Antoinette Zel, formerly of NBC’s Telemundo, has been named president of the Hispanic ad shop La Comunidad, AdWeek reports. At Telemundo, Ms. Zel forged a partnership with Yahoo as part of a youth-targeted bicultural initiative. She previously was president of…
Charter Communications posted a second-quarter loss of $276 million, or 74 cents per share, on sales of $1.62 billion, compared with a loss of $360 million, or 98 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter, Multichannel News reports. It blamed…
Melissa Lawson beat finalist Gabe Garcia on Monday night for the title on NBC’s country music reality series “Nashville Star,” the Associated Press reports. The 32-year-old Texas mother of five is the NBC series’ fifth season winner. —Julieanne Smolinski
Cox Communications Senior VP Jill Campell has been named Woman of the Year by Women in Cable Telecommunications, Multichannel News reports. Other recipients of WICT’s annual Accolades, announced Tuesday, include executives Vicki Lins of Comcast and Eileen O’Neill of Discovery…
Ed Begley Jr. will join the cast of the new Jay Mohr vehicle “Gary Unmarried,” airing this fall on CBS, the Hollywood Reporter says. Mr. Begley, currently on the big screen in the film “Pineapple Express,” will play an “intelligent…
Actor Rich Sommer, who plays ad exec Harry Crane on AMC’s “Mad Men,” will guest star on NBC’s “The Office,” Entertainment Weekly reports. Mr. Sommer will appear on the sitcom’s Sept. 25 premiere in an unspecified role. —Julieanne Smolinski
Broadcast television has bested newspapers in ad sales for the first time in U.S. history, according to Reuters. In a study released Tuesday, the research firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson placed broadcast television in the No. 1 spot for national advertising…
FremantleMedia, the owner of the “American Idol” franchise, has opened a camp for young enthusiasts and contestant hopefuls, the Los Angeles Times reports. The California camp for children ages 10 to 15 costs $2,995 for two weeks of singing and…