President-elect Barack Obama has named his first cabinet appointment, the Huffington Post reports. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., has accepted Obama’s offer to be White House chief of staff. With the congressman on board, the line between Washington and Hollywood will…
The Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert-anchored “Indecision 2008: America’s Choice,” which aired live last night, became the highest-rated and most-watched special in Comedy Central’s “Indecision” political series. Capping the special with the live announcement of Sen. Barack Obama winning the presidency, “America’s…
ABC’s coverage of Election Night was the most-watched of the four broadcast networks from 8 to 11 p.m. Tuesday, a position the network has not held on a presidential Election Night since 1996. According to fast national data, adjusted for…
To coincide with its first annual Expedition Week, the National Geographic Channel will launch an online adventure game Sunday, MediaPost reports. Players will create a virtual alter-ego that ventures to find artifacts and earn virtual cash, says MediaPost. The network…
Like Comcast before it, AT&T will soon be limiting the amount of bandwidth its subscribers use each month for downloading, MediaPost reports. Starting this month, AT&T subscribers who pay $14.99 per month for speeds of 768 Kbps will be limited…
The Web sites of cable news networks MSNBC.com and CNN.com, as well as ABCNews.com, reported record-breaking traffic on Election Night, according to statistics released today. On Nov. 4, MSNBC.com generated nearly 250 million page views served up to more than…
Miley Cyrus, star of the Disney Channel’s “Hannah Montana,” and “American Idol” finalist David Archuleta have signed on to perform during NBC’s live broadcast of “The 82nd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.” Kristin Chenoweth of ABC’s “Pushing Daisies” and stars…
A report by Solutions Research Group found most Hulu users are part of a coveted, hard-to-reach demographic, MediaPost says. Hulu users skew young, with an average age of 32, and are predominately males–who make up about two-thirds of Hulu’s audience….
India’s huge population is a market just waiting to be tapped, so it should come as no surprise that U.S. media companies have already made their presence known on the subcontinent, the Wall Street Journal reports. Viacom, NBC Universal, News…
Regis Philbin has extended his contract with the Walt Disney Co. and will continue hosting “Live with Regis & Kelly” until 2011, the New York Daily News reports. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed but the contract is expected to…