Michael Scott is about to get roasted. According to people familiar with the plotline, NBC’s just-confirmed post-Super Bowl episode of “The Office” will feature the employees of Dunder Mifflin roasting the show’s lead character, played by Steve Carell. While neither…
As part of a reorganization of Discovery Communications’ emerging networks group, 16-year veteran Client Stinchcomb announced today that he will step down this week from his current post as executive VP and general manager for Discovery HD Theater and Turbo…
MySpace is making video clips from members’ pages available to mobile phones and other mobile devices, Reuters reports. The news service says the online network planned to begin making video available today as a free, ad-supported service on the BlackBerry…
Video game marketer Activision, which is rolling out a new version of its popular “Guitar Hero” game for the holiday season, is widening its ad deal with News Corp., MediaDailyNews reports. The deal will put Activision on 12 News Corp….
YouTube is pursuing a variety of strategies in an effort to turn its market dominance into revenue, according to Jordan Hoffner, the video Web site’s director of content partnerships, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The executive detailed those strategies at a…
CNN correspondent and anchor Miles O’Brien is leaving the network as it closes its science, space, environment and technology unit, TVNewser reports. O’Brien has been the news network’s chief technology and environmental correspondent since April 2007. The network says it…
Josh Howard, VP of long-form for CNBC, announced that he will leave the cable network when his contract expires next week, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The announcement comes just one day after the unit that has been overseen by Howard…
NBC Universal has begun cutting staff amid a faltering economy, people familiar with the matter said. So far, approximately 30 staffers in the advertising sales department have been told they are losing their jobs, said the sources, who requested anonymity….