Hollywood, D.C.
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CBS Blasts Time Warner Cable for Harming ‘Innocent Victims’; TWC Accuses Network of ‘Punitive Conduct’ (Updated)
Network exec took aim at the cable company in New York City Council testimony, and cable exec fought back while calling the regulatory system broken
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Obama Dines Privately With His ‘Longtime Friend,’ Jeffrey Katzenberg – but Who Paid?
The two dined alone Tuesday night at the Hilton in Woodland Hills, but White House press secretary Jay Carney refuses to say who picked up the check
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WGAW Urges FCC to Phase Out Primetime Indecency Rules
The union urged the FCC to replace content rules with technological solutions for families who don’t want to watch edgy content
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CBS’ Les Moonves a ‘Bellicose Broadcast CEO With a Napoleonic Complex,’ Says Cable Assn. Chief
American Cable Association CEO Matthew W. Polka is urging Congress to step in and rewrite current retransmission rules
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J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Alan Horn: Who Are Hollywood’s Biggest Political Donors? (Exclusive)
Who's giving what to whom? An early look at the biggest contributors in showbiz
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Feds: Spending on Movie, TV Development Slows, but Still on the Rise
This is the first year the Commerce Department has included development in its Gross Domestic Product report
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Fox ‘Disappointed’ With Court Decision Allowing Dish’s Hopper to Proceed
Fox says it is disappointed with an appellate-court ruling Wednesday morning that rejected the network’s attempt to immediately shut down Dish Network’s PrimeTime Anytime and its ad-skipper Hopper technologies. In a major blow to TV networks, the three-judge panel in San Francisco agreed with a lower-court decision that Fox hadn’t demonstrated that the Hopper violates…
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Democratic Senator Joins John McCain’s ‘a la Carte’ Cable Plan
Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal calls the current system antiquated and antidemocratic
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MPAA Dings Internet Ad Take-Down Scheme as Insufficient
MPAA said that the plan to yank ads for pirated content places too much burden on rights holders
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Attorney General Calls for Stricter Press Protections — the Press Keeps (Mostly) Quiet About It
The Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press questioned whether the new guidelines go far enough
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Battle Over the FCC’s Future Kickstarted Again in Congress
Greg Walden rips the FCC for taking too long to review communications deals and for overreaching in demanding concessions such as in the Comcast-NBCU merger
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Obama Nerds Out, Says George Lucas ‘Made Those Planes Fly in Space’
The president honors Lucas, Tony Kushner, Herb Alpert, Elaine May, others, with National Medal of Arts awards
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George Lucas, Tony Kushner, Herb Alpert Among National Medal of Arts Honorees
President Obama will deliver the awards on July 10 in White house ceremonies
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President Obama May Recruit Hollywood Stars to Promote Obamacare
Eva Longoria, John Legend among names who could help persuade consumers to sign up with affordable care exchanges in October
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Same-Sex Marriage Decisions Expected From Supreme Court Wednesday
One decision covers the Defense of Marriage Act, the other the fate of California's Proposition 8