Jeff Margolis Productions will produce the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards for the 11th consecutive year. Executive producer Jeff Margolis will be joined by the entire team of producers and artists behind the past two SAG Awards ceremonies. Kathy…
Wolf Blitzer has renewed his contract with CNN. Mr. Blitzer will continue to anchor “The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer” weekdays from 4-7 p.m. Additionally, CNN has tapped John King to lead the Sunday news block from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.,…
One of the advertising industry’s most experienced forecasters, Bob Coen of Magna, sees spending declines ahead for most forms of media in the U.S. There will be no Summer Olympics or major political campaign spending in 2009, Mr. Coen said…
Internet television technology provider Brightcove formed an industry group today with some of the biggest ad agencies, ad networks, online measurement firms and Web portals to provide access to training, support, technology and co-marketing opportunities in online video. Dubbed the…
Tribune Co. is talking with bankers and lawyers about the possibility of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, the Wall Street Journal reports. Tribune is struggling with $12 billion in debt as a weakening economy and advertising market have hit its…
NBC News officially named David Gregory as the new moderator of “Meet the Press,” an appointment that had leaked the previous week, TelevisionWeek reports. The network also extended its deal with Betsy Fischer, the public affairs show’s executive producer since…
Key advertising industry forecasters are expecting drops in spending next year, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ad buyer ZenithOptimedia sees U.S. spending falling 6.2% in 2009 to $161 billion and GroupM expects a decline of 3% to $157 billion as…
After a rough start to the season, network television executives are hoping that a barrage of new shows will improve their fortunes, TelevisionWeek reports. “This whole season is shaping up as a season of getting everything to feel normal again,”…
Scheduling a Screen Actors Guild strike vote over the December holidays is raising questions since much of the entertainment industry is shut down during the week, the Los Angeles Times reports. The timing may help support SAG’s leaders if more…
Ann Curry tells TelevisionWeek’s Michele Greppi all about her ill-fated trip up Mount Kilimanjaro for the Today show. Curry and her crew gave up the climb before reaching the mountain’s summit, suffering altitude sickness, exhaustion and body odor. —Jon Lafayette