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Dish Network pulls CNN, Cartoon Network, other Turner channels
Dish Network customers are without CNN, HLN, the Cartoon Network and a handful of other Turner-owned channels after the two companies failed to renew a retransmission agreement this week.
Tribune, FOX reach agreement over Seattle affiliate KCPQ
The FOX Network won't be leaving Tribune station KCPQ-TV after all.
Exclusive: Guardian journalists used Whisper data for months before publishing stories on privacy concerns
Guardian journalists worked with Whisper for at least six months and top editors were given a demonstration on the app's discovery tools back in June, sources told The Desk.
CBS All Access: Is it worth your $6 a month?
The service makes a lot of promises, such as "thousands" of on-demand TV episodes, but ultimately comes up short of being worth $6. Also: No live NFL games.
Exclusive: Pot-themed newspaper to replace San Francisco Bay Guardian
The San Francisco Media Company is readying the launch of a marijuana-themed newspaper to replace the shuttered San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Islamic State militants execute local Iraqi journalist
Raad al-Azzawi, 37, worked for a local television station in Iraq's Saladin province north of Baghdad when he was kidnapped by Islamic State fighters in September.
Report: German, Danish public broadcasters readying Snowden documentary
"Snowden's Great Escape" will reportedly feature two new interviews with the NSA whistleblower during his time in Moscow.
After questionable tactics, Thomson Reuters loses consumer confidence survey contract to Bloomberg
Bloomberg will pick up distribution of the University of Michigan consumer confidence survey starting in January 2015.
James Risen: President Obama “hates the press”
New York Times reporter James Risen charged President Obama with showing contempt against the fourth estate.
CNN boss Jeff Zucker: “I don’t take Vice seriously”
The CNN Worldwide president said he's not concerned with Vice's approach to news — and his programming decisions appear to back that.
Report: Thomson Reuters to raise price of media products
The world's largest financial news organization will raise prices on legacy and new products by as much as ten percent, according to a report.
KGO Radio’s Kevin Metheny dies from heart attack
Kevin Metheny, a career radio executive who recently joined San Francisco's KGO-AM, suffered a fatal heart attack Friday afternoon. He was 60 years old.