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Daily Archives : Sep 7, 2008
Ten Questions for The CW Boss Dawn Ostroff
That giant whooshing noise heard by residents of Burbank, Calif., last week was the sound of the entire staff of The CW exhaling. After another painful summer filled with barely-on-the-radar ratings and rumblings about the future, the first week of…
Column: Web Video’s Barter Economy
There’s a joke in the new-media business that money never changes hands. But there’s a lot of truth to the proposition, because most independent Web video creators aren’t making money. That also means they aren’t in a position to pay…
Veoh Aims for Respectability
Veoh CEO Steve Mitgang may be winning his battle against the perception that his Web video destination is mainly a home for anime and porn. Veoh, which launched in 2006, regularly attracts about 3 million monthly visitors. It recently struck…
Behind McCain’s TV Ratings Win
Despite all the media coverage spurred by Barack Obama’s history-making presidential nomination, Republican presidential nominee John McCain walked away from his convention with record-breaking TV ratings. The Republicans averaged 34.5 million viewers for the three days of their convention, 14%…
Versus Hires Scarbrough as VP, Digital Media
Cable network Versus hired a new executive to oversee its digital media operations. The Comcast-owned cable network named Neal Scarbrough VP of digital media. Most recently, he was VP and editor-in-chief of Wasserman Media Group/Sportsnet. Previously he was general manager…