Turner Broadcasting named Jon Diament executive VP for Turner Sports ad sales and marketing. Mr. Diament, a longtime Turner executive who most recently was senior VP and general sales manager for CNN ad sales and marketing, succeeds Trish Frohman. Ms….
Ben Silverman, who has been NBC’s programming chief for a year, says that while NBC remains in the ratings basement, the network has altered its costs, engaged its advertisers and created an “unbelievable win” at the bottom line, Television Week…
Yahoo said it will put investor Carl Icahn on its board to avoid a proxy battle, the Wall Street Journal reports. Icahn owns 5% of Yahoo and has been fighting with the Internet company since it rejected an acquisition bid…
Sarah Jessica Parker is developing a new reality competition series for Bravo, the Hollywood Reporter says. The show, “American Artist,” is a “Project Runway”-style competition program searching for the next big artist. “Artist” is produced by Parker’s Pretty Matches company…
Questions remain over how much room NBC and other networks will have to cover whatever news emerges in Beijing during the Olympics, the New York Times reports. Despite early assurances of free access, Chinese officials have put strict rules in…
After saying it wouldn’t use the Olympics as a promotional platform for its fall program lineup, NBC said “Deal or No Deal” and “America’s Toughest Jobs,” will be appearing Aug. 25, the night after the Closing Ceremonies, Television Week says….
The Hollywood studios negotiating with the largest actors’ union took out an ad in the Los Angeles Times Monday headlined “The Deal: Let’s Keep Working,” the Associated Press reports. The ad highlights other deals the studios have struck with unions,…
Jimmy Fallon’s new late night show will premiere on the Internet before it appears on NBC, Television Week reports. Executive producers Lorne Michaels said he planed to do webcasts for six months prior to the date when Fallon is schedule…
Universal Media Studios is in talks with James Purefoy of “Rome” to play the lead in the upcoming NBC series, “Philanthropist,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The show, which is expected to bow as a mid-season replacement, follows the title character…