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SUN VALLEY, IDAHO - JULY 06: CEO of NBC Jeff Shell arrives for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 06, 2021 in Sun Valley, Idaho. After a year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic the world's most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, and technology will converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive week-long conference. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

CNBC anchor alleged sexual harassment by NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell, who was ousted Sunday

April 24, 2023 at 8:30 p.m.

NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell's sudden departure followed an investigation into a sexual harassment complaint made against him by a longtime CNBC correspondent.The 41-year-old journalist, Hadley Gamble, has been a...

A photo released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's office shows Alec Baldwin on set immediately following the shooting of Halyna Hutchins and Joel Souza on "Rust."

New Mexico downgrades manslaughter penalty against Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’ shooting

February 20, 2023 at 9:16 p.m.

New Mexico prosecutors have downgraded felony penalties against Alec Baldwin and the armorer in the fatal "Rust" shooting, removing the threat that either could spend years in prison.Baldwin and armorer...

Barbara Walters announces her retirement from on-air work, as of summer 2014, on "The View."

Barbara Walters fallece a los 93 anos; la presentadora de informativos rompio el club de chicos de las cadenas de television

December 31, 2022 at 6:42 a.m.

Barbara Walters, la primera mujer que rompió el club exclusivamente masculino de los presentadores de televisión y una de las últimas megaestrellas de los informativos, que hábilmente convenció a líderes...

VAN NUYS, CA - OCTOBER 29, 2021: Cris Abrego, the CEO of Endemol Shine Americas, a big reality show production firm, is photographed on the set of one of his shows, MasterChef, at Occidental Studios in Van Nuys. Abrego is one of the few Latinos from (east of) East Los Angeles, who has successfully climbed the corporate ladder in Hollywood. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Como un nino de El Monte se convirtio en uno de los pocos ejecutivos latinos de Hollywood

August 21, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.

Era 1986 y el estudiante de primer año, que se describía a sí mismo como un adicto a la televisión, supuso que el curso enseñaría a los adolescentes latinos como...

Bruce Willis halts acting career after diagnosis with cognitive disorder

March 31, 2022 at 1:42 p.m.

Legendary "Die Hard" and "Pulp Fiction" actor Bruce Willis has ended his more than four-decade acting career after being diagnosed with a cognitive disorder, his family said.The 67-year-old actor's blended...

Warner Bros. Discovery board of directors draws more criticism for lack of Latinos

March 16, 2022 at 10:17 p.m.

AT&T and Discovery on Tuesday unveiled board to oversee the soon-to-be Warner Bros. Discovery media company, immediately drawing criticism because the two companies failed to include a Latino board...

Armorer Thell Reed and daughter Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was the armorer on "Rust," pose together on a film set.

En correos electronicos antes de los disparos letales, la armera del filme ‘Rust’ dijo que necesitaba concentrarse en las pistolas, no en la utileria

January 31, 2022 at 10:58 p.m.

Una semana antes de que Alec Baldwin le disparara letalmente a la directora de fotografía de Rust, la armera de 24 años de la película fue reprendida por dejar las...

A sculpture outside Comcast headquarters at Rockefeller Center welcomed attendees to the company's investor presentation for the new streaming service Peacock.

Why Telemundo is launching a Latino-focused programming hub on Peacock

January 15, 2022 at 10:58 p.m.

Seeking to broaden the appeal of its streaming service Peacock, NBCUniversal said Thursday it plans to launch a Latino-focused programming hub, Tplus, on the platform. The new offering, which is...

Alec Baldwin speaks on the phone in the parking lot outside the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office in Santa Fe, N.M., after he was questioned about a shooting on the set of the film "Rust" on the outskirts of Santa Fe, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza, officials said. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP)

El equipo de camara de ‘Rust’ de Alec Baldwin abandono el plato en senal de protesta antes del fatal tiroteo

October 22, 2021 at 9:49 p.m.

Horas antes de que el actor Alec Baldwin disparara fatalmente a una directora de fotografía en el set de rodaje de Rust en Nuevo México con una pistola de utilería,...

‘Rust’ crew describes on-set gun safety issues and misfires days before fatal shooting

October 23, 2021 at 5:47 p.m.

Hours before actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of "Rust" with a prop gun, a half-dozen camera crew workers walked off the set to...

Alec Baldwin discharged prop gun that killed woman on movie set, sheriff says

October 22, 2021 at 4:07 p.m.

Actor and producer Alec Baldwin fired the prop gun on a New Mexico movie set that killed the director of photography and injured the director, an accident that is renewing...

Alec Baldwin discharged prop gun that killed woman on movie set, sheriff says

October 22, 2021 at 9:08 p.m.

Actor and producer Alec Baldwin fired the prop gun on a New Mexico movie set that killed the director of photography and injured the director, an accident that is renewing...

ESPN’s Kevin Merida named L.A. Times executive editor

May 3, 2021 at 9:33 p.m.

