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Watch: New York Editor Frank Rich Discusses His Role in Making HBO's 'Veep' - Posted May 7, 2012
Longtime political columnist Frank Rich, now an editor at New York, recently sat down for an interview with mediabistroTV and discussed his role in the ma... [FishbowlNY]

'Veep' Executive Producer on DC: 'Young People Jockeying for Power in Offices that Look Crummy' - Posted May 7, 2012
"People outside of Washington, you know they come on high school trips, they think it's all like movie sets. They think it's all like 'The West Wing," longtime political columnist Frank Rich, who is an executive producer on the ... [PRNewser]

'Veep' Executive Producer on DC: 'Young People Jockeying for Power in Offices that Look Crummy' - Posted May 7, 2012
"People outside of Washington, you know they come on high school trips, they think it's all like movie sets. They think it's all like 'The West Wing," longtime political columnist Frank Rich, who is an executive producer on the ... [FishbowlDC]

Former KCBS Anchor Now the Voice of Boxing - Posted May 2, 2012
Local media junkies might remember Jim Lampley's stint as the co-anchor of the KCBS nightly news in the late '80s. During that same time, Lampley accepted a job with HBO to call boxing and Wimbledon for the cable network. Little did anyone... [FishbowlLA]

HBO Releases New Trailer for The Newsroom - Posted April 30, 2012
A promising second trailer for Aaron Sorkin's new HBO drama The Newsroom premiered Sunday night prior to Game of Thrones. The show stars Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy, a network news anchor struggling to honor journalistic ethics in the face of soulless corporate demands, ... [FishbowlLA]

Coming This Summer To HBO: "The Newsroom" - Posted April 9, 2012
If you liked The West Wing or The Social Network and you're a journalism junkie, then mark your calendars for the debut of Aaron Sorkin's next HBO premiere: The Newsroom. The trailer is embedded below: The HBO website describ... [10,000 Words]

Revolving Door: 'Newsroom,' Couric on 'GMA,' Palin on 'TODAY' - Posted April 2, 2012
The trailer for Aaron Sorkin's new ... [PRNewser]

HBO Go for iPad Offers Maps and Character Profiles for Game of Thrones Season 2 - Posted March 30, 2012
The method of consuming video is changing every day. That's why we cover web video so often here at Social Times -- massive viewership and increasing ad rates are turning what was once just a diversion into a surprising business. Along with web video, we're seeing new methods of... [SocialTimes.com]

HBO Go and Comcast Added to XBox Live - Posted March 27, 2012
The world of online streaming video is heating up. Netflix is finally recovering from a problematic 2011 and HBO has had great success with their HBO Go app which allows HBO subscribers to watch their favorite programs on any device. Add one more device to the list, as HBO... [SocialTimes.com]

HBO's Luck Suspends Filming with Horses - Posted March 13, 2012
HBO's Luck has suspended filming with horses after a third horse was injured and euthanized Tuesday at Santa Anita Park during production of the hit drama. ... [GalleyCat]

HBO's Luck Suspends Filming with Horses - Posted March 13, 2012
HBO's Luck has suspended filming with horses after a third horse was injured and euthanized Tuesday at Santa Anita Park during production of the hit drama. ... [FishbowlLA]

Revolving Door: CNN/Mashable Rumors, 'Game Change' Premiere Photos, and More - Posted March 12, 2012
As we mentioned on the Ticker, CNN could be preparing for a $200 million purchase of ... [PRNewser]

Game Change Premiere Hits NYC - Posted March 8, 2012
Julianne Moore and Tom Hanks (Credit: StarPix) ... [FishbowlLA]

Game Change Premiere Hits NYC - Posted March 8, 2012
Julianne Moore and Tom Hanks (Credit: StarPix) ... [FishbowlNY]

Grantland Wants to Know the Greatest Character on The Wire - Posted March 5, 2012
We learned last week on Bill Simmons' podcast that President ... [FishbowlLA]

IDW & HBO to Release the First Ongoing 'True Blood' Comic Series - Posted November 4, 2011
Even though author Charlaine Harris will be ending the Southern Vampire novels, True Blood fans need not fret. Publisher IDW and HBO have announced that the... [AllTwitter]

