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		<title>Nielsen Makes Job Cuts At Facility That Suffered Power Outage</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/20/nielsen-makes-job-cuts-at-facility-that-suffered-power-outage/34171</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/20/nielsen-makes-job-cuts-at-facility-that-suffered-power-outage/34171#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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MediaPost has an item today about job cuts at the same Nielsen facility that had the power outage earlier this week.
If you&#8217;d rather not read the entire article:
Summary for the rational: We operate in the same economy as everybody else. Our business is down. We need to cut costs.
Summary for the crazy: Eliminating the jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fox Television Studios Limits Losses, But Can It Produce A Hit?</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/14/fox-television-studios-limits-losses-but-can-it-produce-a-hit/33678</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/14/fox-television-studios-limits-losses-but-can-it-produce-a-hit/33678#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fox Television Studios spreads the risk of producing new shows, but hasn't been able to produce a hit with that strategy yet. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Retrans Wars: &#8220;But the retransmission fees are really for the LOCAL content&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/11/retrans-wars-but-the-retransmission-fees-are-really-for-the-local-content/33365</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/11/retrans-wars-but-the-retransmission-fees-are-really-for-the-local-content/33365#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;With all due respect to my friends at the networks, I contend that the network programming is not the main reason that we&#8217;re receiving compensation&#8211;it&#8217;s the local programming.&#8221;
-Nexstar Broadcasting Group Chairman/President/CEO Perry Sook via Broadcasting &#38; Cable
Perhaps, but not for me.  I&#8217;m completely fine without any of the local content and have been for going [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reuters: Zucker to lead new Comcast-NBCU venture</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/10/reuters-zucker-to-lead-new-comcast-nbcu-venture/33319</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/10/reuters-zucker-to-lead-new-comcast-nbcu-venture/33319#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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I was so waist deep in the weekly ratings I&#8217;m just getting around to seeing this and it looks to be a couple of hours old already.
Reuters is reporting that  General Electric and Comcast have agreed to have NBCU Chairman Jeff Zucker lead the proposed joint venture between  Comcast and NBCU  without any clauses for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Retrans Wars: CBS sees fees growing 100% in 2010; looks for affiliates to share</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/05/retrans-wars-cbs-sees-fees-growing-100-in-2010-looks-for-affiliates-to-share/32782</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/05/retrans-wars-cbs-sees-fees-growing-100-in-2010-looks-for-affiliates-to-share/32782#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No surprises here.  Earlier in the week news came out that ABC was looking for a share of the retransmission fees from affiliates.  That train has left the station and whether it&#8217;s public yet or not, all the broadcasters are aboard. We&#8217;ve been saying for a while now that the biggest revenue growth opportunity for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>TV Pundit: &#8220;The CW Is On The Edge Of The Cliff&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/05/tv-pundit-the-cw-is-on-the-edge-of-the-cliff/32704</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/05/tv-pundit-the-cw-is-on-the-edge-of-the-cliff/32704#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Other predictions: Local affiliate pain if broadcast networks move to a cable model. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>111</slash:comments>
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		<title>Scripps wins Travel Channel bidding</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/05/scripps-and-cox-buy-the-travel-channel/32699</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/05/scripps-and-cox-buy-the-travel-channel/32699#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scripps and Cox are forming a new Joint Venture to own and run Travel Channel Media &#8230; Cox keeps 35% and Scripps gets 65%.•
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Retrans Wars: ABC seeks cut of retransmission fees from affiliates</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/04/retrans-wars-abc-seeks-cut-of-retransmission-fees-from-affiliates/32606</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/04/retrans-wars-abc-seeks-cut-of-retransmission-fees-from-affiliates/32606#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The kicking and screaming has begun.  FOX has been pretty outspoken about figuring out how to get better retransmission deals from the cable companies,  and even CBS&#8217; chief Les Moonves has recently been outspoken about getting CBS&#8217; fair share.  Now comes word that ABC is asking for a share of retransmission fees from some affiliates:
Belo [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Travel Channel expected to fetch nearly $1 billion despite low ratings and low carriage fees</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/30/travel-channel-expected-to-fetch-nearly-1-billion-despite-low-ratings-and-low-carriage-fees/32071</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/30/travel-channel-expected-to-fetch-nearly-1-billion-despite-low-ratings-and-low-carriage-fees/32071#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cable TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even if the ratings and carriage fees aren't huge, the value of being in nearly 100 million homes apparently  is[...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Broadcast TV: Revenge Of The Accountants</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/28/broadcast-tv-revenge-of-the-accountants/31896</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/28/broadcast-tv-revenge-of-the-accountants/31896#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's clear to me now that the accountants have taken the reigns at the broadcast TV networks. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>44</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cord Cutting?: Without Data, The LA Times Writes The Story It Wanted Anyway</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/26/cord-cutting-without-data-the-la-times-writes-the-story-it-wanted-anyway/31540</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/26/cord-cutting-without-data-the-la-times-writes-the-story-it-wanted-anyway/31540#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
There seem to be a few memes that persist in the TV media world even though there is no data to back them up. One is the &#8220;Oprah ratings down because of Obama endorsement&#8221;, another is &#8220;Look at all the people cutting the cord&#8221; (i.e. cancelling their subscription TV service).
