Mediagazer: Group Fighting Digital Piracy Nearly Doubles Membership in First Six Weeks (Exclusive) (Alex Ben Block/Hollywood Reporter)

7:35 PM ET, April 4, 2014

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Univision Radio cuts dozens of workers, centralizes programming — Univision Radio now is located in Univision's Los Angeles building, pictured here in a 2003 file photo. (Reed Saxon / Associated Press / August 5, 2003) — Univision Communications is restructuring its radio division …

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Alex Ben Block / Hollywood Reporter:

Group Fighting Digital Piracy Nearly Doubles Membership in First Six Weeks (Exclusive) — CreativeFuture's Ruth Vitale tells THR it's fighting for-profit pirates: “This is not about kids in the basement doing this because they want to screw the man.” — A little more than six weeks after its launch …

Todd Spangler / Variety:

My Damn Channel Renames Itself Omnivision Entertainment — It's not just for laughs anymore: My Damn Channel, which started out in 2007 as an online-comedy video destination, has redubbed itself Omnivision Entertainment as part of its plans to expand branded-entertainment and talent development initiatives.

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