- Comcast's NBC Talks Cap Its Decades-Long Rise
- PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Ralph Roberts knew he was onto something big when people ran after his cable TV trucks in Tupelo, Miss., asking for a visit to their homes. It was 1963. Roberts had been looking for new ventures after selling his…
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- Oprah Changes Channels
- Despite slipping ratings and her failings, she was a class act in the daytime wasteland. Kim Masters on how the mogul's exit will affect the broadcast landscape—and what she's got planned. On Friday, Oprah Winfrey will look into the camera…
- Daily Beast
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- 10 hours ago
Daily Beast- Emmy Nominated Writer Christopher Kubasik of Artist…
- Artist International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hollywood Studios International (PINKSHEETS: HYWS), is proud to announce that Emmy nominated client Christopher Kubasik has sold his New Media pitch "The Booth at the End" to Vuguru, a New…
- MSN Money
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- 11/17/2009
- People just want more TV
- R alph Roberts knew he was on to something big when people ran after his cable TV trucks in Tupelo, Miss., asking for a visit to their homes. It was 1963. Roberts had been looking for new ventures after selling his belt-and-suspenders…
- Akron Beacon Journal
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- 1 day ago
- Three Stocks Show Growth at a Reasonable Price: John Dorfman
- Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- As an unrepentant cheapskate, I almost never pay more than 15 times earnings for a stock. I recognize, however, that some people are more willing to pay for quality than I am. That’s why, about once a year, I look at…
- Bloomberg
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- 20 hours ago
- Animated Shorts: Award Winners- Timm, Katzenberg, Burton
- ASIFA Hollywood, the West Coast branch of the international organization for animators, announced its winners of the 2009 Winsor McCay Award. The award is given for a lifetime’s work in animation. The first such award, given in 1972, went…
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- 11/18/2009
- Hansen couldn't resist Real Salt Lake — and cacciatore
- It's easy. Send a link to the story you were just reading to a friend. Just fill out the form on this page and we'll send it along. SANDY — It all started with politics and chicken cacciatore. It wasn't a well-kept secret, but it became…
- Deseret News
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- 11/19/2009
- NBC deal in sight for family-run Comcast
- PHILADELPHIA — Ralph Roberts knew he was onto something big when people ran after his cable TV trucks in Tupelo, Miss., asking for a visit to their homes. It was 1963. Roberts had been looking for new ventures after selling his…
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- Disney History, Drawn by Hand
- Walt Disney's first successful cartoons were the "Alice" comedies, which ran from 1923 to 1927. Over 50 shorts were produced in this silent series, which followed the adventures of the live-action Alice and her animated cat friend Julius.…
- MSN Entertainment
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- 11/18/2009
- Comcast’s NBC talks cap its decades-long rise
- Disney CEO Michael Eisner was in danger of being ousted over the company’s flagging performance. At first, Roberts tried to get Eisner to back a friendly takeover, but it didn’t work. Disney’s board rallied around keeping the company ...
- Norristown Times Herald
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- 11/18/2009
