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After 26 years with the brewery giant, Anheuser-Busch’s VP of global media and sports marketing Tony Ponturo, one of the most powerful men in sports marketing, is retiring at the end of the year, the Wall Street Journal reports. Since…
Yahoo announced Monday that co-founder Jerry Yang will step down as CEO, Mediapost reports, and return to his former role as Chief Yahoo upon the appointment of his successor. The Yahoo board of directors has initiated a search for a…
Emmy-winning “30 Rock” star Alec Baldwin is the latest celebrity to join the guest roster for Rosie O’Donnell’s upcoming variety show. NBC announced Mr. Baldwin’s participation in “Rosie Live” Sunday night during an on-air promo for the special. Mr. Baldwin…
The latest buzz on NBC reality chief Craig Plestis has the executive possibly headed to sister company Universal Media Studios. NBC has maintained a strict silence regarding Mr. Plestis since word first surfaced on blogger Nikki Finke’s Web site that…
ESPN has outbid Fox for the rights to most of the major end-of-season college bowl games,b including the BCS Championship game. The $500 million, four-year deal puts the football games on cable for the first time. College football becomes one…
Sunday night’s “60 Minutes,” featuring the first post-election interview with President-elect Barack Obama, drew the program’s largest audience since January 1999 and the largest television audience of the season so far. The interview attracted 25.1 million viewers, giving the program…
WE tv has expanded its production team, naming CarolAnne Dolan vice president of nonfiction development and production. Ms. Dolan will oversee creation and development of new original programming, including casting, editorial content and production staff. WE also has promoted Theresa…
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Mark Cuban with insider training accusing him of selling 600,000 shares of Internet search firm Momma.com based on inside information. Besides owning the Dallas Mavericks, Mr. Cuban is chairman of HDNet, a cable…
USA Network’s “Monk” will solve his last case next year, as the award-winning series will end at the close of its eighth, 16-episode season, the network announced today. The final season is scheduled to begin airing in the summer of…