Recently it&#8217;s been spun as an [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Broadcast networks pursuit of retransmission fees heats up</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/21/broadcast-networks-pursuit-of-retransmission-fees-heats-up/31152</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/21/broadcast-networks-pursuit-of-retransmission-fees-heats-up/31152#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last March I wrote that I was watching four trends (that didn&#8217;t involve whether Chuck or Dollhouse got canceled) and one of them was reallocation of existing revenue streams, including retransmission fees for broadcast nets:
[...] especially as advertising rates between broadcast and cable begin to equalize, look for the broadcast networks to get a bigger [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>At least one executive isn&#8217;t blaming Nielsen: Warner Bros CEO rails on giving away video online</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/21/at-least-one-executive-isnt-blaming-nielsen-warner-bros-ceo-rails-on-giving-away-video-online/31148</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/21/at-least-one-executive-isnt-blaming-nielsen-warner-bros-ceo-rails-on-giving-away-video-online/31148#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OK, sure he runs a studio and not a network, so his biases aren’t the same as his brethren who run networks but I was amused to see Broadcasting &#38; Cable’s Claire Atkinson live blogging some of Warner Bros CEO Barry Meyer&#8217;s comments at a B&#38;C conference via Twitter:
Barry Meyer WB chief launching attack on [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Court tosses lawsuit that would force a la carte pricing from cable and satellite companies</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/21/court-tosses-lawsuit-that-would-force-a-la-carte-pricing-from-cable-and-satellite-companies/31084</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/21/court-tosses-lawsuit-that-would-force-a-la-carte-pricing-from-cable-and-satellite-companies/31084#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[via Multichannel News:
After two years of winding through the federal courts, an anti-trust lawsuit in California claiming cable and satellite TV operators and programmers harmed consumers by not offering channels a la carte has been dismissed, though the attorney for the plaintiffs vows an appeal.
&#8220;That was the plan from the beginning,&#8221; said plaintiffs&#8217; attorney Maxwell [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fox To Negotiate Retransmission Carriage Fees With Cable/Satco Operators</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fox-to-negotiate-retransmission-carriage-fees-with-cablesatco-operators/30856</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fox-to-negotiate-retransmission-carriage-fees-with-cablesatco-operators/30856#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
This ultimately will be a big story for the economics of the broadcast TV business, if less so for the fans.
Rupert Murdoch wants to charge for access to news-oriented Web sites in the News Corp. portfolio. Now, he&#8217;s determined to extract fees from cable and satellite operators to carry the Fox network.
At a company shareholder [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Even with CBS winning 10pm, affiliates still not satisfied with lead-in to local news</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/18/even-with-cbs-winning-10pm-affiliates-still-not-satisfied-with-lead-in-to-local-news/30784</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/18/even-with-cbs-winning-10pm-affiliates-still-not-satisfied-with-lead-in-to-local-news/30784#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2-Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is just no pleasing a network affiliate these days.  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ted Turner wishes he was still running CNN; Cartoon Network, too</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/15/ted-turner-wishes-he-was-still-running-cnn-cartoon-network-too/30613</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/15/ted-turner-wishes-he-was-still-running-cnn-cartoon-network-too/30613#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OK,  so he really wants to run all of Time Warner!  A good read from The Hollywood Reporter&#8217;s Paul Bond:

No knock on his &#8220;good friend&#8221; Jeff Bewkes &#8212; or on Superman &#8212; but Ted Turner wishes that he was running Time Warner so that he could make some changes at Cartoon Network and CNN, the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>CBS, Cablevision Ink Carriage Deal, Ulitmately a Big Deal For Broadcasters</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/12/cbs-cablevision-ink-carriage-deal-ulitmately-a-big-deal-for-broadcasters/30241</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/12/cbs-cablevision-ink-carriage-deal-ulitmately-a-big-deal-for-broadcasters/30241#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cablevision and CBS Corp. have announced what they call a “comprehensive content carriage agreement” which sees Cablevision continue to carry CBS programming and offer Showtime Networks&#8217; programming to Cablevision’s three million subscribers in the New York market. Cablevision will continue to carry WCBS, while its customers in central and southern New Jersey will receive Philadelphia’s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nielsen sets meeting with clients: but do the advertisers really want convergence measurement?</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/08/nielsen-sets-meeting-with-clients-but-do-the-advertisers-really-want-convergence-measurement/30009</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/08/nielsen-sets-meeting-with-clients-but-do-the-advertisers-really-want-convergence-measurement/30009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Since the news of the &#8220;consortium to challenge Nielsen that really isn&#8217;t&#8220;,  I&#8217;ve been writing that it was largely just blowing off steam to cope with a changing business landscape that isn&#8217;t pretty, as well as to put some pressure on Nielsen.   It seems to have achieved the latter result.