IDW & HBO to Release the First Ongoing 'True Blood' Comic Series - Posted November 4, 2011
Even though author Charlaine Harris will be ending the Southern Vampire novels, True Blood fans need not fret. Publisher IDW and HBO have announced that the... [GalleyCat]

Cable Networks Already Sticking to GetGlue Business Dashboard - Posted September 8, 2011
Entertainment-based social network GetGlue is getting down to business with its launch of the GetGlue Business marketing dashboard, which is already being used by major networks including USA Network, Discovery Channel, Oxygen, and HBO. GetGlue Business allows entertainment brands to manage their official GetGlue profiles, includ... [SocialTimes.com]

Noah Baumbach May Adapt 'The Corrections' - Posted September 6, 2011
According to Deadline, filmmaker Noah Baumbach may adapt Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections as an... [GalleyCat]

Jersey Shore Takes Number One Again in Weekly Ratings - Posted August 25, 2011
MTV's Jersey Shore continues its dominance with another week atop the prime time ratings. An estimated 881,000 viewers watched the August 18th episode from Italy with a 4.4 rating, according to the Nielsen Company. The New York Jets preseason game on WCBS/Channel 2 finished second for the week (744,000/3.7). ... [FishbowlNY]

CNN Replaying Mayweather-Ortiz 24/7 - Posted August 12, 2011
The late Nick Charles would be happy to know that CNN is getting involved in the sports world once again. The cable news network will replay HBO's 24/7 Mayweather/Ort... [SportsNewser]

Pacquiao, Marquez Heads to CNN - Posted August 7, 2011
[caption id="attachment_25421" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Pacquiao vs. Marquez in 2008"][/caption] Boxing fans out there are getting a little love from HBO and parent company ... [PRNewser]

Pacquiao-Marquez Will Have A PPV Home By This Weekend - Posted August 4, 2011
Boxing fans should know which network will get the rights to the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez... [GalleyCat]

60 Minutes Take Weekly Top Spot on WCBS; America's Got Talent Number Two on WNBC - Posted July 28, 2011
As we meander through the summer, viewership is typically altered. But 60 Minutes had no problems grabbing ratings. The venerable newsmagazine was number one, according to the Nielsen Company. The broadcast had 751,000 WCBS/Channel 2 vi... [FishbowlLA]

Ndamukong Suh Glad Lions Turned Down Hard Knocks - Posted July 5, 2011
Ndamukong Suh is glad the Detroit Lions front office turned down an ... [FishbowlDC]

Hopkins-Dawson Set For Oct. 15 On HBO - Posted June 25, 2011
Bernard Hopkins will defend his WBC light heavyweight championship Oct. 15 on HBO when he steps in the ring with Chad Dawson. It's Hopkins' first titl... [SocialTimes.com]

HBO PPV Lands Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz - Posted June 23, 2011
HBO PPV will broadcast the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz fight on Sept. 17, ... [SportsNewser]

'Highly Unlikely' Hard Knocks Visits Carolina - Posted June 13, 2011
Carolina Panthers center Ryan Kalil might want to get new sources. According to Panthers spokesman Charlie Dayton, HBO has not ... [SportsNewser]

True Blood Season Four Sneak Peek - Posted June 8, 2011
HBO has released a 6-minute sneak peak of the season 4 premiere of True Blood. The full episode will air on June 26th. In the video embedded above, fans get a glimpse of magical fruits, fairy godmothers, and a family reunion. What do you think? In May 2011, author Charlaine Harris published ... [GalleyCat]

Minnesota Vikings Turn Down HBO's Hard Knocks - Posted May 29, 2011
Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf told the Pioneer Press that he declined... [PRNewser]

1.8 Million Viewers Watch Hopkins-Pascal On HBO - Posted May 25, 2011
The sport of boxing was alive and well Saturday night as 1.8 million viewers watched Bernard Hopkins defeat Jean Pascal. ... [SportsNewser]

Fly Away: Atlanta Falcons Say No To Hard Knocks - Posted May 24, 2011
So much for the Atlanta Falcons on HBO's Hard Knocks. Less than a week after Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff hinted the franchise was ... [SportsNewser]

