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CNN: Gupta approached about surgeon general post

Associated Press

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January 07, 2009 - WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama has approached CNN's chief medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, about becoming the country's next surgeon general, the cable network said Tuesday. ...
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Time Warner Cable and CBS Reach Retrans Agreement

PRNewswire-FirstCall
January 07, 2009 - NEW YORK -- Time Warner Cable and CBS Corporation today announced a comprehensive program carriage agreement under which Time Warner Cable has extended retransmission consent for CBS's owned and operated television stations and extended its carriage of Showtime Networks' programming through 2013. ...
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Universal sells Rogue to financing partner

Associated Press
January 07, 2009 - LOS ANGELES - Universal Pictures, a division of General Electric Co., has sold horror and thriller film label Rogue Pictures to its longtime financing partner Relativity Media LLC. ...
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HGTV Launches Four New Shows

The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri)
January 07, 2009 - Four new shows from HGTV are designed to help homeowners benefit from the real-estate market despite a sluggish economy. ...
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Top Hollywood Exec Says 3-D is the Industry's Next Big Thing

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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January 07, 2009 - DALLAS -- Don't count on seeing representatives of filmmakers and exhibitors in front of Congress asking for money. ...
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General Mills Puts Its Weight Behind NBC's 'Biggest Loser'

USA TODAY

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January 06, 2009 - NEW YORK -- The seventh edition of NBC's The Biggest Loser begins tonight with new licensing tie-ins and General Mills as a first-time advertiser. ...
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CBS Snags First Times Front-Page Ad

United Press International

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January 06, 2009 - CBS says it has become the first advertiser to appear in a front page ad in The New York Times. ...
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Samsung and Yahoo! Bring the Best of the Web to Television

Business Wire
January 06, 2009 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, and Yahoo! Inc., a leading global Internet company, today announced a new Internet-based service to Samsung televisions available in the spring of 2009. ...
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Lionsgate Agrees To Acquire TV Guide

PRNewswire-FirstCall

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January 06, 2009 - SANTA CLARA and SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Lionsgate , the leading next generation studio, and Macrovision Solutions Corporation , a digital entertainment technology leader, today announced an agreement for Lionsgate to acquire the TV Guide Network and TV Guide Online properties from Macrovision for $255 million in consideration. ...
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