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April 11 at 10:25 a.m.

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Filed under: Books

Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ life story coming in 2012

By Reuters

Apple CEO Steve Jobs showing the first version of the iPhone in 2007. (AP file photo/Paul Sakuma)

Apple CEO Steve Jobs will allow best-selling author Walter Isaacson, who chronicled the lives of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, to publish his biography next year.

The Silicon Valley icon, who has battled a rare form of pancreatic cancer and undertook a liver transplant in 2009, granted exclusive interviews to the biographer over the course of three years — an unprecedented level of access to the CEO. Get the full story »

April 8 at 1:12 p.m.

Filed under: Computers, Entertainment, Media, TV, Technology, Wireless

Viacom takes iPad rights fight to Cablevision

By Dow Jones Newswires

Viacom Inc. said Friday that Cablevision Systems Corp. lacks the rights to show its popular cable channels on the cable operator’s new live TV iPad app. Get the full story »

April 7 at 6:13 a.m.

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Filed under: Autos, Media, TV

‘Repo Games’ let contestants try to win back cars

By CNN

“Repo Games,“ a reality television show from Spike TV that allows debtors a chance to win back their repossessed cars, will hit the airwaves later this month. Get the full story »

April 7 at 6:08 a.m.

Filed under: Advertising/Marketing, Internet, Media, Movies, TV, Video

YouTube aims for living rooms in overhaul

By Dow Jones Newswires-Wall Street Journal

Google Inc. is working on a major overhaul of YouTube as it tries to position itself for the rise of televisions that let people watch online video in their living rooms, according to people familiar with the matter. Get the full story »

April 6 at 12:44 p.m.

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Filed under: Media, TV

Beck to leave program, not Fox, network says

By Phil Rosenthal

Glenn Beck speaking at the "Right Nation" rally at the Sears Center in Hoffman Estates, Sept. 18, 2010. (William DeShazer/Chicago Tribune)

From Tower Ticker | Glenn Beck is going to “transition off of his daily program” by the end of the year but remain in business with Fox News Channel, the network said today.

The top-rated cable news channel announced it has a deal with Beck’s production company, Mercury Radio Arts, to develop and produce various TV projects for FNC as well as other platforms, including Fox News’ digital properties.

April 6 at 6:41 a.m.

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Filed under: Bankruptcy, Media, Movies, TV, Video

Dish Network wins Blockbuster auction for $320M

By Reuters

Dish Network Corp. won Blockbuster Inc. in a bankruptcy auction for about $320 million, a move that could see the second-largest U.S. satellite TV provider tapping the movie rental chain’s online content to strengthen its offerings. Get the full story »

April 5 at 9:02 a.m.

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Filed under: Cell phones, Consumer news, Internet, Media, TV, Video

Consumer Reports: AT&T U-verse, Verizon FiOS tops

By Michael Oneal

A new Consumer Reports survey rates AT&T U-verse and Verizon FiOS as the top choices for customers looking to buy bundled telecom services. Get the full story »

April 4 at 5:45 p.m.

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Filed under: Bankruptcy, Entertainment, Media, Video

Ongoing auction delays Blockbuster’s fate

By Reuters

A bankruptcy auction of Blockbuster Inc. was set to stretch into a second day after preliminary talks between bidders and the movie rental chain’s representatives dragged on late Monday, a company spokesman said. Get the full story »

April 4 at 10:39 a.m.

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Filed under: Bankruptcy, Entertainment, Media, Video

Blockbuster gift cards another Chapter 11 casualty

By McClatchy Tribune Newspapers

Heads up anyone with a Blockbuster gift card. Better use it right away.

As part of Blockbuster’s bankruptcy process, the movie rental company will not honor any of its gift cards after April 6, as technically the company will be sold to creditors. Get the full story »

April 4 at 6:12 a.m.

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Filed under: Media, TV

Katie Couric leaving anchor chair at CBS

By Associated Press

Katie Couric in 2006 just before starting her job anchoring the "CBS Evening News." (AP)

Katie Couric is leaving her anchor post at “CBS Evening News” less than five years after becoming the first woman to solely helm a network TV evening newscast.

A network executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity because Couric has not officially announced her plans, reported the move to the Associated Press on Sunday night. The 54-year-old anchor is expected to launch a syndicated talk show in 2012 and several companies are vying for her services. Get the full story »

March 29 at 3:30 a.m.

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Filed under: Media, TV

O’Donnell to film OWN show at Harpo Studios

By Phil Rosenthal

Rosie O’Donnell, a multiple Emmy winner for “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” and former co-host of “The View,” is going to help fill the void at Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Studios when Winfrey retires her nationally syndicated TV program after 25 seasons in May.

Chicago Harpo employees were told Monday that O’Donnell’s new one-hour daytime talk show, set to launch this fall on cable’s OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, will tape on Winfrey’s soon-to-be-vacated stage in the studio space at West Washington Boulevard and North Carpenter Street.

March 28 at 6:31 p.m.

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Filed under: Bankruptcy, Media, Newspapers, Radio, TV

Tribune Co. creditor amends reorganization plan

By Michael Oneal

Aurelius Capital Management, the largest junior creditor in the Tribune Co. bankruptcy case, on Monday amended its proposed plan for restructuring the media company in an attempt to make the plan more palatable to senior creditors and the judge presiding over the Chapter 11 proceedings. Get the full story »

March 28 at 1:24 p.m.

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Filed under: Media, Newspapers, Personnel moves

Tribune shuffles Washington bureau editors

By Phil Rosenthal

Tower Ticker | David Lauter, an assistant managing editor at the Los Angeles Times, has been named the new bureau chief of Tribune Co.’s unified Washington Bureau.

Lauter replaces Kerry Luft, who is returning to the company’s flagship Chicago Tribune as senior editor whose responsibilities will include coordination of 2012 national campaign coverage.

March 28 at 8:10 a.m.

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Filed under: Internet, Media, Newspapers

NYT.com pay wall goes up at 1 p.m.

By CNN

Beginning at 1 p.m. CST Monday, The New York Times will end free access to its Web site for non-subscribers. In erecting a paywall, executives at the Times are trying to walk a fine line: generate subscription revenue from avid readers willing to pay, while still retaining more the casual customers who boost advertising revenue with their clicks.

Analyzing online readership habits and polling data led the Times to set that fine line at 20 articles every four weeks. Click on fewer and you’ll have free access — but to get article #21, you’ll have to pay up. Get the full story »

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