiaries