Finding Today’s Newsroom Leaders
By Tom Petner A news director at WCBS-TV once told me in the heat of a nose-to-nose newsroom discussion, “Tom, you will never understand my decision until you have to come around to my side of the desk and sit…
Daily Archives : Dec 7, 2009
Broadcast TV’s Place in Comcast’s NBCU Empire Questioned
Where NBC’s broadcast businesses will fit under a cable-focused Comcast control is worrying some NBC employees, the New York Times reports. On the record, Comcast executives say they see plenty of room for the broadcast network in the new structure,…
Peter Liguori Headed to Post at Discovery
Discovery Communications has hired former Fox programming executive Peter Liguori as the company’s chief operating officer, the Los Angeles Times reports. Liguori, who left News Corp. earlier this year, will be charged with raising the profile of the Discovery channels,…
G.E. Commits $345 Million to Ad Time on NBC
G.E. said in a regulatory filing that it plans to buy at least $345 million in ads on NBC over the next five years once Comcast takes control of the NBC Univeral joint venture, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The deal…
MTV’s ‘Jersey Shore’ Down One Advertiser
MTV’s “Jersey Shore” lost an advertiser, TVGuide.com reports. Domino’s decided it didn’t need to have its spots run in the reality program, which has been criticized by an Italian-American group for promoting stereotypes. Domino’s’ vice president of communications, Tim McIntyre,…
ABC Lets Adam Lambert Sing on a Show—Pre-Taped
Adam Lambert will finally get to make an appearance on an ABC show, after being bumped from three others in the wake of his controversial “American Music Awards” performance, the Associated Press reports. Lambert will appear and perform on "The…
Is Fear Driving Comcast’s NBCU Deal?
Now that the Comcast-NBCU deal has been announced, TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross speculates about how much fear of changes in technology–and the implementation of current technology in new ways–is driving Comcast’s quest for content. Click here to read.
Comedy Central Using Web as Series Development Tool
Comedy Central has four projects in development that started on the Web in some form, B&C reports. Programming president Lauren Corrao says by starting shows on the Web the network can see whether potential talent “can write, act or direct….