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It’s Over! DirecTV & Viacom Reach Carriage Agreement, Viacom Nets Restored

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All 26 Viacom Networks, Including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, CMT, Logo, Spike, TV Land, MTV2, VH1, VH1 Classic, Palladia, Nick Jr., Nicktoons, TeenNick, Tr3s and Centric, to Return to DIRECTV Immediately

NEW YORK, July 20, 2012 – Viacom today announced that the company has reached a long-term agreement to renew carriage with DIRECTV.

All 26 Viacom networks, including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, CMT, Logo, Spike, TV Land, MTV2, VH1, VH1 Classic, Palladia, Nick Jr., Nicktoons, TeenNick, Tr3s and Centric, will return to DIRECTV’s channel lineup immediately.  As part of the overall carriage agreement, DIRECTV has an option to add the EPIX service to its entertainment offerings.

Viacom is extremely pleased to bring its programming back to DIRECTV subscribers, and thanks everyone affected by the disruption for their patience and understanding during this challenging period.

via Deadline.com http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/its-over-directv-viacom-reach-carriage-agreement-viacom-nets-restored/

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Forget Weiner – it’s Huma’s time for exposure! 

Hey, Weiner, wait your turn! Disgraced ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner has been raising his public profile, but his People magazine feature this week with wife Huma Abedin was a Clinton-crafted effort meant to help her get a job — not him, sources told the Daily News.

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” trailer released

Tom Cruise may have settled his divorce with Katie Holmes, but curiosity surrounding Scientology still swirls. After an enigmatic teaser was released for Paul Thomas…

via NY Post: Page Six http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/tom_got_issues_EOjE37gUGNVi0ACPu0LyuK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20Page%20Six

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Yahoo to Pay Mayer $100 Million

New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will receive up to $100 million in compensation, stock, bonus and retention awards over the next five years.

via WSJ.com: What's News US http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444464304577537400240273864.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us

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Google clicks fly as ad rates fall

Google took a click-licking, but kept on ticking.The search giant continued to make less money — a 16 percent decline in costs per click — from each online ad, but made it up on volume as a 42 percent jump in ad inventory helped lead to higher revenues.While discussing second-quarter…

via NY Post: Business http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/google_clicks_fly_as_ad_rates_fall_uN8cY6XtKEZlQSMU0RNhyM?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Business

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Palestinian Portrayed as ‘Terrorist’ Settles ‘Bruno’ Suit Against Sacha Baron Cohen, David Letterman


The grocer said he received death threats after appearing in the 2009 movie and being discussed on “Late Show.”

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Money just showed up in our account, say four on trial in Columbia swindle

A group of destitute swindlers on trial on charges of stealing $5.7 million from Columbia University claim they never took the money — it just miraculously showed up in their bank accounts. The quartet — George Castro, Jeremy Dieudonne, Joseph Pineras and Walter Stephens — went on trial Thursday in the brazen scheme, which rerouted millions meant for New York Presbyterian Hospital into their business bank account.

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Tells Staff to ‘Keep Moving’


In her first memo, she also calls the company “an Internet icon” and thanks interim CEO Ross Levinsohn, but doesn’t discuss his future.

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Ex-McKinsey & Co. director gets probation after pleading guilty to insider trading

A former financial consultant-turned-government witness was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation after prosecutors credited him with helping convict a pair of Wall Street titans on insider trading charges.
Anil Kumar had pleaded guilty in 2010 to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and other charges and agreed to cooperate…

via NY Post: Business http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/insider_mckinsey_trading_director_PruNyOSkuPg7TOxeNz63dM?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Business

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God Bless Bob Costas

America’s preeminent sportscaster, Bob Costas, who will once again be anchoring Olympic coverage for NBC, will protest the International Olympic Committee’s insensitive decision to not mark the 40th anniversary of the slaughter of Israel’s Olympic athletes with a moment of silence by having his own moment of silence:

At the July 27 Opening Ceremony from London, Costas plans to call out the IOC for denying Israel’s request for a moment of silence acknowledging the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Games. On the 40th anniversary of Munich, it’s a decision he finds “baffling.” When the Israeli delegation enters the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium, Costas will stage his own protest: “I intend to note that the IOC denied the request,” he says, modulating his voice as if he were on the air. “Many people find that denial more than puzzling but insensitive. Here’s a minute of silence right now.”

via National : The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/07/god-bless-bob-costas/260044/