• 'Garden & Gun' Gets New Editor
    Garden & Gun, the quirkily named Southern lifestyle pub, now has a new editor -- David DiBenedetto, formerly executive editor -- to replace Sid Evans, who is moving on to Time Inc.'s Lifestyle Group. DiBenedetto plans a Web site redesign. The mag will also be announcing a rate base increase from 225,000 to 250,000 in the coming months.
  • Sherwood Schwartz, 'Gilligan,' 'Brady' Creator, Dies
    Sherwood Schwartz, creator of two iconic TV shows -- "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch" -- has died at the age of 94, TMZ reports. Schwartz also co-wrote the theme songs for the two shows. If you're of the generation to remember either one, sing a chorus ("three-hour tour") in his memory.
  • Online Health Site Creates TV Show
    Everyday Health, a site focused on wellness news and feature content, will debut a half-hour TV show Sept. 3 as part of the Saturday morning program block on most local ABC stations. The company actually owns a portfolio of 25 health-focused sites; its flagship will feature an area dedicated to the show starting in September.
  • Robert Osborne On Leave From TCM
    The venerable Robert Osborne, 79, who has hosted almost all of Turner Classic Movies' prime-time film airings since 1994, is taking a three-month leave for "minor surgery, followed by a vacation," reports the New York Post. A rotating cadre of substitute hosts, including actors Robert Wagner (this week), Jane Powell (next week) and Tippi Hedren (week of July 25) will be introducing many movies in the coming weeks.
  • Philly Papers Bundle Apps Into Tablets
    In what's being reported as an industry first, the formerly bankrupt sister newspapers the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily will not only launch Android apps later this year, but sell tablets at less than half price to consumers with the apps pre-installed. The bundling includes content from the papers' Philly.com and comes with one- to two-year subscriptions to the digital content.
  • Why Are Nets Fleeing Web TV?
    Comcast just killed off NBC Universal Digital Studio (in operation since 2008), joining ABC and Time Warner in moving away from original Web content. In NBC's case, the "change in strategy" will be "to focus our digital efforts and investment on content that's supportive of our on-air programs, providing our audience with additional content that further engages them in our shows," according to a company statement."But why are so many TV networks fleeing a business for which they would seem perfectly suited?" asks Jake Coyle. He explores possible answers to his question in this Huffpost, concluding that "maybe soon, there …
  • NBA Lockout Cuts Off Player Images, Videos
    Beyond the obvious problems with the NBA lockout, there's another dilemma for the league. Having pulled all images and videos of current players from all its team Web sites and its TV network, NBA TV, "may put the NBA's digital properties and television network into a precarious position," writes Lauren A.E. Schuker. "Advertising on those sites is based on page views, which are liable to decline if the sites don't feature images of players," according to Schuker.
  • Newsweek Web Site Becomes Part Of Daily Beast
    Starting July 19, newsweek.com will be shuttered, That's the date the official URL for the suffering print mag will redirect visitors to a Newsweek area of the Daily Beast site, which will host all archived magazine material. This move "marks the official end of what was once a fully staffed and hugely trafficked site in its own right," according to New York magazine's Daily Intel.
  • Afterlife Of 'Friday Night Lights' Begins On ESPN
    As "Friday Night Lights" fans (we're among them) sadly watch the series finale Friday night at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, others may join the ranks of those fascinated by the doings in fictional Dillon, Texas by getting a chance to watch the show from the very beginning. Seems that the critics'-but-not-ratings darling begins its afterlife on ESPN either July 12, 14 or 15. (The Wrap seems to be muddling the dates, since it claims the show will end July 12, when July 15 is the airing of the finale.) But never mind -- old episodes of the show will …
  • Beginning Last Season Of 'Closer'
    If you're also excited (as we are) that the final season of "The Closer" starts tonight on TNT (and will now act as a precursor to a new show, "Major Crimes," set to debut next year), check out this TV Guide post. Warning -- some spoilers ahead.
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