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Verizon Communications Inc's third-quarter profit fell a less-than-expected 9 percent as wireless subscriber gains offset slower-than-anticipated growth in its FiOS television service.

For the past seven months, Questlove has been on the run. The Roots drummer, whose driver's license reads Ahmir Thompson, wakes up every day between 6 and 7 a.m. to catch an 8 a.m. train from his hometown of Philadelphia and usually doesn't return home until 11 p.m.

News Corp., one of the co-owners of the site, has confirmed Thursday the rumor that it intends to start charging fees at some point.

Soupy Sales, a pioneer of slapstick television comedy who once estimated he had taken 20,000 pies in the face, died on Thursday night in a New York hospice, the Detroit Free Press reported. He was 83.

Former Friends star Courteney Cox says she has no problem starring in a TV comedy called Cougar Town.

Traditional television viewing patterns are collapsing and the industry needs to quickly figure out how to profit in a world where people can watch TV shows anytime, anywhere, NBC Universal's TV chief said.

Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci and Wren Arthur, the trio behind Olive Prods., have set up their first TV projects: a drama at HBO starring Tucci and an animated comedy at TBS to be voiced by Tucci and Buscemi.

LG Electronics Inc's quarterly profit jumped nearly 50 percent thanks to strong sales of mobile phones and TVs, but the company is headed for a weaker fourth quarter on higher marketing costs and price competition.

LG Electronics Inc's quarterly profit jumped nearly 50 percent thanks to strong sales of mobile phones and TVs, but the company is headed for a weaker fourth quarter on higher marketing costs and price competition.

LG Electronics Inc posted better-than-expected results thanks to strong sales of key handsets and TVs, but faces weakening earnings momentum.

Balloon Boy's father Richard Heene had planned the flying saucer controversy since early this year for publicity of a reality show featuring him as a passionate scientist carrying out various shocking experiments, Robert Thomas, a researcher close to Heene said, according to a story obtained by Gawker.com

U.S. clothing chain Gap Inc plans to open its first store in China next year as it seeks new international opportunities to counteract a protracted domestic sales slump at its main brand.

Cablevision Systems Corp reached a new deal with CBS Corp to carry its broadcast network as well as Showtime, the Smithsonian Channel, and CBS College Sports Network, the companies said on Friday.

Nasa has successfully bulldozed two spacecraft into the moon's south pole in a search for hidden ice, but without the promised live photos, according to media reports.

President's Cup 2009 kicks off Thursday October 8 at Harding Park Gold Course in San Francisco.

UBS AG, which suffered asset outflows in the second quarter, hired former Merrill Lynch's brokerage head Robert McCann to lead its wealth management business in the Americas, CNBC said on Thursday.

Free TV shows on the Internet could be harder to find if Comcast Corp succeeds in acquiring a majority stake in NBC Universal.

The explosion of ways people watch television is confounding the media industry, which has relied for decades on the Nielsen ratings but now must adapt to the realities of the Internet and on-demand video.

Matt LeBlanc is reteaming with Friends co-creator David Crane for Episodes, a Showtime/BBC comedy series spoofing the TV business.

American TV viewers are seeing more gay, lesbian and transgender characters on their screens and story lines are better reflecting current issues in the gay community, according to a survey set for release on Thursday.

The explosion of ways people watch television is confounding the media industry, which has relied for decades on the Nielsen ratings but now must adapt to the realities of the Internet and on-demand video.