I wasn&#8217;t at all surprised [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comcast + Hulu = No more free lunch?</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/05/hulu-comcast/29598</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia</dc:creator>
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The LA Times today has an article that poses the question of whether Comcast gaining a controlling share of NBCU will put Hulu&#8217;s currently free content in jeopardy.
&#8220;Would Comcast put an end to the Hulu model of using the Web to distribute free TV content?&#8221; asked Michael Nathanson, senior media analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeff Zucker is &#8220;nobody&#8217;s pawn&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/04/jeff-zucker-is-nobodys-pawn/29474</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/04/jeff-zucker-is-nobodys-pawn/29474#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters looks at the "what ifs" for Jeff Zucker should Comcast acquire control of NBC Universal[...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysts: Comcast/NBC Uni deal would be highly scrutinized but get government approval</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/02/analysts-comcastnbc-uni-deal-would-be-highly-scrutinized-but-get-government-approval/29297</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/02/analysts-comcastnbc-uni-deal-would-be-highly-scrutinized-but-get-government-approval/29297#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Analysts at investment firm Stifel Nicolaus say they would expect a Comcast/General Electric jointly owned NBC Universal, if it is done, to pass government muster in Washington, though only after close scrutiny by the Department of Justice and perhaps the Federal Trade Commission.
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		<title>Two more original dramas greenlit by FX; Terriers and Lights Out</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/30/two-more-original-dramas-greenlit-by-fx-terriers-and-lights-out/29129</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/30/two-more-original-dramas-greenlit-by-fx-terriers-and-lights-out/29129#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Josef Adalian&#8217;s TVMojoe
FX has greenlit two more original drama series for 2010: &#8220;Terriers&#8221; and &#8220;Lights Out&#8221;.
Shawn Ryan (&#8221;The Shield&#8221;) is behind &#8220;Terriers,&#8221; about two buddies who start a detective agency. The dramedy is from Fox 21 and stars Donal Logue. Ted Griffin (&#8221;Ocean&#8217;s Eleven&#8221;) created the show.
Ryan is also currently the executive  producer and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wrap reports Comcast is in talks to buy NBC Universal from GE</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/30/the-wrap-reports-comcast-is-in-talks-to-buy-nbc-universal-from-ge/29123</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/30/the-wrap-reports-comcast-is-in-talks-to-buy-nbc-universal-from-ge/29123#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No comments from Comcast or NBC, but The Wrap reports deal points are being hammered out[...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Reality Stars Make: Kristin Cavallari&#8217;s $90,000 per episode on The Hills more than Spencer Pratt&#8217;s $65,000, but Audrina makes $100,000</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/28/what-reality-stars-make-kristin-cavallaris-90000-per-episode-on-the-hills-more-than-spencer-pratts-65000-but-audrina-makes-100000/28733</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/28/what-reality-stars-make-kristin-cavallaris-90000-per-episode-on-the-hills-more-than-spencer-pratts-65000-but-audrina-makes-100000/28733#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Beast has a post about the salaries for some of the stars of The Hills:
 As the hit MTV show returns, Nicole LaPorte exclusively uncovers payday drama: Kristin makes $90,000 per episode compared to Spencer&#8217;s $65,000 and Audrina&#8217;s $100,000. Plus, Spencer spills on his co-stars and view our gallery of reality TV salaries.
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