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Discovery Channel President Rich Ross will become president of a new Discovery Communications portfolio group made up of Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science Channel.

Donald Trump and the other candidates for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination have not seen the last of Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly.

If you watched the GOP debate this past week that netted 24 million viewers for Fox News, or even read about it, you probably know who the real winner was: not any of the candidates on the stage but one of the moderators, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly. Even though this latest wave of publicity, due in no small part to her frank interrogation of brash presidential hopeful Donald Trump and his subsequent insensitive remarks about her, is likely to establish her firmly as a media star, Kelly’s popularity and success have been rising steadily for a long time.

For Fusion, it’s all about building an audience. That’s why the digital media company and cable TV network today announced a new app on the over-the-top streaming service Roku.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawsuits over a 2013 helicopter crash that killed three men during the filming of a reality television show for the Discovery Channel have been settled, court […]

Unable to count on youngsters parking themselves in front of the TV for shows like SpongeBob SquarePants, Madison Avenue is accelerating the move of money out of Bikini Bottom. Nickelodeon is on track to pull in $862.9 million in ad revenue this year, down 11% from $974.8 million in 2014, according to SNL Kagan. That’s nearly double the previous year’s 6% slide.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart said goodbye to “The Daily Show” on Thursday, America’s foremost satirist of politicians and the media ushered out by Bruce Springsteen and a reunion […]

NBC Universo, the sports and entertainment cable channel for Latinos, is now airing Battlestar Galactica, the cult classic that remains one of the highest-rated series ever on Syfy. From Universal Cable Productions, Battlestar Galactica is […]

The Wall Street Journal Senior Editor Chris Farley reports on Jon Stewart’s legacy, influence on latenight TV and the Daily Show’s impact on how people perceive real news.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The set of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” will be donated to the Newseum after Stewart’s final episode. Newseum spokesman Jonathan Thompson said in a news […]

In the wake of losing rights to properties like the British Open, U.S. Open golf, NASCAR and the NHRA, ESPN is walking away from the French Open after 13 years. While media attention in recent months has focused on cost-cutting moves in Bristol, ESPN executives said the move on the event had nothing to do with saving money. Rather, they say the decision is based on the network’s position as the second or third TV outlet covering the tournament — behind NBC and Tennis Channel.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Incoming “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah said politics and the media will remain targets of the program but the perspective will be distinctively his. “The […]

Fox Sports 1 and NBCSN won’t topple the No. 1 sports network anytime soon, but they are grabbing up TV sports rights, aiming to cut its lead. Bet they will.

To engage privately with the president in his inner sanctum at two sensitive moments — previously unreported meetings that are listed in the White House visitor logs and confirmed by three former Obama aides — speaks volumes about Stewart and his reach, which goes well beyond the million or so viewers who tune into The Daily Show on most weeknights. Love Stewart’s jokes or hate them, he has proven to be a unique voice who is capable of turning in-the-weeds policy discussions into viral video sensations that the country is still talking about the next morning.