Kaplan-Stahler-Gumer-Braun partner Alan Braun is leaving the agency to join CAA, the Hollywood Reporter says. Clients who will follow him to CAA include Intuitive Entertainment of “Millionaire Matchmaker” and Authentic Entertainment of “Flipping Out,” the trade paper says. —Aimee Picchi
Craig Ferguson has a prime-time date with Paris Hilton next Monday. CBS has enlisted Mr. Ferguson and Ms. Hilton to serve as hosts for its Monday night lineup on March 2, the network confirmed. That’s the same night Mr. Ferguson’s…
Ohio-based cable company Massillon Cable delayed its switchover to all-digital broadcasts beyond its Feb. 17 deadline because of difficulties with its equipment, Multichannel News reports. The company, which services 45,000 households, has asked the Federal Communications Commission for an extension…
Rogers Communications, Canada’s largest cable company, acquired the rights to air Jay Leno’s new NBC primetime talk show on Citytv over-the-air television stations starting later this year, the Hollywood Reporter says. The show will fill a 10 p.m. timeslot previously…
MLB Network tomorrow will begin airing programming focusing on the 2009 World Baseball Classic tournament, which is scheduled to start March 5, Multichannel News reports. The Boston Red Sox’ David Ortiz and the New York Mets’ David Wright are among…
Petry Holding Inc. named Julie Holmberg Bowyer president of its Petry Network, whose television operations were recently merged with Blair Television, TVNewsday reports. Bowyer, the former chief executive officer of Blair, will lead Petry’s expansion into new markets, TVNewsday says….
AlternaTV broadened availability of its Hola TV Spanish-language television network to broadcasters across the continental U.S. as part of a new multicasting strategy, TVNewsday reports. Hola TV, which airs all day, is geared toward a younger Latino audience, TVNewsday says….
“Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner, along with singer Barry Manilow, will be honored by the Clio Awards in May for his contributions to the advertising industry, Advertising Week reports. Weiner’s show, which airs on AMC, revolves around the lives of…
Peter Chernin will be stepping down as president and chief operating officer of News Corp. when his contract expires on June 30, News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch announced this afternoon. The company said that News Corp.’s Los Angeles-based Fox businesses…
Peter Chernin will step down as president of News Corp., the Los Angeles Times reports, citing people familiar with the process that it didn’t identify. News Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch, who will take over many of Chernin’s duties,…