Directors, Producers Very Close to Contract Agreement The Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers ended their fourth day of contract negotiations Tuesday, the Hollywood Reporter says. Insiders say the talks are going well,…
CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein has created two new programming positions and filled them with local news veterans. Bart Feder will be a New York-based senior VP for current programming, reporting to Mr. Klein and effective immediately. In addition to overseeing…
Grammys, WGA Hit Sour Note The Grammys will proceed without writers, as the Writers Guild of America has opted to not issue the award show a guild waiver for the telecast, Daily Variety reports. The WGA also informed the Screen…
Discovery Communications has made a deal with Oprah Winfrey to create OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. OWN will be a multiplatform media venture. On cable it will take over the Discovery Health Channel, which is in 70 million homes, in…
A hungry online video audience offset the holiday traffic slowdown for video-sharing site YouTube, which grew its audience by nearly 9% in December. The site lured 68.6 million unique visitors last month, compared to 63.1 million in November, according to…
Mark Lazarus, president of Turner Entertainment Group, is leaving the company as part of a reorganization. Three senior Turner executives have been promoted to president of their divisions, reporting to Phil Kent, chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting. The three…
Directors Put Hope Into Writers Talks The Directors Guild of America has entered into contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, and could end up with a good deal in new media reuse, Daily Variety reports….