HBO Developing Freddie Roach Reality Series - Posted May 24, 2011
HBO is developing a new primetime reality series on famed boxing trainer Freddie Roach. On Freddie Roach will be directed by Emmy nominee Peter Berg... [SportsNewser]

New York Jets Pass On Hard Knocks Encore - Posted May 22, 2011
You won't have to worry about hearing Rex Ryan's potty mouth once again this summer on HBO's Hard Knocks. There were rumors of the New York Jets possibly making a repeat appearance after helping the series win three Sports Emmy awa... [SportsNewser]

Atlanta Falcons Show Interest In HBO's Hard Knocks - Posted May 20, 2011
There's at least one team showing publicly showing interest in HBO's Hard Knocks. Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said Friday that he did not rule out the team being ... [SportsNewser]

Denver Broncos Pass On HBO's Hard Knocks - Posted May 20, 2011
You can add the Denver Broncos to the list of NFL teams that aren't interested in HBO's Hard Knocks. "We appreciate the value of the show, but, at this time, we are going to pass," ... [SportsNewser]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Decline Hard Knocks Offer - Posted May 16, 2011
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were the leading candidate to be featured on HBO's Hard Knocks this summer, but the organization posted a ... [SportsNewser]

'Game of Thrones' Reviewer Sparks Fantasy Controversy - Posted April 20, 2011
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Neil Gaiman's American Gods Could Be Adapted By HBO - Posted April 15, 2011
Neil Gaiman's American Gods could be coming as an HBO series. The cable company is discussing the acquisition of the fantasy novel with Gaiman and his collaborato... [GalleyCat]

Armen Keteyian Returning To HBO's Real Sports - Posted April 8, 2011
Armen Keteyian is returning to the monthly HBO Sports magazine program Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel on April 19 as a corespondent. Keteyian has spent the last five years exclusively at CBS News and ... [SportsNewser]

George R. R. Martin Profiled in New Yorker - Posted April 5, 2011
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Boxing Announcer Nick Charles Calls His Final Fight - Posted March 28, 2011
Boxing announcer Nick Charles ... [SportsNewser]

Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman Collaborate on HBO Show - Posted March 9, 2011
Michael Chabon (pictured, via... [GalleyCat]

HBO's Real Sports To Profile Deadspin - Posted February 10, 2011
Last month, HBO's Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel profiled Sports Illustrated writer Peter King. This month, Andrea Kremer... [SportsNewser]

Real Sports To Profile SI Writer Peter King - Posted January 24, 2011
Sports Illustrated writer Peter King will be profiled tomorrow night on HBO's Real Sports, on the heels of correctly predicting Pittsburgh and Green Bay in the Super B... [SportsNewser]

Sources: CBS/Showtime Lands Pacquiao-Mosley - Posted January 21, 2011
HBO Sports suffered a blow on Friday as Top Rank promoter Bob Arum closed a deal to ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Roy Jones Jr. Returns To HBO In Permanent Spot - Posted January 20, 2011
Roy Jones Jr. knows his career is rapidly coming to an end. As a result, the characteristic boxer is returning full-time to HBO Sports as a permanent expert analyst on HBO Boxing Af... [SportsNewser]

Ashley Madison Denied | The Jets Fly Again | Apple Money - Posted January 19, 2011
AgencySpy: Ashley Madison, the website specializing in arranging affairs for married people, got their Super Bowl ad turned down by Fox. We can all thank the network for saving thousands of marriages. SportsNewser... [FishbowlNY]

HBO Replaying Hard Knocks On Saturday - Posted January 19, 2011
In case you haven't figured out why everyone outside the state of New York hates the Jets, HBO is replaying all five episodes of ... [SportsNewser]

Pacquiao-Margarito Generated 1.15 Million PPV Buys - Posted November 23, 2010
HBO announced that Manny Pacquiao's dominant victory over ... [SportsNewser]

HBO To Air Margarito-Pacquiao Replay On Saturday - Posted November 15, 2010
In case you missed Antonio Margarito and his pregnant right eye, HBO will air the exclusive replay of ... [SportsNewser]

