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Daily Archives : Mar 18, 2008

CBS Stations Start Blog-Ad Partnerships

CBS-owned stations are forming revenue-sharing advertising partnerships with social networking sites and bloggers, the Associated Press reports. Stations in cities such as San Francisco, Dallas and Boston are creating online modules containing both news and advertising that are shown on…

CBS Pilot to Be Directed by Oscar Winner

CBS drama pilot “The Tower” will be directed by Davis Guggenheim, who won an Oscar for his work on the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The series, about a group of Chicago reporters who solve cases by…

CBS to Divulge ‘Secret Talents’

CBS will start airing “Secret Talents of the Stars,” in which celebrities compete against each other, next month, Daily Variety reports. Among the participants will be country singer Clint Black competing in stand-up comedy and actor Danny Bonaduce, performing circus…

CW to Break Out ‘Wrecking Ball’

The CW ordered “Wrecking Ball,” a drama about a wealthy scion who uses his connections to open a law firm that helps patients fighting the medical establishment, Daily Variety reports. The series is created by Richard Hatem, whose credits include…

Networks Stick With Baghdad Coverage

ABC and NBC executives said they will keep news bureaus in Baghdad despite rising casualties and viewership being diverted to the presidential election, the Hollywood Reporter says. About 180 journalists have died in Iraq since the war began there in…