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		<title>NBC probe centers on staffer in shooting story error</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 5 (Reuters) &#8211; An internal NBC News probe has determined a &#8220;seasoned&#8221; producer was to blame for a misleading clip of a 911 call that the network broadcast during its coverage of the Trayvon Martin shooting, according to two sources at the network. NBC News brass interviewed more than half a dozen staffers during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive: Low ratings could end cable deal for Gore&#8217;s Current TV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Peter Lauria (Reuters) &#8211; Al Gore&#8217;s Current TV has bigger problems to deal with than a potential lawsuit from fired news anchor Keith Olbermann &#8211; namely not getting kicked off Time Warner Cable for low ratings. According to three sources with knowledge of the situation, Time Warner Cable Inc&#8217;s carriage agreement with Current TV [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/05/us-currenttv-timewarnercable-idUSBRE83404P20120405?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=everything&#038;virtualBrandChannel=11563</link>
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		<title>Low ratings could end cable deal for Gore&#8217;s Current TV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 5 (Reuters) &#8211; Al Gore&#8217;s Current TV has bigger problems to deal with than a potential lawsuit from fired news anchor Keith Olbermann &#8211; namely not getting kicked off Time Warner Cable (TWC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) for low ratings. According to three sources with knowledge of the situation, Time Warner Cable Inc&#8217;s carriage agreement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environment ripe for U.S. TV station deals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[March 23 (Reuters) &#8211; A confluence of factors ranging from a robust advertising market to the growing importance of retransmission fees and more funding for deals, is setting the stage for a new wave of television station mergers over the next 12-24 months. Newport Television, a group of 56 stations owned by buyout shop Providence [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/23/dealtalk-tv-idUSL1E8EN5GV20120323?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=everything&#038;virtualBrandChannel=11563</link>
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		<title>Exclusive: Providence Equity shopping Newport Television</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) &#8211; Providence Equity Partners is shopping Newport Television, the group of 56 television stations it acquired in 2008, to potential buyers, according to three sources familiar with the matter. According to the sources, the private equity firm has retained Moelis &#038; Co to &#8220;explore strategic alternatives,&#8221; including a possible sale of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/23/us-exclusive-providence-idUSBRE82M11X20120323?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=everything&#038;virtualBrandChannel=11563</link>
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		<title>How Lions Gate won &#8216;Hunger Games&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[March 21 (Reuters) &#8211; Little Lions Gate Entertainment beat out its bigger and better funded rivals to win the right to make a film of &#8220;The Hunger Games,&#8221; which opens on Friday with blockbuster expectations. Personal appeals for the rights began back in 2009, with schmoozing that included calls from Lions Gate CEO Jon Feltheimer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/22/lionsgate-hungergames-idUSL1E8QL2G320120322?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=everything&#038;virtualBrandChannel=11563</link>
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		<title>Huckabee vs Limbaugh: Cumulus aims at Clear Channel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Peter Lauria (Reuters) &#8211; Earlier this week, Cumulus Media sent out an email blast to fellow radio station owners with a photoshopped picture of former U.S. Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, promoting him as the conservative talk radio host of the future. Though the email did not name Rush Limbaugh, the long-running, top-rated talk radio [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/17/entertainment-us-cumulus-huckabee-idUSBRE82G01Z20120317?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=everything&#038;virtualBrandChannel=11563</link>
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		<title>NBC caught between rising &#8216;Voice,&#8217; crashing &#8216;Smash&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) &#8211; Since their debut four weeks ago, NBC&#8217;s two most-talked about TV shows have been on opposite trajectories: &#8220;The Voice&#8221; has soared in the ratings, while viewership for &#8220;Smash&#8221; has crashed. Monday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;The Voice,&#8221; which pits teams of singers selected by music stars Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/03/01/nbc-greenblatt-idINDEE8200E020120301?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=everything&#038;virtualBrandChannel=11709</link>
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		<title>Analysis: NBC caught between rising &#8220;Voice&#8221;, crashing &#8220;Smash&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) &#8211; Since their debut four weeks ago, NBC&#8217;s two most-talked about TV shows have been on opposite trajectories: &#8220;The Voice&#8221; has soared in the ratings, while viewership for &#8220;Smash&#8221; has crashed. Monday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;The Voice,&#8221; which pits teams of singers selected by music stars Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/29/us-nbc-greenblatt-idUSTRE81S2FE20120229?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=everything&#038;virtualBrandChannel=11563</link>
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		<title>For The Economist, the uncommercial pays off</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Peter Lauria (Reuters) &#8211; The Economist Group&#8217;s chief executive, Andrew Rashbass, says the problem with most magazines today is that they have traded the courage of their convictions for commercial interests. To illustrate this, Rashbass pulls up on his smartphone a July 2010 cover of The Economist with the headline &#8220;Shifting Sands&#8221; and a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/16/us-economist-idUSTRE81F21R20120216?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=everything&#038;virtualBrandChannel=11563</link>
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