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ABC News President James Goldston announced that the division has made a key hire, bringing aboard Dan Silver as Executive Producer for ABC News Digital. Here’s Goldston’s announcement to staffers: Team — I’m pleased to announce that Dan Silver is…
One of the broadcast networks is working on a plan to create a second network, according to a new report by The Wall Street Journal. The network is the youth-oriented CW, which plans to turn its CW Seed studio into…
NBC’s Brian Williams crisis could be about to get uglier, according to a new report in the New York Post. The paper reports: “Talks between the exiled anchor and NBCUniversal have recently become tense — with the 55-year-old newsman saying…
Anheuser-Busch has pulled a marketing slogan from the rotation for bottles of Bud Light after getting blowback on social media over the campaign. The New York Times reports that some Bud Light labels carry the message: “The perfect beer for…
Vice Media continues to flex its muscle as a player in the TV space, with the latest deal giving the company its own linear cable channel. Nellie Andreeva reports on Deadline.com that A+E Networks’ channel H2 will be rebranded as…
The entertainment industry continues to have a less than spectacular track record on the touchy topic of discrimination, according to panel members who gathered recently as part of “Exploring Unconscious Bias,” a discussion hosted by the Writers Guild of America,…
A hotly anticipated companion series to the megahit “The Walking Dead” is part of a new deal announced between Hulu and AMC. The companies announced today: “Hulu has closed a landmark, multi-year deal with AMC Networks Inc. for the exclusive…
TV Guide has sent its editor-in-chief packing after less than a year in the position, the New York Post reports. The biweekly publication eliminated the editor-in-chief title and gave Doug Brod the ax, according to the story. “The magazine will…
A deal that will put some content from NBC and NBCU-owned cable networks exclusively on AOL platforms was announced Tuesday. Variety reports that the deal represents “a significant expansion of [AOL’s] licensed content.” “AOL and NBCU announced the pact at…
“Seinfeld,” the now-classic sitcom that originally aired from 1989 to 1998, has been sold to an online streaming company for $700,000 per episode, reports our good friend Joe Flint in the Wall St. Journal (Note: The WSJ ios behind a…