The Los Angeles Times has named veteran journalist Kevin Merida as its top editor and tasked him with transforming the storied 139-year-old newspaper into a digital powerhouse that thrives for...

The CBS Building, headquarters to CBS, was built in 1964 and designed by the architect Eero Saarinen who wanted to build "the simplest skyscraper in New York. (Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)

CBS shake-up: Two TV station executives exit after L.A. Times investigation

April 7, 2021 at 9:05 p.m.

CBS has ousted two powerful TV station executives following allegations of racist and abusive behavior.Peter Dunn, who served as president of the TV Stations group since 2009, and David Friend,...

LOS ANGELES, CA-JUNE 18, 2018: Dr. Patrick Soon- Shiong, executive chairman for the Times and the California News Group, addresses the staff of the Los Angeles Times during a town hall meeting inside the newsroom on June 18, 2018. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

Owner of Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune refutes Wall Street Journal report of a sale

February 20, 2021 at 12:24 a.m.

Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong on Friday reaffirmed his commitment to the news organization. Soon-Shiong made the statement shortly after the Wall Street Journal published an article saying...

Inside CBS’ fraught investigation into allegations of racism and misogyny

January 25, 2021 at 9:44 p.m.

Gripped by scandal in the summer of 2018, CBS came up with a way to contain the crisis.The television giant's board hired two outside law firms to investigate sexual misconduct...

Vice Chairman of NBC Universal Ron Meyer attends the 'How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World' Los Angeles premiere in Los Angeles, California, on February 9, 2019. (Photo by LISA O'CONNOR / AFP) (Photo credit should read LISA O'CONNOR/AFP/Getty Images)

How an unknown British actress played a role in the downfall of two Hollywood moguls

August 21, 2020 at 9:19 p.m.

How does a 28-year-old woman from Kent, England, with a thin résumé of bit parts in a few movies play a major role in the fall of two Hollywood moguls?That’s...

<p>Kamala Harris with husband Douglas Emhoff on the red carpet at the Broad Museum's gala in September.</p>

Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, could also make history

August 21, 2020 at 9:17 p.m.

Some men might shrink in the shadow of a superstar spouse.Not Douglas Emhoff, the unabashed cheerleader in chief for his wife, California Sen. Kamala Harris. On Wednesday, she made history...

NBCUniversal ousts Ron Meyer, alleged victim of extortion plot

August 18, 2020 at 8:48 p.m.

NBCUniversal ousted longtime Universal studio executive Ron Meyer on Tuesday after learning he made hush-money payments to a woman to cover up an old affair — a secret that Meyer...

Vander Brug, Brian ?? ? 098532.FI.0610.redstone.BRV ?? Sumner M. Redstone has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom and has given a Q&A interview along with his wife Paula at their Beverly Hills home on Friday June 10 2005.

Media mogul Sumner Redstone, whose empire included Viacom and CBS, dies at 97

August 12, 2020 at 1:25 p.m.

Sumner Redstone, the pugnacious Hollywood titan who controlled media giants Viacom and CBS, died Tuesday after a lengthy illness, according to National Amusements, the Redstone family’s private holding company that...

ANAHEIM, CA--MAY 29, 2019--Sleeping Beauty Castle, at the end of Main Street, in Disneyland Resort, on media preview day of the new "Star Wars: Galaxy?s Edge," in Anaheim, CA, May 29, 2019. of the media roam the new territory, positioned beyond "Frontierland," at the back of the property. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Disneyland plans to reopen July 17, and Downtown Disney earlier

June 11, 2020 at 1:16 p.m.

The Disneyland Resort, closed since mid-March to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, is preparing to reopen just in time to celebrate the park's 65th anniversary. The so-called happiest...

Disneyland plans to reopen July 17, and Downtown Disney earlier

June 10, 2020 at 10:23 p.m.

The Disneyland Resort, closed since mid-March to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, is preparing to reopen just in time to celebrate the park's 65th anniversary. The so-called happiest...

<p>"Gone With the Wind," starring Vivien Leigh, left, as Scarlett O'Hara, and Hattie McDaniel as house servant Mammy, garnered McDaniel the first Oscar for an African American performer.</p>

HBO Max removes ‘Gone With the Wind’ to address its ‘racist depictions’

June 10, 2020 at 8:28 p.m.

WarnerMedia has yanked "Gone With the Wind" from its HBO Max streaming service, but the company plans to return the Southern Civil War drama to its catalog once it adds...

HBO Max removes ‘Gone With the Wind’ to address its ‘racist depictions’

June 10, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.

WarnerMedia has yanked "Gone With the Wind" from its HBO Max streaming service, but the company plans to return the Southern Civil War drama to its catalog once it adds...

Jeff vonKaenel, owner of the Sacramento News & Review

Coronavirus crisis hastens the collapse of local newspapers. Here’s why it matters

April 18, 2020 at 3:02 p.m.

Jeff vonKaenel has weathered wildfires, recessions and getting sued by a mayor in his nearly 50 years running weekly newspapers. But the Sacramento newsman met his gravest challenge yet last...

Tom Brady's departure from New England Patriots ate up hours of ESPN programming on Tuesday.

The coronavirus threw ESPN a curveball. How the sports giant is changing its game

March 18, 2020 at 1:15 p.m.

The 'S' in ESPN stands for sports. So what happens to one of the most-watched cable networks when its programming staple — live contests — shuts down?It’s an obstacle the...

Classics "Gone With the Wind" and "A Farewell to Arms," bestsellers including "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson and award-winners like "Far From the Tree" by Andrew Solomon are part of the library in the Simon & Schuster suite at the Algonquin.

Iconic book publisher Simon & Schuster is on the auction block

March 4, 2020 at 9:00 p.m.

In the literary world, they are known as the Big Five — the handful of companies that dominate book publishing.Soon, there might be only four. On Wednesday, ViacomCBS announced that...

From left, Kunal Nayyar, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons and Simon Helberg all will return for the new season of "The Big Bang Theory."

NFL football, ‘Big Bang Theory,’ ‘NCIS’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ top Nielsen’s 2019 rankings

January 4, 2020 at 11:04 p.m.

NFL football once again ed network hits including "The Big Bang Theory" and "Game of Thrones" as the most-watched shows on television last year.For the ninth consecutive year, "Sunday Night...

NFL football, ‘Big Bang Theory,’ ‘NCIS’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ top Nielsen’s 2019 rankings

January 3, 2020 at 3:32 p.m.

NFL football once again ed network hits including "The Big Bang Theory" and "Game of Thrones" as the most-watched shows on television last year.For the ninth consecutive year, "Sunday Night...

TCA SUMMER PRESS TOUR 2015 - Christmas Coffee Break - Celebrating the 50th anniversary of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and the new special "It's Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown," executive producer Lee Mendelson, pianist David Benoit and Snoopy address the press at Disney | Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Television Group's Summer Press Tour 2015 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Image Group LA/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images)

Lee Mendelson, guiding light of ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ dies at 86

December 28, 2019 at 12:51 a.m.

Lee Mendelson, the prolific producer who guided "A Charlie Brown Christmas" to television, where it became an instant holiday classic in 1965 and has since delighted tens of millions of...

Pedro Pascal is the Madalorian in Disney+ series "The Mandalorian."

La apuesta masiva de transmision de Disney ha llegado. Puede cambiar la industria de la TV para siempre

November 13, 2019 at 6:44 p.m.

La televisión puede que nunca llegue a ser la misma.Después de dos años de planificación, Walt Disney Co. lanzó el martes Disney +, el muy esperado servicio de transmisión que...

Often overshadowed by its cruder cousins on Fox, this series' mix of twisted <runtime:topic id="010000000943">comedy</runtime:topic> and genuine heart marks it as one of the first possible heirs to <runtime:topic id="ENTTV000000062">"The Simpsons"</runtime:topic> in bringing an animated family to life. Recently confirmed for a third season, the show's cast is a comedy nerd's dream with Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman and a bone-dry H. Jon Benjamin, which is no surprise given its creator also gave us <runtime:topic id="ORCRP000011741">Comedy Central</runtime:topic>'s cameo-laden "Dr. Katz."

Fox acquires Bento Box, the animation company behind ‘Bob’s Burgers.’

August 6, 2019 at 10:34 p.m.

Fox Corp. on Tuesday said it has acquired Bento Box Entertainment, the animation studio behind the popular sitcom "Bob's Burgers."The deal marks the first acquisition of an entertainment property for...

President Barack Obama participates in a town hall hosted by Univision and Univision news anchor Maria Elena Salinas, left, at the University of Miami, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

CBS News contrata a Maria Elena Salinas, expresentadora de Univision

July 27, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

La ex presentadora de Univision, María Elena Salinas, se unirá a CBS News como colaboradora.Salinas, nativa de Los Ángeles, es una de las periodistas más respetadas en los medios de...

In this March 31, 2017 photo released by CBS, host Stephen Colbert appears on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in New York. Colbert won in the Nielsen company's ratings for the ninth consecutive time last week, his margin of 400,000 viewers the widest lead since the CBS star overtook Fallon with a sharp concentration on politics. Fallon aired a rerun Friday, otherwise the shows were all fresh last week. (Richard Boeth/CBS via AP)

CBS stations blacked out for DirecTV customers after deal with AT&T fails

July 20, 2019 at 12:57 p.m.

Millions of DirecTV subscribers lost access to CBS programming this weekend after talks over a new distribution deal collapsed.CBS Corp. and AT&T Inc., which owns El Segundo-based DirecTV, failed to...

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 27: (L to R) Mickey Mouse and chief executive officer and chairman of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger prepare to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), November 27, 2017 in New York City. Disney is marking the company's 60th anniversary as a listed company on the NYSE. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

Disney-Fox deal is complete; CEO Bob Iger’s big swing could change media industry

March 20, 2019 at 4:05 a.m.

Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger has scaled the mountain.Through a series of sure-footed moves, Iger has worked tirelessly to position Disney as the world’s preeminent entertainment company. Now...

Murdoch family launches a new Fox, and former House Speaker Paul Ryan s its board

March 19, 2019 at 10:20 p.m.

Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox spun off various television assets — including the Fox News Channel and Fox broadcast network — to form a new company Tuesday known simply as...

DANA POINT, CA - FEBRUARY 07: President & CEO, TIME?S UP Lisa Borders speaks onstage during The 2019 MAKERS Conference at Monarch Beach Resort on February 7, 2019 in Dana Point, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for MAKERS) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

Sexual misconduct allegations against Time’s Up CEO Lisa Borders’ son prompted her resignation

February 22, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

When Lisa Borders announced her resignation this week as the inaugural chief executive of Time’s Up, she cited a need “to address family concerns that require my singular focus.”Borders, 61,...

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 21, 2017: Justin Dearborn, CEO Tribune Publishing/tronc, speaks the closing remarks at the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes at USC's Bovard Auditorium. (Michael Owen Baker / For The Times)

In Tribune Publishing shake-up, chief executive and former Times executives leave

January 18, 2019 at 10:45 p.m.

Tribune Publishing, after months of turmoil, has shaken up its leadership in a dramatic overhaul that further distances the company’s management from its former chairman, Michael Ferro.The Chicago-based company announced...

Tribune Media, California cable operator face new contract deadline today

January 2, 2019 at 7:20 p.m.

A contract dispute that had threatened to disrupt a New Year’s Day tradition in Los Angeles was averted late Monday when Charter Communications and Tribune Media agreed to a short-term...

Foreign cyberattack hits newspapers: Here is what we know

December 30, 2018 at 6:03 a.m.

The Los Angeles Times and other newspapers were the victims of an apparent cyberattack.A source with knowledge of the situation said a “foreign entity” launched the attack using malware, which...

Foreign cyberattack hits Los Angeles Times, Tribune newspapers across the country, triggering delays and distribution problems

December 30, 2018 at 7:03 a.m.

A cyberattack that appears to have originated from outside the United States caused major printing and delivery disruptions at several newspapers across the country on Saturday including the Los Angeles...

<p>El edificio del San Diego Union-Tribune, el semanario en español Hoy y varios periódicos comunitarios.</p>

Virus informatico dificulta la entrega del Union-Tribune y de otros periodicos en varias ciudades estadounidenses

December 30, 2018 at 10:39 p.m.

Un ciberataque que parece haberse originado fuera de los Estados Unidos causó grandes problemas de impresión y entrega en el San Diego Union-Tribune, el Los Angeles Times y otros periódicos...

SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 11: Leslie 'Les' Moonves, president and chief executive officer of CBS Corporation, attends the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 11, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every July, some of the world's most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, technology and political spheres converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive weeklong conference. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

Former CBS CEO Leslie Moonves isn’t entitled to $120 million in severance, board finds

December 18, 2018 at 10:43 a.m.

After an exhaustive four-month investigation that rattled CBS to its core, the company’s board of directors said Monday it was stripping former Chief Executive Leslie Moonves of his $120-million severance...

Luis Bracamontes smiles as the verdict is read that he will receive the death penalty in the murders of Sacramento Sheriff's Deputy Danny Oliver and Placer County Det. Michael Davis Jr., Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. (Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee via AP)

NBC, Fox News and Facebook stop running Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign commercial

November 5, 2018 at 10:54 p.m.

NBCUniversal said Monday that it is pulling President Trump’s controversial anti-immigrant campaign ment, hours after the spot ran prominently during “Sunday Night Football.” Fox News said it decided to quit...

FILE - This March 29, 2017, file photo shows a sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. Comcast says itâ??s considering making an offer to buy Twenty-First Century Fox, which would put it in a head-to-head bidding fight with Disney. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Comcast stock pounded after $40-billion bid for Sky; Disney shares rise

September 25, 2018 at 4:48 a.m.

Comcast Corp. won its hard-fought prize in a rare London auction over the weekend — submitting the winning bid of $40 billion for the European pay-TV company Sky — but...

<p>New CBS board , clockwise from top left; Strauss Zelnick, founder of Zelnick Media Capital; Barbara Byrne, former vice chair of Barclays investment bank; Richard Parsons, former chairman and CEO of Time Warner Inc; Brian Goldner, chairman and CEO of Hasbro.</p>

CBS announces new independent board to strengthen company leadership at a turbulent time

September 10, 2018 at 3:35 p.m.

CBS Corp. announced a sweeping changing of the guard late Sunday, installing an acting chief executive and six new board with impressive credentials who will help oversee the media...

CEO Leslie Moonves exits CBS without severance package; company says $20 million will be donated to women’s groups

September 10, 2018 at 3:05 a.m.

Bowing to pressure brought on by a sexual harassment scandal, CBS Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves resigned Sunday, marking a stunning fall from grace for one of Hollywood’s...

SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 13: Leslie 'Les' Moonves, president and chief executive officer of CBS Corporation, attends the third day of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 13, 2017 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every July, some of the world's most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, technology and political spheres converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive weeklong conference. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

CBS board knew about Leslie Moonves’ sexual harassment allegations, sources say

August 2, 2018 at 12:50 p.m.

CBS board learned several months ago that the Los Angeles Police Department had investigated an alleged sexual assault by CBS Chairman and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves, according to two...

CBS board to confront sexual harassment accusations involving CEO Leslie Moonves

July 30, 2018 at 1:44 p.m.

After a weekend of behind-the-scenes discussions, CBS board on Monday are expected to decide how to respond to allegations that Chief Executive Leslie Moonves sexually harassed women decades ago,...

CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves accused by six women of misconduct dating back to the 1980s, according to report

July 28, 2018 at 5:01 a.m.

CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves has long been larger than life in Hollywood: the master showman who saved CBS from irrelevance, the savvy programmer with a knack for putting...

SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 10: Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp and co-chairman of 21st Century Fox, arrives at the Sun Valley Resort of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference July 10, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every July, some of the world's most wealthy and powerful business people in media, finance, technology and political spheres converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive weeklong conference. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

Disney and Fox shareholders approve blockbuster $71-billion deal

July 27, 2018 at 10:02 p.m.

Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox Inc. shareholders on Friday overwhelmingly approved Disney’s proposed $71.3-billion takeover of much of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox — a milestone in a...

<p>Disney's $71.3 billion acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox's entertainment division is one step closer after shareholders approved the deal Friday.</p>

Disney and Fox shareholders approve blockbuster $71-billion deal

July 27, 2018 at 3:12 p.m.

FILE - This March 29, 2017, file photo shows a sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. Disney is making a $70.3B counter bid for Foxâ??s entertainment businesses following Comcastâ??s $65 billion offer for the company. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Walt Disney Co. to claim 21st Century Fox entertainment assets after Comcast drops out of the bidding war

July 19, 2018 at 11:56 p.m.

The high-stakes drama over who would capture much of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire came to a close after Comcast Corp. said it was dropping out of the hunt for 21st...

SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 13: Randall Stephenson, chief executive officer of AT&T, attends the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 13, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every July, some of the world's most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, technology and political spheres converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive weeklong conference. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

AT&T chief Randall Stephenson questions government’s challenge of takeover: ‘We own Time Warner’

July 14, 2018 at 1:06 a.m.

The U.S. Justice Department’s appeal of the AT&T-Time Warner Inc. merger could help clarify what corporate combinations are permissible — and it also could discourage Comcast Corp. from making another...

Comcast offers $34 billion for Sky TV, topping a bid from Fox

July 11, 2018 at 11:08 p.m.

The bidding war for Sky, the European pay-TV service, heated up Wednesday when Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox upped its ante and, late in the day, Comcast Corp. countered with...

Univision Headquarters, situated at the Howard Hughes Center by the 405 freeway in Los Angeles, is photographed July 28, 2010. (Photo by Ann Johansson/Corbis via Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

Univision channels go dark on Dish Network and Sling TV due to contract ime

June 30, 2018 at 11:59 p.m.

Three Spanish-language networks owned by Univision Communications were removed from Dish Network’s satellite television system and its Sling TV streaming service on Saturday after the two companies failed to reach...

<p>Norman Pearlstine, named executive editor of the Los Angeles Times, addresses the staff during a town hall meeting Monday in the newsroom. </p>

New Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong names veteran journalist Norman Pearlstine executive editor

June 19, 2018 at 4:14 a.m.

The Los Angeles Times has a new owner, a new editor and, after years of upheaval, a new path forward.On the day that Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong completed his $500-million purchase...

FILE - This March 29, 2017, file photo shows a sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. The potential for another media megadeal are sending shares of Comcast, Twenty-First Century Fox and Disney into motion before the opening bell.
After a judge cleared AT&T's $85 billion takeover of Time Warner on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, many now expect Comcast to top Disneyâ??s pending $52.4 billion stock offer for the entertainment assets of Twenty-First Century Fox, possibly as early as Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Comcast challenges Disney with $65 billion bid for Fox

June 13, 2018 at 8:39 p.m.

The Fox hunt is on.Comcast Corp. late Wednesday offered $65 billion in cash for much of 21st Century Fox, a 19 percent over the December offer from Walt Disney...

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 12: Daniel Petrocelli, lead attorney for AT&T and Time Warner, speaks with the media outside the U.S. District Court on June 12, 2018 in Washington, DC. A federal judge today said that AT&T can move forward with its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner, which government which the U.S. Justice Department had sought to block. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

Judge clears AT&T purchase of Time Warner, creating entertainment colossus

June 13, 2018 at 6:05 a.m.

Reporting from Washington — A federal judge Tuesday cleared the way for AT&T Inc.’s $85.4-billion purchase of Time Warner Inc., creating an entertainment colossus that promises to reshape the media business.U.S. District...

