The New York Times looks into the recent success of newsmagazine “60 Minutes.” Viewers’ hunger for important information in these hard times and exclusive interviews like last week’s with Barack and Michelle Obama are part of it, but so is…
The recession is showing that it knows no bounds with today’s firing of “Days of Our Lives” veterans Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn, who play Dr. Marlena Evans and John Black on the daytime drama, TV Guide reports. The cuts…
Nielsen has canceled its annual client meeting for 2009 due to economic concerns, MediaPost’s Media Daily News reports. Nielsen’s announcement suggests its concerns are not about its own financial state, but that of its clients. “Due to the current economic…
The Obama transition office today named its team that will look at the country’s tech policy needs. Again it’s tapping some veteran former Federal Communications Commission officials. The transition earlier named a workforce team to look at each federal agency’s…
Katie Couric interviews Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., tonight, TVNewser reports. The interview will be the senator’s first since Senate Democrats agreed to allow him to remain chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, a post he had endangered by campaigning…
Fox News VP David Rhodes is leaving the network for Bloomberg Television, TVNewser reports. Rhodes will head Bloomberg’s U.S. television operations. The 34-year-old phenom got his start at Fox News Channel as a production assistant before the channel went on…
Online video search service Pixsy inked deals to provide private-label video search to five additional sites including eZanga.com, GenieKnows.com, IceRocket.com, EgoTVOnline.com and GossipGirls.com. Those Web properties will use Pixsy to power searches for video content on their sites. Pixsy is…
Video search engine Pixsy has expanded its syndication network with five new distribution deals, MediaPost reports. eZanga, GenieKnows.com, IceRocket, EgoTVOnline and GossipGirls will rely on Pixsy’s Video Search Playback platform for access to the Pixsy Video Index. The videos can…
With advertising budgets being slashed left and right, online and digital media marketing remains the most resistant to reduced spending expectations, MediaPost reports. A survey by Advertiser Perceptions showed more than two-thirds of the 1,000-plus ad executives interviewed expected to…