The New York Times
Laura Ling, who was detained in North Korea with a colleague from Current TV last year, is restarting her television career at a channel much closer to home–E!, the entertainment channel.
Ms. Ling has been hired to host “E! Investigates,” a series of hourlong programs that will take on a harder edge. Her first two programs will explore the causes of teenage suicide and the lives of military wives.
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Ted Harbert, the chief executive of Comcast Entertainment Group, said E! was trying the “serious side of pop culture.” More…