FILES) In this file photo taken on January 08, 2018 actress Roseanne Barr attends the Disney ABC Television TCA Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, California.
The US television sitcom star apologized May 29, 2018 for what she called a "bad joke" on Twitter that was widely decried as racist. Barr issued the apology to Valerie Jarrett after making a crude reference on Twitter to the African-American former senior advisor to president Barack Obama.
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‘Roseanne’ cancellation a huge blow to ABC, but network praised for swift action

May 30, 2018 at 5:33 a.m.

In 2018, the question in both comedy and social media has been: How far is too far?At 11:45 Monday night, Roseanne Barr, and the hundreds of people employed by ABC’s...

SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 14: Shari Redstone, vice chairman of Viacom Inc., attends the fourth day of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 14, 2017 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every July, some of the world's most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, technology and political spheres converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive weeklong conference. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

CBS chooses ‘nuclear option’ against Shari Redstone: It sues to thwart Viacom merger

May 14, 2018 at 2:36 p.m.

CBS Corp. has essentially declared war on its controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, setting the stage for an epic battle for control of one of America’s oldest and most popular broadcasting...

CENTURY CITY, CALIF. -- TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017: Los Angeles billionaire Haim Saban who helped bring the world the Power Rangers at his offices in Century City, Calif., on March 7, 2017. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Haim Saban is selling Power Rangers brand to toy maker Hasbro

May 1, 2018 at 10:35 p.m.

The Power Rangers are sprinting out of Los Angeles to a new corporate home.Hasbro Inc., the world’s largest toymaker, has agreed to buy the entertainment brand and several others owned...

AT&T and Justice Department are on a collision course over Time Warner merger

March 14, 2018 at 12:48 p.m.

Two titans — the U.S. Justice Department and telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. — are locked in a high-stakes showdown to decide who controls some of the nation’s most popular television...

LOS ANGELES,CA --THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2018--The Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 15, 2018. The paper was recently sold to L.A. billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, by Chicago-based Tronc. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Federal regulators approve sale of Los Angeles Times to Patrick Soon-Shiong

March 8, 2018 at 12:30 a.m.

Federal regulators have approved Los Angeles billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s planned purchase of the Los Angeles Times, which would return one of the nation’s largest newspapers to local control.Soon-Shiong last...

<p>Soon-Shiong acordó el mes pasado pagar 500 millones de dólares para comprar el Times, el San Diego Union-Tribune, el semanario en español Hoy y varios periódicos comunitarios de la empresa de medios de comunicación de Chicago, Tronc.</p>

Reguladores federales aprueban la venta de Los Angeles Times, el Union-Tribune – y Hoy- a Patrick Soon-Shiong

March 8, 2018 at 1:27 a.m.

Los reguladores federales han aprobado que el multimillonario de Los Ángeles, el doctor Patrick Soon-Shiong haga la compra prevista de Los Angeles Times, lo que devolvería uno de los periódicos más...

ORG XMIT: 500033463 SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 08: Brian Roberts, chairman and chief executive officer of Comcast Corp., arrives for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2014 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Many of the worlds wealthiest and most powerful businessmen from media, finance, and technology attend the annual week-long conference which is in its 32nd year. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT and FPG - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

Comcast offers $31 billion for European pay-TV giant Sky

February 27, 2018 at 8:20 a.m.

Comcast Corp.’s proposed $31-billion acquisition of European pay-TV provider Sky is an aggressive move to wrest the service away from Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox — and the Walt Disney...

LOS ANGELES, CA., JUNE 03, 2011??Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo's new Executive zVice President of the Americas region, talks about his strategy for revitalizing the site's entertainment offerings. (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Tronc clears L.A. Times publisher Ross Levinsohn of wrongdoing, names him CEO of new unit

February 7, 2018 at 10:51 p.m.

Los Angeles Times Publisher and Chief Executive Ross Levinsohn has been cleared of wrongdoing following an investigation into his conduct, and he will move into a new role within the...

El multimillonario Patrick Soon-Shiong llega a un acuerdo para comprar San Diego Union-Tribune, LA Times

February 7, 2018 at 5:15 p.m.

El multimillonario de biotecnología Patrick Soon-Shiong acordó comprar el San Diego Union-Tribune y el Los Angeles Times a su empresa matriz, Tronc.Tronc, con sede en Chicago, anunció el miércoles la...

Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong reaches deal to buy San Diego Union-Tribune, L.A. Times

February 7, 2018 at 2:34 p.m.

Biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong has agreed to purchase The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Los Angeles Times from its parent company.Chicago-based Tronc on Wednesday announced the sale of the Union-Tribune,...

Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong reaches deal to buy L.A. Times and San Diego Union-Tribune

February 7, 2018 at 1:53 p.m.

For more than a century, one family owned the Los Angeles Times and used the newspaper to build great wealth and exert political influence over how the city would take...

