‘NCIS: LA’ set for Sky 1

TV News: CBS also gives ‘Good Wife’ to Channel 4 — CBS Studios Intl. has been busy in Blighty.

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Comcast issues pink slips

Business News: Conglom cuts 39 positions — A new round of layoffs has hit Comcast Entertainment Group, which confirmed late Wednesday that it had cut 39 positions.
The company said the pink slips repped 3% of its workforce (which totals around 1,350 employees). 
Layoffs were spread between Comcast Ent. Group’s networks, online businesses and international divisions. Comcast nets include E! Entertainment Television, Style, G4 and FearNet.
In a statement, Comcast Ent. Group said the staff reductions “better align the company’s overall cost structure and resources in this evolving economic climate.”
Layoffs came the same day word emerged that parent Comcast was looking into acquiring NBC Universal.

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‘West Side’ revival recoups costs

Legit News: Broadway show in the black — The Broadway revival of “West Side Story” has recouped its capitalization costs of $14 million, according to producers.

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Royal Shakespeare Co. unveils slate

Legit News: Offerings include Dahl’s ‘Matilda’ — The 2010 slate for the U.K.’s Royal Shakespeare Company includes such notable offerings as a Matthew Warchus-helmed tuner adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “Matilda.”

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Three Bravo stars get solo series

Reality TV: ‘Housewives,’ ‘Runway,’ ‘Chef’ alumni to be featured — Bravo is developing three new projects starring some of the cabler’s recent breakout reality stars: Bethenny Frankel, Christian Siriano and Fabio Viviani.

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Universal heightens horror for Halloween

Front Page: Theme parks go for bigger, badder scares — Universal launched its enduring monsters Dracula and Frankenstein during the Great Depression. Now it’s watching Halloween Horror Nights grow into a major franchise for its theme parks during the recession.

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Cutler shingle cuts deal

Exclusives: Actual Reality pacts with Evolution Media — R.J. Cutler’s Actual Reality Pictures is evolving.

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ICM grabs Maoz, Connolly

Exclusives: Directors pursued by agents at Toronto — ICM has signed director Samuel Maoz, whose drama “Lebanon” won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

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Grammy winner Greg Ladanyi dies

Obituary: Engineer-producer sustained head trauma on stage — Grammy-winning engineer-producer and Maple Jam Music Group prexy Greg Ladanyi died in the Greek Republic of Cyprus Sept 29. He was 57.

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Sony, EMI to release Spector catalog

Music News: ‘Christmas Gift’ due out Nov. 10 — Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music Publishing have inked a licensing pact to release the catalog of Phil Spector’s ’60s imprint Philles Records.

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