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Road to Travel Channel buyer hits some detours

Talk of News Corp. possibly dropping out of the running, according to Reuters, has surfaced while parent Cox Communications is considering a JV as another possible scenario to offload its asset.


Smith leaves CBS Interactive for dealmaking

CBS Interactive CEO Quincy Smith is resigning to start his his own media advisory firm in Silicon Valley.


Bidders to ante up $800M for Travel Channel

Auction front-runners News Corp. and Scripps Networks reportedly made offers of about $800 million for a 65% stake in the Travel Channel.


IAC to zero in on content production companies

IAC CEO Barry Diller says he's willing to spend less than 10% of his company's $1.8 billion in cash reserves on deals for content production companies.


NY Times sees Globe still fit to print

The New York Times is holding on to The Boston Globe for now, but the fate of its other Massachusetts newspaper, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, is still up in the air.


McClatchy earnings preview

McClatchy will announce third-quarter earnings on Thursday.


Time is ticking for Vivendi's NBCU share

Vivendi's board meets Wednesday and may decide to divest its holdings in NBC Universal.


Vick to rehab on TV

After jail time and filing for bankruptcy protection, Vick will be featured in a reality TV show, chronicling his life from childhood through his prison term in a documentary-type show on the BET network.


Bloomberg staff might run BusinessWeek

Should Bloomberg win the auction for BusinessWeek, WWD reports that the staff from Bloomberg Markets magazine would provide editorial for the acquired title.


FTC to regulate blogging

The FTC doesn't just decide what mergers might harm consumers: It enforces a wide swath of federal consumer protection laws. Today, its lawyers are taking on the blogosphere.


Pace of media M&A quickens in 3rd quarter

The total value of deals in media and related fields still lags 2008 through the first three quarters, and more closely resembles 2002 to 2003.


Bankruptcy is TV producer's latest reality

Even with a bevy of reality television successes under its belt, Rocket Science Laboratories hasn't been able to escape financial distress.



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