<p>El doctor Patrick Soon-Shiong en 2014. (Danny Moloshok / Associated Press)</p>

El multimillonario Patrick Soon-Shiong en conversaciones para comprar L.A. Times y San Diego Union-Tribune

February 6, 2018 at 11:37 p.m.

El multimillonario de biotecnología de Los Ángeles, Patrick Soon-Shiong, está cerca de cerrar un acuerdo para comprar Los Angeles Times y el San Diego Union-Tribune de su casa matriz, Tronc,...

<p>Jim Kirk will be named editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times.</p>

Jim Kirk to replace Lewis D’Vorkin as editor in chief of the Los Angeles Times

January 30, 2018 at 1:48 p.m.

Los Angeles — Jim Kirk, the Los Angeles Times’ newly installed editor in chief, on Monday sought to soothe a newsroom roiled by months of turmoil — a unionization campaign by staff...

Jim Kirk to replace Lewis D’Vorkin as editor in chief of the Los Angeles Times

January 29, 2018 at 10:59 p.m.

In another dramatic shake-up at the Los Angeles Times, Chicago journalist Jim Kirk will be named editor in chief of the newspaper, replacing Lewis D’Vorkin, who will move to a...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, file photo, Fox News chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch attends the WSJ. Magazine 2017 Innovator Awards at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Murdoch says Facebook should pay fees to "trusted" news producers for their content. Murdoch, whose companies own The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, the New York Post and other media properties, said Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, that publishers are "enhancing the value and integrity of Facebook through their news and content but are not being adequately rewarded for those services." (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Fox takeover of Sky would give Murdochs too much control, British regulator says

January 24, 2018 at 12:55 a.m.

Dealing another setback to 21st Century Fox, British regulators said Tuesday that the company’s proposed takeover of the London-based Sky pay-TV service was not in the public interest because it...

L.A. Times publisher to take unpaid leave of absence amid misconduct allegations

January 19, 2018 at 11:18 p.m.

Los Angeles Times Publisher and Chief Executive Ross Levinsohn was placed on an unpaid leave of absence Friday as the paper’s parent company, Tronc, investigates allegations of inappropriate conduct while...

L.A. Times Publisher Ross Levinsohn to take unpaid leave of absence

January 19, 2018 at 9:43 p.m.

Los Angeles Times publisher under investigation by parent company over alleged misconduct

January 19, 2018 at 3:23 a.m.

Los Angeles Times’ parent company, Tronc, said Thursday that it had opened an investigation into past conduct of Times publisher Ross Levinsohn following a detailed report by National Public Radio.NPR’s...

Los Angeles Times publisher under investigation by parent company over alleged misconduct

January 18, 2018 at 11:59 p.m.

Los Angeles Times publisher under investigation by parent company over alleged misconduct

January 19, 2018 at 12:31 a.m.

Study reaffirms struggles for women in Hollywood to land meaningful behind-the-camera roles

January 10, 2018 at 9:17 p.m.

When Natalie Portman called out the “all-male” slate of best director nominees at Sunday’s Golden Globes award show, the A-list Hollywood crowd in the ballroom let out a muffled gasp.“People...

Hulu could play a key role in Disney’s plan to take on Netflix

December 16, 2017 at 7:02 a.m.

In the burgeoning business of streaming television shows, Hulu has long been viewed as the distant runner-up to Netflix.But with Walt Disney Co. poised to take a controlling stake in...

Massive Disney-Fox deal expected to get close antitrust scrutiny

December 14, 2017 at 11:35 p.m.

Walt Disney Co.’s proposed takeover of 21st Century Fox is likely to raise thorny regulatory concerns at a time when the Justice Department has been putting media mergers under the...

How key Fox executives could fare after sale to Disney

December 14, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.

Walt Disney Co.'s $52.4-billion deal to buy much of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox media company could prompt a brain drain of some high-level Fox executives in the coming months....

Disney buys much of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox in deal that will reshape Hollywood

December 14, 2017 at 12:10 p.m.

Walt Disney Co. has finalized a $52.4-billion deal to buy much of Rupert Murdoch’s entertainment empire, a blockbuster union that would radically transform Hollywood into a land of fewer giants.The...

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 19: CEO of 21st Century Fox James Murdoch speaks at National Geographic's Further Front Event at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 19, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for National Geographic) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

Why James Murdoch could be angling for a top job at Disney

December 6, 2017 at 4:37 p.m.

Could James Murdoch soon be in the running to succeed Robert Iger?That's one of several intriguing scenarios that could be at play as talks between 21st Century Fox and Walt...

Discovery pays $70 million to buy majority stake in OWN from Oprah Winfrey

December 5, 2017 at 6:42 p.m.

Discovery Communications is paying $70 million to take a majority interest in OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.Until now, OWN had been a 50-50 t venture between the television star and the...

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 20: AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson provides an overview of developments in the AT&T and Time Warner merger on November 20, 2017 in New York City. The U.S. Justice Department filed sued today to block AT&T's proposed $85.4 billion takover of of Time. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

U.S. faces tough battle proving AT&T would use Time Warner to squeeze competition

November 22, 2017 at 1:47 a.m.

