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• TV Guide Net Reups With Comcast

  TV Guide Network has reached a multi-year extension of a carriage agreement with Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable operator, the companies said Friday.

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:26am EST

• AP Layoff Count Hits 90, Meets Goal

  The count of Associated Press union employees laid off this week has risen to 90, which, according to the news cooperative, meets its goal of cutting annual payroll costs by 10 percent. It is the AP's largest cut in newsroom layoffs in memory, roughly 2 percent of its workforce.

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:17am EST

• 'Oprah Winfrey Show' Coming to an End

  To shift focus to OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, which she owns with Discovery Communications. The cable network expects to bow at the end of next year

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:12am EST

• In Depth: Mr. TV Discusses Oprah on PI Podcast

  The big news late yesterday was Oprah Winfrey’s decision to conclude her syndicated talk show in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air to concentrate on her upcoming cable network OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, a joint venture with Discovery Communications.

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:11am EST

• McClatchy Launches Digital Kindle Editions

  The McClatchy Co. announced today—on Facebook—that five of its papers are now available on the Kindle: The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram in Texas, the Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News and the News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C.

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:10am EST

• Radio's 3Q Dials Up Slightly

  Radio revenue improved slightly in third quarter but was still bouncing along the bottom, according to figures released Friday (Nov. 20) by the Radio Advertising Bureau.

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:18am EST

• ESPN Breaks Out the Broom in Ratings Sweep

  Dominates all four major categories in the prime-time cable ratings race, marking the sports network’s first sweep since mid-October

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:08am EST

• Bloomberg Preps Major Marketing Push

  Seeking an agency or agencies to help it with “corporate identity and design, advertising, media, digital, events and demand generation.”

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:51am EST

• Bloomberg Preps Major Marketing Push

  Seeking an agency or agencies to help it with “corporate identity and design, advertising, media, digital, events and demand generation.”

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:51am EST