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Sling accuses Comcast-owned stations of blocking its ads
Sling TV's chief executive Roger Lynch said Comcast-owned NBC channels are refusing to air advertisements for the streaming TV service.

How the web will save — or kill — cable television news
Cable television news faces a harsh bloodbath of destruction if networks continue to pursue antiquated business models over online innovation.

Paul Robertson, president of Canada’s Shaw Media, dies
A well-known figure in the Canadian broadcast landscape has died after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

50 mayors support Comcast merger, offer misleading examples of ‘competition’
Nearly five dozen U.S. mayors supported the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger on Thursday, offering misleading examples of competitive pricing and services to back their endorsement.

Here’s why nobody is watching Al Jazeera America
Al Jazeera America does not have a content problem, or even a brand problem. Al Jazeera America has a distribution problem.

How old-school radio became a lifeline in the Middle East
In this guest post, Aboud Dandachi reveals how a 20-year-old birthday present from his dad — an ordinary, old-school transistor radio — became a lifeline during the Syrian civil conflict.

Sinclair plans to take Washington’s NewsChannel 8 national
Sinclair Broadcasting Group, the new owners of Washington, D.C. cable channel NewsChannel 8, wants to air the channel across the country.

How to build useful Twitter lists for news coverage
Stay on top of the latest breaking news by aggregating various Twitter sources into lists. Here's how.