Time Warner reported flat financial results for the third quarter, and said it was adjusting its full-year business outlook in the face of a “challenging economic environment.” Net income was $1.07 billion, or 30 cents a share, compared with $1.09…
Not long ago, a great media guessing game was when CBS was going to part ways with “Evening News” anchor Katie Couric. Now in the New York Observer she’s lobbying for the newscast to be an extra half hour long….
ABC set Jan. 5 as opening night for two reality series: “The Bachelor” and “True Beauty,” TelevisionWeek reports. “True Beauty” is a new show from Ashton Kutcher and Tyra Banks, while “Bachelor” is entering its 13th round. — Jon Lafayette
CBS has ordered a sixth film in the “Jesse Stone” series starring Tom Selleck, the Hollywood Reporter says. The order comes before the debut of the fifth film in the franchise about a small-town police chief. Returning in the cast…
Many cable news networks hope the coverage of the remaining “burning issues” will be enough to keep the strong ratings they had in the months leading up to the presidential election, the Hollywood Reporter says. “After a massive story like…
The Federal Communications Commission approved the use of the area between broadcast TV signals—known as “white space”—for new wireless devices, TelevisionWeek reports. While high-tech companies including Google and Microsoft says the decision will hasten the rise of a “wi-fi on…
Microsoft’s Silverlight software is shaping up as a challenger to Adobe’s Flash for providing Web sites with high quality graphics and video, USA Today says. Both Netflix and Blockbusters are using the Microsoft product to show movies online. “There’s no…
Craig Dubow, chairman, president and CEO of newspaper and television station owner Gannett, is taking a $200,000 salary cut, Editor & Publisher says. Dubow said he wanted to share in the sacrifices being made by other employees at the company….
TV by the Numbers says that it’s unlikely that “Lipstick Jungle,” “Pushing Daisies,” “Eli Stone,” or “Dirty Sexy Money” will be on their networks’ midseason schedules. “Life,” which has been moved to Wednesday night by NBC, also is on the…