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Daily Archives : Nov 14, 2008

‘Lost’ Promo to Debut New Song From the Fray

A minute-long promo for ABC’s “Lost,” to be aired during next week’s “Grey’s Anatomy” episode, will feature a new song from rock band the Fray, the Hollywood Reporter says. The promo, which will feature not only the track but parts…

‘Mother’ Gets Visit from ‘Girls Next Door’

Kendra Wilkinson joins Kim Kardashian, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt as one of the drama-afflicted celebrities gracing the cover of fictional magazine Them Weekly on an upcoming episode of CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother,” TV Guide reports. A photo…

FCC’s Martin Warned by Congressmen

Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are warning Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin that he better meet with its staffers—pronto—if he wants input on a potentially damning report about his stewardship of the agency. The committee’s long…

Obama Assembles FCC Transition Team

President-elect Barack Obama today named two academics to head his transition team looking at issues and personnel for the Federal Communications Commission. Susan Crawford, a University of Michigan law professor of communications law, and Ken Werbach, a Wharton School assistant…

YES Network Debuts Business Special Tonight

“Forbes SportsMoney,” a special examining some of sports’ business aspects, bows tonight on the Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network, Multichannel News reports. The half-hour special, which starts at 10:30 p.m. ET, will be hosted by YES host Bob Lorenz and…

TVB Urges Adoption of Live+3 Ratings in Local Ad Transactions

The Television Bureau of Advertising and its board think the basis for local advertising buying and planning should be consistent with the standards used by networks and national advertisers. Therefore, the TVB has notified members and clients that it supports…

Cooper Talks Holograms on ‘Tonight Show’

Anderson Cooper visited “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” last night and talked about, amongst many things, his love for Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” his upcoming awards show “CNN Heroes” and those darned CNN Election Night holograms, TVNewser…

Chase to Receive PGA Award

The Producers Guild of America is honoring “The Sopranos” creator David Chase with its Norman Lear Achievement in Television Award, Daily Variety reports. The award will be presented at the 20th annual PGA Awards Jan. 24 at the Hollywood Palladium….

Obama Plans to Take Radio Address Online

President-elect Barack Obama plans to take the Democrats’ traditional weekly radio address to the Web beginning this week, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Obama plans to record the weekly address Fridays on video and audio, which will be posted on the…

Telecom Industry Likely to Change Under Obama

The Federal Communications Commission under Barack Obama as president is expected to be more influential than ever, according to high-tech leaders and analysts, the Washington Post reports. Promises made by the president-elect of an “open Internet” could change the telecommunications…