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US broadcaster CBS to buy Australia’s Ten Network

  Sydney, Australia (AFP) — American broadcaster CBS has secured a deal to buy Australia’s third-largest television network, Ten, the embattled station’s administrators said Monday. The Ten Network was placed in voluntary administration in June after two billionaire backers refused to continue guaranteeing a key loan of Aus$200 million (US$159 million). CBS — one of Ten’s key content providers — will fund the purchase by refinancing existing secured debt arrangements in full, the administrators said in […]

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CBS newsman Morley Safer dead at age 84, retired days ago

  (Reuters) Television journalist Morley Safer, who made his reputation as a Vietnam War correspondent for CBS and then became a mainstay on the network’s “60 Minutes” show for 46 years, died at age 84 on Thursday, a few days after his retirement, the network announced. Safer, who retired in what CBS described as declining health, died at his home in Manhattan. “60 Minutes” had paid tribute to his work on Sunday’s show. In a […]

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CBS suspends sports analyst Greg Anthony after his arrest

(Reuters) – CBS Sports basketball analyst Greg Anthony has been suspended indefinitely by the network, a CBS spokesperson said on Saturday, a day after he was arrested in Washington, D.C., on a charge of soliciting prostitution. “Greg Anthony will not be working again for CBS this season,” the spokesperson said in an email. Anthony, 47, was arrested Friday evening after making an agreement for sexual favors, according to Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department. He was booked […]

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