If a Story Is Viral, Truth May Be Taking a Beating

People post on Twitter or write stories for online news organizations like The Huffington Post or Gawker that spread quickly on the web as if factual, when they really aren’t.

    



Advertising: Grammys Go Live in One Real-Time Show to Promote Another

In a live show on CBS to announce the Grammy nominees, a campaign to encourage viewers to come back on Jan. 26 for the awards show will be introduced.

    



NBC Will Air ‘The Sound of Music’ Live on Dec. 5

With a little over a week to go before the live broadcast of “The Sound of Music” on NBC, the production is taking shape on a Long Island sound stage.

    



N.H.L. Reaches Lucrative Telecast Deal in Canada

A 12-year, $4.9 billion deal that gives Rogers Communications the rights to all national hockey telecasts in Canada beginning next season surpasses the league’s agreement with CBC, TSN and a French-language cable network.

    



‘Leave of Absence’ for Lara Logan After Flawed Benghazi Report

The leaves for the CBS correspondent and her producer follow an internal report that criticized her reporting methods for the segment on “60 Minutes.”

    



Leaving ABC News, Couric Describes Move to Yahoo as ‘Being of the Moment’

Katie Couric said that her decision to join Yahoo as its “global news anchor” came after the new chief executive, Marissa Mayer, reached out to her.

    



Advertising: Ahead of Anniversary, Promoting All Things Kennedy

As the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s death nears, television stations and publishers are preparing promotions — some of which are raising eyebrows.

    



The TV Watch: We Interrupt This Generation …

President John F. Kennedy’s assassination changed TV, and the industry is mounting a 21-gun salute to commemorate the man and the moment.

    



Dish Nears Pact to Avert Blackout With Disney

The Dish Network also reported unexpected rises in both subscribers and revenue, and returned to profit in the most recent quarter.

    



‘60 Minutes’ Airs Apology on Benghazi

The CBS newsmagazine issued a rare retraction and apology for its report on an attack on Americans in Libya, saying it was misled by a source.

    



CBS to Correct Erroneous Report on Benghazi

The network acknowledged that it had suffered a blow to its credibility in broadcasting a report with an interview of someone who was never at the scene.

    



Accounts Differ to F.B.I. and CBS on Benghazi

Conflicting statements given by a security officer to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to CBS call into question a “60 Minutes” report.

    



Despite Blackout, CBS Profit and Revenue Rise

Stations in cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago were not carried by Time Warner Cable for a month in the summer during a contract dispute.

    



Time Warner’s Profit Rises, Lifted by TV

Earnings were $1.2 billion in the third quarter, an increase of 44 percent compared with a year ago, reflecting growth in its television networks and production of TV shows.

    



CBS News Defends Its ‘60 Minutes’ Benghazi Report

A “60 Minutes” correspondent also said the report should have acknowledged that a book written by a man she interviewed was being published by a CBS subsidiary.

    



DirecTV Reports Gain in U.S. Subscribers

The increase of 139,000 subscribers was certainly helped by CBS’s dispute with Time Warner Cable. In Latin America, growth slowed significantly.

    



Chris Chase, Actress Who Turned to Writing, Dies

Ms. Chase appeared on the New York stage, on television and in film under the name Irene Kane, before finding her voice in writing.

    

Seeking More Pay for Delayed Play

With the pace of delayed television viewing increasing, networks want advertisers to pay for seven days of commercial viewing to cover computer screens and tablets as well as TV sets.

    



Disney and Dish Wrangle Not Over Broadcast Fees, but the Future of TV

The protracted distribution negotiations under way between Dish Network and the Walt Disney Company are said to focus on digital rights like ad-skipping and online streaming.

    



Time Warner Left Bruised in Fee Battle With CBS

The cable company lost 306,000 television subscribers in the third quarter, hurt by a contract dispute that resulted in a blackout of CBS programming.