Soaring growth from Fox Broadcasting as well as its cable and Internet operations helped boost News Corp. earnings 1.5% year-to-year in the second fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31. Net income rose to $832 million, or 27 cents per share, for…
Louise Henry Bryson is retiring from Lifetime, where she was general manager of the Lifetime Movie Network and president, distribution and affiliate business development, Lifetime Networks. The move is effective at the end of May. Ms. Bryson will assist Lifetime…
Even if the writers strike ends soon, the genie isn’t going back into the bottle when it comes to Web video. With an agreement looking likely to come soon in the three-month writers strike, online video experts aren’t worried that…
President Bush, unveiling his fiscal year 2009 budget, is again proposing to cut the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s funding. The budget would cut $200 million of the $400 million already appropriated by Congress for the new fiscal year and another…
Almost as soon as the Giants finished beating the Patriots on Fox, the NFL and NBC Sports were getting set to unveil the logo for Super Bowl XLIII, to be played in Tampa Bay, Fla., next year. NBC will debut…
YouTube’s audience stayed steady last week, after small declines in January. For the week ending Jan. 27, the world’s biggest video site drew 30.7 million unique visitors, about on par with the week before, when it reached 30.3 million unique…
Six national cable networks, worried that a new FCC rule will lead to their signals getting bounced from local cable systems, are asking an appellate court to overturn the rule. In a suit filed late Friday, C-SPAN, Discovery Communications, the…
Many Super Bowl advertisers failed to capitalize on the opportunity to integrate their TV spots with online media. That’s the conclusion of an analysis released today by search marketing firm Reprise Media. Disney, Xantac and Hershey missed opportunities, and movie…
Ed Wilson has been named president of Tribune Broadcasting, overseeing the company’s 23 TV stations (14 of them affiliated with The CW) and Superstation WGN, Tribune Entertainment and WGN Radio. The move is effective Feb. 11. Mr. Wilson succeeds John…
Lisa Sherman has been promoted to executive VP and general manager of Logo. She had been senior VP and general manager of the channel. “Lisa is that rare individual who, as a leader, shows everyone what is possible, balancing Logo’s…