The SportsNewser Interview: Emanuel Steward - Posted November 10, 2010
How does one of the premier boxing trainers get involved in broadcasting? For HBO commentator ... [SportsNewser]

Designers, Make It Work as HBO.com's New Interactive Art Director - Posted November 9, 2010
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HBO Goes All Out For Pacquiao-Margarito Fight - Posted November 4, 2010
HBO will provide boxing fans with unprecedented live access leading up to their world super welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and ... [SportsNewser]

HBO Sports Starts Production On UNLV Documentary - Posted November 2, 2010
HBO Sports has started production on Runnin' Rebels Of UNLV, a documentary on head coach Jerry Tarkanian and his UNLV men's basketball teams. Based on ... [SportsNewser]

The Variety Show Continues at THR - Posted October 11, 2010
As one former Variety staffer joins the morphing Hollywood Reporter, so leaves another: it was announced today by THR that editor Elizabeth Guider is departing the trade publication for personal reasons. Hopefully, on her way out the revolving door, Guider will have the chance to say hi-bye to new incoming chief... [FishbowlLA]

Got Talent? HBO Seeks New Sports Segment Producer - Posted October 4, 2010
HBO has been bringing you outstanding sport... [SportsNewser]

HBO Promotes Boardwalk Empire with Invite-Only Speakeasy Events via QR Code - Posted September 23, 2010
What better way to celebrate the premiere of Boardwalk Empire, the new HBO series that takes place in Atlantic City, N.J., at the onset of... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Hard Knocks and the NFL PR Machine - Posted August 30, 2010
Tom Brady might be the only person not watching HBO's Hard Knocks. The New Y... [SportsNewser]

HBO Sets Return Date for 'Eastbound and Down' - Posted August 23, 2010
Time to set your DVRs. HBO has announced that season two of the Will Ferrell/Adam McKay-produced baseball comedy "Eastbound & Down" will debut Sun... [SportsNewser]

Atlantic Editor On Pay Walls: "Can't Afford To Be Ideological" - Posted January 29, 2010
Last night The Atlantic hosted a discussion titled "Money, Media, and the Future of HBO" with network co-president ... [FishbowlNY]

CBS News Snags Two duPont Awards For Broadcast Journalism - Posted January 14, 2010
CBS News and six local television stations will be among the recipients of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards honoring outstanding work in broadcast journalism at a ceremony later this month. Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism today announced the winners of the ... [FishbowlNY]

Time Warner Earnings: Growth From Networks Can't Offset Publishing Declines - Posted November 4, 2009
As we wait to hear about layoffs coming out of Time Inc. today, we got a chance to look at the magazine publisher's... [FishbowlNY]

Time Warner May Sell Off Magazines Eventually, Or Not - Posted September 28, 2009
Time Warner is completing its spin-off of AOL later this year, a deal that has led many ... [FishbowlNY]

Talking Viral Marketing On The Menu With Campfire's Mike Monello - Posted September 15, 2009
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Memoirist Richard Farrell Discusses Addiction And Writing On The Menu - Posted August 10, 2009
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Press Readies For "Beer Summit"|Tru Blood Drink Tastes OK|NYT Sports Reporter Reveals How He Got Steroid Names|Can Photo Agency Demotix Succeed?|What If NYT Reporters Started Their Own Company? - Posted July 30, 2009
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Time Warner, MSLO Release Earnings Numbers - Posted July 29, 2009
Two big public media companies, Time Warner Inc. and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia released their second quarter earnings numbers today, with both reporting revenue de... [FishbowlNY]

The Bloodcopy Blog Controversy|New Yorker's Unique Cover|Shuttered East West To Relaunch|AOL's Shields Departs|Newspaper Association's Montly Mag Goes Digital - Posted May 26, 2009
AgencySpy: The Bloodcopy blog controversy that arose this weekend ... [FishbowlNY]

