Analysts say that if the economy affects the advertising market, CBS Corp. may not be able to maintain its rich dividend, Dow Jones reports. CBS gets about 70% of its revenue from advertising, much of it from hard-hit local stations….
Sony Pictures Entertainment is hoping to give its Web video site Crackle.com a shot in the arm by bringing new management in a new headquarters along with more full-length content from the studio’s library, the Hollywood Reporter says. The site…
Bravo is casting a reality show set in the desert kingdom of Dubai, TelevisionWeek says. The as-yet-untitled series, will track a group of American and British ex-pats at work and at play in the middle east. The show is being…
Nielsen Online found that some of the biggest social networking sites also were some of the fastest-growing during September. Facebook and LinkedIn appear to be growing by incorporating older users and their work lives. Another fast-growing site is Reunion.com, which…
After spending her whole career in the movies, Robin Seidner D’Elia is looking to make products the star of her new productions. Ms. Seidner was senior VP for national television promotions and marketing at New Line Cinema when the studio…
What if a kid won the competition on “Project Runway”? That’s almost the idea behind a new show on Nickelodeon called “True Jackson, VP,” which debuts Nov. 8. Fifteen-year-old Keke Palmer plays Jackson, an entrepreneurial youngster spotted by the head…
A new company says it has found a different way to measure online social media, and in doing so has found another way to look at how involved viewers are with television shows. Networked Insights, based in Madison, Wis., says…
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said he never told Fox that he wanted Game 5 of the World Series to play to a finish, no matter how long rain delays lasted, the New York Times reports. For a while…
Comedy writer and producer Will Gluck is a busy person, currently involved in three different projects, the Hollywood Reporter says. He is currently developing a construction-worker themed comedy for Fox. At CBS he is working on “The Frozen Family,” about…