Barbara Walters

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is set to get his own syndicated daytime talk show, a program that will address "social issues, trends and events, pop culture and celebrity, human interest stories and populist news," whatever that means.

Walter Cronkite didn't get a burial at sea, but it wasn't far off. Time and again over the course of his funeral service, held this afternoon at St. Bartholomew's Church in midtown Manhattan, friends of the network news legend, who died last week at 92, brought up his outsized love of sailing....

HLN (formerly Headline News Network) is on a tear, posting more than 40 percent gains in May for both total viewers and in adults 25 to 54, the key demographic targeted by TV news programs. Today, the sister network of Time Warner Inc.'s (TWX) CNN announced the hiring of Joy Behar from "The View"...

In a classic case of "buy the rumor, sell the news," Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) has seen its stock fall 95 percent since Howard Stern's first satellite radio show. Stern, who reportedly received $500 million over 5 years to join Sirius in late 2005, helped boost subscribers when he joined. His presence...