Chernin, Comcast Investing in YouTube Tools Startup Fullscreen

More Old/Big Media companies investing in the world’s biggest video site. This time it’s a $30 million round.
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Blocked! March Madness Heads Farther Behind the Cable Pay Wall.

Yet another big-time sports event moves from free TV to pay TV: The NCAA championship game is set to switch from CBS to Turner next year.
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Here’s a Marissa Mayer M&A Candidate You Haven’t Heard Of

Grab Media, a video distribution company. Tim Armstrong bought one in 2010, and that worked well for him and AOL.
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Comcast to Buy Remainder of NBCU From GE

Comcast Corp. is buying General Electric’s 49 percent stake in NBCUniversal for $16.7 billion, taking full control of the television and movie company.

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Zucker Is Lead Candidate to Head CNN

Jeff Zucker, the former chief executive of NBCUniversal, is the lead candidate to become the next president of CNN Worldwide, say people familiar with the matter.

Comcast and NBC Put Money, Marketing Into a Social TV App: Zeebox Lands in the U.S.

“Second screen” apps haven’t made much headway so far. But now a U.K. import, backed by one of the biggest players in American TV, will try.
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The Cloud Is Getting Crowded: Hollywood Lines Up Behind M-Go, Another Digital Storefront

DVD sales are falling off, and consumers aren’t filling the void with digital purchases. Here’s another effort by the studios to fix that.
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Comcast Says Surprisingly Good Ratings Will Let NBC Break Even On Olympics

No grousing about NBC’s Olympic coverage from Comcast executives today: On the company’s earnings call, Comcast EVP Steve Burke said prime-time ratings for the games are way ahead of the company’s estimates, and that the cable giant now expects to break even on its coverage, instead of a projected loss of $100 million to $200 million. (An earlier version of this report incorrectly attributed Burke’s statement to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts.)

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Twitter Apologizes for Mishandling Journalist’s Suspended Account

Twitter Inc. on Tuesday apologized for mistakes it said it made in handling the account of Guy Adams, a journalist for the U.K’s Independent newspaper, who was kicked off the short-messaging service for publishing the email of an executive from Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal.

Twitter and Guy Adams Hug It Out

Oh. My Twitter account appears to have been un-suspended. Did I miss much while I was away?

— Internet Olympics cause celebre Guy Adams, who will presumably have much more to say, right away

Blake Krikorian Joins FreeWheel Board