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Andrew Shue is officially off the market! The former "Melrose Place" star tied the knot with "Weekend Today" anchor Amy Robach on Saturday in New York City, People.com reports.  Full story

We live in a media universe where "American Idol" judges slurp from giant tumblers of Coca-Cola, "The Biggest Loser" contestants gush about their Subway sandwich feasts and local television news operations sell off "sponsorships" to the highest bidder.  Full story

Flames tore through CTV Ottawa's newsroom early Sunday morning, causing more than $2.5 million in damage and destroying local news archives.  Full story

Six months ago, network executives were complaining that the White House was costing them tens of millions of dollars by pressing them to carry presidential news conferences in prime time.   Full story

The hard hits. The sneaky play-calling. The spectacle of it all. Who wouldn’t love the Super Bowlish news shows that preceded the real Super Bowl? Like the game itself, the news shows made for enticing TV – and rabid partisanship. Instead of Saints vs. Colts, it was liberals vs. conservatives in winner-take-all showdowns that spotlighted the best and the worst of punditry and provocation.  Full story

Questions about looming labor discord, a possible uncapped salary season in 2010 and the alarming long-term effects of football concussions dominated Commissioner Roger Goodell's annual state-of-the-NFL news conference two days before the Super Bowl.  Full story

It's a weekend of air mattresses, sleeping bags, couches, pets and even some kids in TV newsrooms as Baltimore's network-owned and affiliate stations went to "all hands on deck" to try to cover one of the area's biggest storms in decades.  Full story

WHNT Huntsville, Ala., launched a 9 p.m. newscast on Feb. 1, but viewers could still find CSI: Miami in its usual time and place on the CBS affiliate. That’s because the Local TV-owned station debuted WHNT News 19 at 9 on its digital channel, making it one of the few stations in the country producing a newscast solely for a multicast channel.  Full story

The latest edition of the late-night wars is over, or at least suspended until March 1, when Jay Leno returns to "The Tonight Show."  Full story

Frank N. Magid, 78, the television "news doctor" whose survey research and advice to local television stations in the 1970s resulted in co-anchors who chatted between stories, fast-paced graphics, sports tickers and live shots, and a heavy reliance on both crime coverage and feel-good segments, died of lymphoma Feb. 5 at Santa Barbara [Calif.] Cottage Hospital.   Full story

ABC’s affiliates are not only in a battle with the network over retransmission fees, but they are also boiling mad that corporate sibling ESPN is being handed live sports events they were initially supposed to carry.  Full story

Just weeks after NBC stations were cited as a major reason the network pulled the plug on The Jay Leno Show, they are top of mind once again in the syndication world, thanks to Martha Stewart’s abrupt switch from syndication to cable at the end of last month.   Full story

It was the morning after President Obama's first State of the Union, which typically wouldn't mean much for daytime television shows and their menu of celebrity interviews, cooking tips and fashion segments.  Full story

Forget Jay Leno. Maybe NBC should have considered Brian Williams for a prime-time job.  Full story

US TV anchor Katie Couric has said she finds the cougar label 'silly' and 'stupid'.  Full story

A banker caught looking at photos of a semi-nude model on live TV will remain an employee of the Sydney-based Macquarie Private Wealth, the firm said Friday.  Full story

CBS affiliate WKMG-Channel 6 won at 11 p.m. during the January ratings period and broke the ratings grip of WFTV-Channel 9.  Full story

When Jon Stewart came to visit, Bill O’Reilly was going to post big numbers.  Full story

WFTV-Channel 9 has extended anchor Bob Opsahl’s contract, news director Bob Jordan said today.  Full story

HLN host Nancy Grace didn’t read background material on Melinda Duckett before their interview, WKMG-Channel 6 reported tonight.  Full story