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Girl Scouts robotics team goes to D.C.
After spending years going door-to-door selling cookies, a group of Girl Scouts ended up at a house where most people can't even reach the door bell — the White House. One of the 11 Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles' robotics teams, the Rock N'...Tags: Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Los Angeles, Technology
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Kidnap show bumped to new timeslot
A cable television show about the efforts of a local man to recover child kidnapping victims did not air last Saturday as planned but will premiere at a new date and time to be determined later, a spokesperson for the Discovery Channel said. As the...Tags: Television Industry, Kidnapping, Satellite and Cable Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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Local man makes child rescue his mission
An episode in a Discovery Channel series about the military-style rescue of kidnapping victims around the globe will on Saturday spotlight a local man’s efforts to recover children from sexual exploitation and abuse by human traffickers.
But part...Tags: Health, Human Interest, Phil McGraw, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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'Gatsby' does great. Upfront week! Bruce Rosenblum on way out.
After the coffee. Before getting through two upfronts in one day. The Skinny: It's a beautiful day here in New York. Too bad I'll spend it indoors at the NBC and Fox upfronts, and then running in and out of Starbucks to steal their Wi-Fi to file blog...
Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Rupert Murdoch, Tyler Perry, Entertainment, The Tonight Show (tv program)
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ABC expected to tap OWN's Whitney Holland for scheduling position
ABC is expected to finally fill a key position in its scheduling department by tapping Whitney Holland as its new vice president of program planning and acquisitions, according to people close to her and ABC. Holland joins ABC from OWN, the cable...
Tags: Bravo (tv network), Hallmark Channel (tv network), Television Industry, ABC (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service
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'The Bible' on Fox News Channel? It almost happened
If Rupert Murdoch had gotten his way, the miniseries "The Bible" might very well have ended up airing on the Fox News Channel instead of the History channel, where it was a huge hit. Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corp., was hot for...
Tags: History (tv network), Fox Broadcasting Company, Rupert Murdoch, Satellite and Cable Service, News Corp.
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Comcast's Roberts paid $29 million; NBCU's Burke got $26 million
Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Brian Roberts might run the nation's largest entertainment and cable TV company, but he ranks in the middle of the media pack in terms of salary and perks. Roberts received $29 million in compensation last year, an increase...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Television Industry, Corporate Officers, Comcast Corporation, Economy, Business and Finance
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Fallon will inherit declining empire! Disney shutters LucasArts.
After the coffee. Before remembering to record NBC's "Hannibal." The Skinny: For some reason my DVR didn't record "Modern Family" last night but it did capture some good discounts on QVC. You don't need me to tell you that today's headlines include a...Tags: Conan O'Brien, Memorial Day, Lucasfilm Ltd., The Walt Disney Co., Gaming Industry
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Discovery CEO's 2012 pay package approaches $50 million
Honey Boo Boo should be getting a nice box of chocolates in the mail. David Zaslav, the chief executive of cable programming giant Discovery Communications, had a 2012 compensation package worth $49.9 million, according to the company's proxy statement....
Tags: Animal Planet (tv network), Hasbro Inc., Television Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, Corporate Officers
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Tyler Perry's 'For Better or Worse' moving to OWN from TBS
Tyler Perry's sitcom "For Better or Worse" is moving from TBS to OWN this fall. The move extends the growing relationship between the actor/director and OWN, the cable channel owned by Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications. Perry signed a deal to...Tags: Tyler Perry's House of Payne (tv program), Satellite and Cable Service, Meet the Browns (tv program), TBS (tv network), Tyler Perry
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Tribune taps former FCC official Edward Lazarus as general counsel
Tribune Co. has named Edward Lazarus, a former high-ranking Federal Communications Commission official and one-time federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, as its executive vice president and general counsel. Lazarus, 53, is the first key hire for Tribune'...
Tags: Television Industry, Newspaper and Magazine, Crime, Law and Justice, News Corp., Prosecution
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Lance Armstrong: 4.3 million watch interview with Oprah on OWN
Oprah Winfrey's "worldwide exclusive" interview with disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong greatly enhanced the performance of her nascent OWN network. Thursday's installment of the highly anticipated "Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive"...Tags: Television Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, Lance Armstrong, Track Cycling, ESPN (tv network)
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