Comcast Founder Ralph Roberts Dead at 95
Roberts founded Comcast in 1963 when he purchased a small cable system in Mississippi
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Time Warner Cable Falls Below Earnings Expectations, Adds Video Subscribers for First Time Since 2009
Cable company reports earnings of $1.65 on revenue of 5.78 billion
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Tribune Publishing Company Misses Earnings Estimates, Tops Revenue Expectations
“We are in the early stages of digital,” interim CFO Sandy Martin tells TheWrap as company delivers $0.60 per share on $457 million in revenue
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AMC Networks and SundanceTV Merging Ad Sales Departments, Small Cuts Coming (Exclusive)
Streamlined department will report to Senior VP of Ad Sales Marc Krok
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ABC Sells Out Oscar Ads at Record Price
A 30-second spot costing brands $2 million
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Time Warner Cable’s Q4 Revenue and Earnings Rise, But Fall Below Forecasts
The cable company delivers earnings of $2.03 per share on $5.79 billion in revenue
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Sports Illustrated Lays Off All Staff Photographers
“There was a decision made through the company to restructure various departments,” says photography director Brad Smith
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Diane Sawyer, New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof Join Forces for Sex Trafficking Special
Reporting on the subject and gender inequality in America will air on both PBS and ABC
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Fusion, Vox, Al Jazeera and The Verge Partner With Newscast App ‘Watchup’ (Exclusive)
Free internet app allows users to curate their own newscasts; four new partners will be among first news sources users see
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Former IMG Sports President Raises $250 Million, Launches Bruin Sports Capital
George Pyne’s new venture — aligned with WPP — is a privately held media, sports, marketing and branded lifestyle company
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MSNBC’s Phil Griffin Acknowledges ‘Difficult’ 2014: Read President’s Year-End Memo
“It’s no secret that 2014 was a difficult year for the entire cable news industry and especially for MSNBC,” network chief writes to staff
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‘The Interview’ to Stream on YouTube, Google Play, Xbox in Unique Sony Release
The studio confirmed the video-on-demand release on Wednesday
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Top 5 Possible Replacements for Candy Crowley on CNN
As “State of the Union” host Candy Crowley leaves network, TheWrap picks top 5 contenders to replace her as host of CNN’s Sunday morning political show
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USA Today Shuttering USA Weekend Magazine
“With the success of our weekend Life offering, we believe it provides our readers and affiliates with a superior product,” publisher Larry Kramer writes
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Rovi Acquires Content Discovery Navigator Fanhattan
The entertainment discovery and analytics provider acquires cloud-based Fan TV start-up
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Facebook Filtering Users’ Political Views; Sharing With News Organizations
“We’re excited to partner with ABC News and BuzzFeed News, who will both bring their unique journalistic perspective to this data,” Facebook says
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New York Times Invests in Dutch Pay-Per-Article Startup Blendle
The Times and German publisher Axel Springer Digital Ventures invest 3 million euro — or $3.8 million