Portfolio.com Survives|Larry Kramer Talks Media|Americans Are Really Unhappy With Their Newspapers|Why Journalists Deserve Low Pay|HBO publicist Chandler Dies - Posted May 20, 2009
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TNT's New Series Only Good For One Reason - Posted December 7, 2008
As HBO and Showtime have dominated the TV series areas with "The Sopranos" and "Weeds" and even AMC has created the award-winning "Mad... [FishbowlLA]

Horrors, Polanski May Have To Thank An Unknown When He Gets His Next Oscar - Posted December 3, 2008
Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski may have to thank L.A.-based indie documentary-maker Marina Zenovich if he's able to overturn his sexual misconduct char... [FishbowlLA]

Does Rupert Murdoch Have an Obama-Shaped Hole in his Heart? - Posted November 17, 2008
Today's New York Times is speculating whether Rupert Murdoch has a soft spot for ... [FishbowlNY]

Zenovich And Doc Subject Polanski Expected To Meet In Italy - Posted November 7, 2008
Marina Zenovich, a Los Angeles-based director who created "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," a doc about the notorious statutory 1977 rape case against the famed director of such films as "Chinatown" and "Rosemary's Baby," will finally get to fully meet her subject at Italy's Turin Film Festival in mid-November... [FishbowlLA]

Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno Just Says No To Gays -- Or Does He? - Posted November 3, 2008
A disguised Sacha Baron Cohen marched with anti-gay activists to support the California Proposition 8, which would ban the recently enacted California allowance of gay and lesbian marriage, Associated Press reports.... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted July 18, 2008
Mad Men, Getting Madder: Scott Collins adds to the uproar by TV critics and boob tube junkies who continuously berate us for not watching Mad Men. They all say we're missing something... ... [FishbowlLA]

Tina Brown Gets HBO Deal - Posted December 18, 2007
Things have really changed at HBO. Without Chris Albrecht, the cable giant is looking to Tina Brown for fresh ideas, according to Liz Smith. Smith writes: The amazing Tina Brown is in a newly struck, first-look de... [FishbowlLA]

Ullman Readies New Showtime Series - Posted September 10, 2007
Is America ready for more Tracey Ullman? The comedic actress is prepping a return to the small-screen that will again showcase her diverse talents as she dresses up and creates a variety of new characters for a new series called State of the Union. This time it's for Showtime (rather than... [FishbowlLA]

James Gandolfini Goes To Iraq - Posted August 13, 2007
Post-Sopranos, James Gandolfini's next project is a documentary for HBO on the Iraq War. Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq is debuting on Sunday, September 9 on the pay cable channel. The film features exec producer Gandolfini interviewing numerous disabled veterans... ... [FishbowlNY]

Black Donnellys Fans are Crackers--Consistent, but Crackers - Posted July 17, 2007
The Black Donnellys, axed by NBC, has a strange fan base. Hoping for a pick-up by HBO, they sent crackers to Carolyn Strauss, cuz the Donnelly family owns the Firecracker Lounge, and obviously, sending things that explode is... [FishbowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted July 3, 2007
We're Glad, Too: The last line of this Robert Lloyd review of Coma, an HBO docu about traumatic brain injury is, "Mostly, you just think, 'I'm glad it isn't me.'" We felt the same way -- but about reviewin... [FishbowlLA]

In The Trades: Dolls, Drag Queens and How-to - Posted April 2, 2007
Abigail Breslin and former child actor, Jodie Foster, are thisclose to signing a deal to star in Nim's Island, a fantasy. Breslin will also star in the first American Girl movie, based on the dolls. First of seemingly hundreds. Sydney Po... [FishbowlLA]

In The Trades: Dolls, Idols, - Posted February 21, 2007
HBO and American Girl have made a deal to develop films, series, specials and documentaries, based on the American Girl dolls. Better idea would be dolls based on HBO products: G-String Divas, The Sopranos or ... [FishbowlLA]

Tom Sizemore Series Focus on Healing, Atoning and Avoiding a Train Wreck - Posted January 3, 2007
VH1executives must be a cyncial lot, as they're offering a new reality series in January, Shooting Sizemore, (wasn't this Super Sizemore--or is that the fake penis' show?). The fun starts the moment Tom Sizemore steps out of rehab, as he works toward rebuilding his life and his career. Ha!... [FishbowlLA]