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Publicis USA named former Johnson & Johnson executive Joseph McCarthy as its new chief executive officer, Advertising Week reports. McCarthy was vice president of worldwide advertising and communications at J&J, AdWeek says. —Danny King
AT&T said it had about 550,000 subscribers for its U-verse fiber-optic television service at the end of the second quarter and will have more than 1 million subscribers by the end of the year, the Hollywood Reporter says. Such growth…
ABC Entertainment chief Steve McPherson blocked Morgan Wandell’s expected promotion to the studio’s executive vice president of development largely because Wandell, whose “Ghost Whisperer” and “Criminal Minds” were passed over by the network, sold the shows to CBS, DeadlineHollywoodDaily reports….
Norman Cohen, who directed both episodic television and stage productions in New York and Los Angeles, died earlier this week in Los Angeles at age 77, Daily Variety reports. Cohen more recently taught at the Los Angeles County High School…
Broadcasters preparing to air the Summer Olympics have been battling with China officials over issues related to censorship, the Associated Press reports. Officials have delayed filming permits to broadcasters, who have been constantly questioned about what they’ll be shooting and…
Larry Haines, who won two Emmy Awards as a cast member on long-running soap “Search for Tomorrow,” died in Delray Beach, Fla., at age 89, the Associated Press reports. Haines was a Broadway actor before his 35-year stint on “Search…
ABC won Tuesday night in the ratings race as reality show “Wipeout” doubled the audience of its next closest competitor while “Primetime: Family Secrets” beat reruns on the other networks, Daily Variety reports. In preliminary Nielsen numbers in the 18-…
In Cartoon Network’s animated sequel “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II,” Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams will voice the characters they played in the “Star Wars” movies, E! Online reports. Seth Green will return to direct the sequel, with…
MTV will air a special episode of “The Hills” compiling the series’ best on-camera moments, E! Online reports. The show will air “just days” before the Aug. 18 premiere of the new season, the Web site says. —Danny King
U.K.-based ITV will start developing projects with BreakThruFilms, which produced the Oscar-winning animated short film “Peter and the Wolf,” Daily Variety reports. ITV is trying to increase content sales by either investing in or partnering with production companies, the newspaper…