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Add Washington, D.C. to the list of markets having problems in the wake of the digital switch: the Washington Post reports that viewers are having problems finding WUSA, the CBS affiliate, and WJLA, the ABC affiliate. The stations moved their…
Total local ad spending for newspapers, radio and broadcast TV has plunged 32% since the first quarter of 2005, says Mediapost. Figures for the first quarter of 2009 were $8.5 billion, down from $12.5 billion in the comparable 2005 period….
Showtime has picked up a third season of the half-hour “Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union,” Variety reports. Ullman will bring back her celebrity impersonations for an additional seven episodes beginning in 2010. –Elizabeth Jensen
Rick Worthy is jumping from one sci-fi show to another: the former “Battlestar Galactica” humanoid Cylon is in negotiations for a recurring role on NBC’s “Heroes,” says the Hollywood Reporter. He’d play Matt Parkman’s new partner. –Elizabeth Jensen
In confirmation hearings Tuesday, Julius Genachowski, nominated by the Obama Administration to head the FCC, said he favors using $7 billion in stimulus money to improve broadband Internet access, the Wall Street Journal reports. He also told the Senate Commerce…
General Motors Corp. owes advertising firms Publicis Groupe SA and Interpublic Group of Cos. and their subsidiaries $167.4 million, Bloomberg News reports, citing a list of the bankrupt company’s top 50 unsecured creditors. That’s bad news for the television…
NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker tells the Wall Street Journal that the problem with "broadcast television is it’s an inferior model to cable television, [which has] dual revenue streams." Because of that, Zucker tells the newspaper the company is…
With reports that DirecTV CEO Chase Carey is in negotiations to move to News Corp., one analyst said it could be the first step for a sale of the satellite-TV company, possibly to AT&T, Multichannel News reports. Collins Stewart cable…
A content-sharing agreement by WBZ-TV and WFXT-TV in Boston was challenged by the union representing local TV technicians and cameramen, the Boston Globe reports. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1228 filed a grievance with the National Labor Relations…