Reporting from Washington — Nearly 70 years ago, a landmark antitrust lawsuit changed how Hollywood did business. That case — United States vs. Paramount Pictures — banned major movie studios from owning...

Millions of Dish customers lose CBS signals, face Thanksgiving without network’s football

November 21, 2017 at 10:37 p.m.

Nearly 4 million Dish Network subscribers in 18 cities, including Los Angeles, have lost access to their local CBS television station — just two days before Thanksgiving, when many Americans...

Investors mostly shrug off suit to block AT&T, Time Warner deal

November 21, 2017 at 7:11 p.m.

Washington — Investors on Tuesday appeared to shrug off the Justice Department’s suit to block AT&T Inc.’s purchase of Time Warner Inc.AT&T stock was down slightly in early trading on Wall Street....

Millions of Dish customers lose CBS signals, face Thanksgiving without network’s football

November 21, 2017 at 4:15 p.m.

Nearly 3 million Dish Network subscribers in 18 cities have lost access to their local CBS television station — just two days before Thanksgiving, when many Americans want to watch...

EL SEGUNDO-CA-SEPTEMBER 5, 2017: AT&T offices in El Segundo. (Christina House / For the Times)

Justice Department sues to block AT&T’s purchase of Time Warner, which vows a fight

November 21, 2017 at 5:42 a.m.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued to block AT&T’s proposed $85-billion purchase of Time Warner Inc. — one of the largest media mergers in American history — arguing that...

AT&T says it will not sell CNN despite pressure from Trump’s Justice Department

November 9, 2017 at 1:32 a.m.

AT&T’s proposed $85-billion purchase of Time Warner Inc. is encountering stiff resistance from the U.S. Department of Justice, which is pressuring the companies to sell Time Warner’s news channel, CNN,...

Robin Wright as Claire and Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood in the Netflix series "House Of Cards." David Giesbrecht / Netflix

Netflix has a mess on its hands with the collapse of ‘House of Cards’

November 4, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.

When “House of Cards” debuted in 2013, it catapulted Netflix into a whole new level of Hollywood recognition and acclaim. The dark political series about an unscrupulous Washington power couple...

MIAMI BEACH, FL - DECEMBER 02: Film director Brett Ratner attends the Art Basel Miami Beach - VIP Preview at the Miami Beach Convention Center on December 2, 2015 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 593236705

Playboy temporarily halts plans for a Brett Ratner-directed Hugh Hefner biopic

November 1, 2017 at 9:56 p.m.

Playboy Enterprises is temporarily halting plans to team with movie director Brett Ratner to produce a biopic of the company’s founder, Hugh Hefner.The decision to put the project “on hold”...

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2015 file photo, Roy Price, head of Amazon Studios, participates in the "Hand of God" at the Amazon Summer TCA Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Amazon says Price is on leave following allegations of sexual harassment. In a statement Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, Amazon says Price's leave of absence is effective immediately. The decision came hours after The Hollywood Reporter published a producer's detailed claims of harassment by Price. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Roy Price resigns as Amazon Studios chief following sexual harassment allegation

October 18, 2017 at 1:57 a.m.

Roy Price resigned as the head of Amazon Studios on Tuesday after an allegation that he had sexually harassed a television producer working on one of his shows.Price’s departure, confirmed...

The Los Angeles Times names Lewis D’Vorkin its new editor in chief

October 10, 2017 at 5:43 a.m.

Los Angeles Times Publisher Ross Levinsohn wasn’t even a week into his search for a new top editor for The Times when he called Forbes Media’s top news executive, Lewis...

<p>"Finding Neverland”, con la producción de Harvey Weinstein, se estrenará en abril en el Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times).</p>

La polemica por el acoso sexual de Weinstein expone el doble estandar de Hollywood

October 9, 2017 at 11:11 p.m.

Cuando, hace un año, se filtró el tristemente célebre video de “Access Hollywood” en el cual Donald Trump -por entonces candidato y ahora presidente- se jactaba en 2005, en términos...

Evan Spiegel defends Snap’s IPO but says he could have communicated better

October 4, 2017 at 2:21 a.m.

Despite a shaky stock market performance, Snap Inc. co-founder and Chief Executive Evan Spiegel said he has few regrets about taking his company public this year.“Going public was really the...

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Cher accuses billionaire doctor Patrick Soon-Shiong of stock sale fraud. She sold willingly, suit defendants say

October 2, 2017 at 2:30 p.m.

Performer Cher filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, alleging that Los Angeles billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong and others duped her into selling her shares in a promising...

CBS Television City at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif. 90036 (a.k.a. TV City, Television City in Hollywood).

CBS pondering sale of historic Television City studios in Los Angeles

September 28, 2017 at 11:59 p.m.

The curtain may be closing on one of Hollywood’s most storied production studios — CBS Television City — where such legendary entertainers as Jack Benny, Judy Garland and the cast...

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