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    The Business

    The Banter

    Kim Masters and guest banterer Michael Schneider, L.A. Bureau Chief of TV Guide Magazine, banter about some of this week's top Hollywood News stories.

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    By Kim Masters • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Kim Masters and guest banterer Michael Schneider, L.A. Bureau Chief of TV Guide Magazine, banter about some of this week's top Hollywood News stories. (John Horn is on vacation.)

    - The Justice Department looks into whether cable companies are capping the amount of bandwidth being provided to homes in order to inhibit online viewing.

    - CBS sues ABC for ripping off Big Brother in order to make the new show Glass House.

    - Broadcast networks make their final upfront ad deals and don't come out ahead of last year.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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