CHICAGO — Tribune Co. said Monday that it reached a deal to buy Local TV Holdings LLC’s 19 TV stations for $2.73 billion in cash, significantly boosting its television business as it looks to sell its newspaper operations. Tribune currently ...

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When I watch TV, I want to be entertained; I don’t want a flashback to the Bar exam.

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Adam May, formerly the weekend news anchor at WJZ-13, the CBS affiliate in Baltimore, has left that TV station to become one of six national correspondents reporting for a one-hour current affairs magazine program on Al Jazeera America, a cable news channel that will launch later this year.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix is hoping this weekend’s release of the resurrected TV series “Arrested Development” will draw more subscribers to its Internet video service. The award-winning show about the dysfunctional Bluth family returns Sunday, seven years after Fox cancelled ...

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Who needs a script on these commercials?

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. announced Thursday that it has closed on the previously announced purchase of four television stations owned by Cox Media Group in an all-cash transaction.

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., of Hunt Valley, a diversified television broadcasting company, said it has priced an underwritten public offering of 18 million shares of common stock at $27.25 per share.

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NEW YORK — YouTube vs. TV? YouTube says the battle — if there ever was one — is over. In a flashy presentation to advertisers Wednesday night, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt declined to forecast that Internet video will displace ...

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NEW YORK — Media companies benefited from higher fees for cable television networks such as TBS, Comedy Central and CNBC in the first three months of the year. Time Warner Inc., Viacom Inc. and Comcast Corp. all saw growth in ...

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Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable company and owner of NBCUniversal, on Wednesday said its net income rose 17 percent in the latest quarter, powered by continued strong results from its cable operations.

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