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The city of Alameda has agreed to sell its municipal cable system to Comcast Corp. for about $15 million, according to a report by a news organization serving the cable industry. The Alameda cable system serves 9.500 video customers and 6,600 data customers.

Hundreds of Washington Mutual employees in Seattle have been notified over the last couple of days that they will be laid off from the company, with termination dates that vary from a couple of months to nearly a year away. (JPM)

Joe Norris, a managing partner at Wichita’s largest advertising firm, plans to retire at the end of the year.

Dan Wall has been named the new vice president and general manager at KAKE, the station announced Friday.

Satellite TV technology company Dish network won a minor battle in its long-running legal war with TiVo Inc. over patent infringement connected to digital video recorders. (DISH) (TIVO) (SATS)