DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com reports Lionsgate executives are looking to replace “Mad Men” showrunner Matthew Weiner. DHD claims Weiner’s agents at Creative Arts Agency are asking for $10 million a year, which Lionsgate believes to be too much for the writer-producer who brought…
Michael Seligman has been named the supervising producer of next year’s Academy Awards telecast, Daily Variety reports. Seligman has been associated with the telecast for 32 years and is also a veteran of the annual Emmy Awards telecast. Most recently…
A report issued by Nielsen Online found that kids and teens encounter far less advertising online than do adults, MediaWeek reports. Children 2-11 encounter the lowest level of Internet ad clutter while kids 12-17 receive the second-lowest amount. The age…
KBTV-TV in Beaumont, Texas, is switching affiliations from NBC to Fox, the Beaumont Enterprise reports. Beginning Jan. 1 the station will broadcast Fox Broadcasting Company fare. “There will be changes to our programming schedule, and we are working on that…
New York City’s CW affiliate is going back to its roots, the New York Daily News reports. The station is dropping the CW from its name and will now be using its original call letters, WPIX-TV, to celebrate its 60th…
Actors from TV shows including “Heroes,” “Desperate Housewives” and “House” have formed a band to help raise money for charity, TV Guide reports. Band From TV, whose members include Hugh Laurie, Greg Grunberg, Teri Hatcher, James Denton and Adrian Pasdar,…
Daisy Whitney’s New Media Minute
Dish Network will combine feeds from six of the largest cable news networks on one of its channels starting today through next Friday in an effort to give subscribers more access to news during the days before and after next…
New York-based Vesuvio Import Company and HBO are introducing Sopranos Wines based on the seminal New Jersey mobster series, Reuters reports. The line of Italian wines, which includes a Chianti DOCG, a Pinot Grigiot and a Pinot Noir, will be…
With the economy in a state of flux, many consumers are forced to sacrifice various forms of technology and entertainment. Advertising Age predicts the first to go will be cable service beyond basic cable, along with telephone landlines and expensive…