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NewBostonPost Editor Jennifer C. Braceras appeared on WGBH's "Greater Boston" on Monday, Jan. 4 to discuss gun control, including President Obama's executive order, and the situation at the wildlife refuge in Oregon.
Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) – NBC has announced plans to drop its affiliation with Boston's WHDH-TV at the end of its current contract in December and launch a network-owned station in the city next January. NBC said in a memo to employees Thursday that it will build out a local news
television
"The end of television" is a headline that's been liberally thrown around for the past 15 years.
Abortion
With Thanksgiving having come and gone, we are now solidly into the Christmas season. Two stories that reveal Hollywood's attitude about Christmas in painful detail recently caught my attention. The first was an article in the Los Angeles Times about the 50th anniversary of "A Charlie Brown
television
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nothing beats athletes clashing on the field for impressive TV ratings, but the skirmishes of CNBC's Republican debate came close. NFL programming and baseball's World Series dominated last week's ratings, taking seven of the top 20 spots, the Nielsen company said
satire
NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh from "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart has signed on with HBO in an exclusive four-year production pact. HBO said Tuesday the partnership will start with short-form digital content to be showcased on HBO Now, HBO Go and other platforms. His first project will entail
media
NEW YORK (AP) — Teenagers spend nearly nine hours a day absorbing media and despite all the new options, music and television remain the favorites. Common Sense Media released an exhaustive survey Tuesday outlining how young people spend screen time. One concern: the number of youngsters who feel comfortable multi-tasking while
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bouncing from politics to the big screen and back, Fred Thompson played many roles well and those who knew him say the folksy former U.S. senator won't soon be forgotten for his impact on American life and the arts. He died Sunday at age
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