Outspoken media executive David Verklin will be leaving Aegis Media, parent of Carat. Some of the duties of Mr. Verklin, who was CEO of Aegis Media Americas, will be assumed by Sarah Fay, CEO of Carat and Isobar in the…
Chicago-based Towers Productions is developing reality TV program “It Takes a Parent” with radio talk show host and syndicated columnist Betsy Hart. The half-hour series is inspired by Ms. Hart’s Chicago-based radio program of the same name, where she takes…
The North Carolina Democratic Party is abandoning its planned April 27 debate, which would have been on CBS and moderated by Katie Couric. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., had accepted the party’s debate invitation, but Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., had not….
Former Bush White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has joined the CNN stable of political contributors. Mr. Snow resigned his job in November after waging his second battle with cancer. He was a longtime conservative commentator and player before becoming…
Disney-ABC has redesigned SoapNet.com, the home site of its daytime drama programming, and created a new online advertising network to capitalize on the revamp. The redesigned version has added celebrity, beauty and fashion news to its soap coverage, which currently…
Warner Bros. Television Group has partnered with Time Inc.’s Essence Communications to produce a new Web destination in tandem with Warner’s Telepictures Productions, the companies announced today. Under the partnership, the two media companies will relaunch Essence.com this summer. The…
Seth MacFarlane is on deck to deliver the 2008 Promax/BDA Conference keynote address, according to Promax/BDA President Jonathan Block-Verk. The conference will run June 17-19 at the Hilton New York Hotel. “Seth is a remarkable talent and a catalyst for…
Online television network Revision3 will begin distributing its Web series on Hulu, Joost, Tivo, Break.com and Revver, the company said today. Revision3 currently produces about a dozen online TV shows that have been available primarily on its own site, Revision3.com,…
An advertising executive last week said something that shocked me. The agency representative said that advertisers are resistant to moving away from pre-roll ads online because they want to be able to tell a story with their ads. OK, I…