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Daily Archives : May 4, 2008
The Insider: All’s Well for Wallace
While the rest of Washington’s Who’s Who was mingling with bold-faced names from entertainment (and so-called entertainment) circles at the White House Correspondents Association’s dinner April 26, “Fox News Sunday” moderator Chris Wallace was on the road (and plane) back…
Diverse Voices: Gay Programming Is About More Than Sex
Sex sells. It sells advertising, reality TV and scripted shows; some would even say it sells gay programming. But what is gay programming? Gay- and lesbian-themed shows on cable networks like Logo, here!, Showtime, HBO or Bravo run the gamut…
MediaFLO Finally Looks Ready to Go
As Launch Nears, Mobile Service Has Some Good Points but a Few Unknowns
Quicktakes: Would a Move by Katie Couric to CNN be a Good Thing for All Involved?
“Candidly, Katie going to CNN is meaningless. At CNN, she would have no more impact than Connie Chung, Paula Zahn, Aaron Brown or any of that network’s past saviors. The big-picture question is whether the traditional early-evening network newscast is…
Media Planner: Plain Talk Can Improve Collaboration
Using Jargon Rather Than Meaningful Language Creates Barriers to Progress
Media Planner: TV’s Most Engaging Specials
Programming Less Affected by Strike
Promax Lifetime Honor Goes to WWE’s McMahon
Promax/BDA will present World Wrestling Entertainment Founder-Chairman Vince McMahon with its Lifetime Achievement Award at the association’s 53rd annual conference, set for June 17-19 in New York. Mr. McMahon will be recognized for his syndication, cable and pay-per-view entrepreneurship that…
Editorial: How Network News Was Out-Psyop’d
A keystone of good journalism is transparency. That is, telling the news consumer enough about how a story was reported to let them judge how much credence it deserves. Recently, The New York Times pulled back the curtain on how…
NBC’s Silverman: New-Gen TV Creators Get It
NBC Entertainment Co-chairman Ben Silverman said his contemporaries in Hollywood understand intuitively the symbiotic relationship between advertisers and programmers. “There’s a new generation of creative forces inside Hollywood who I’ve grown up with and helped accelerate the careers of many…