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WFLD-TV, a Fox-owned television station in Chicago, cut six full-time newsroom jobs, although it didn’t let go any on-air staffers, the Chicago Tribune reports. The station also cut a dozen vacation-relief positions from its news and operations, the newspaper says….
Jeff Katz is creating a company called American Original, which will produce TV shows, movies and Web projects as well as comic books, Daily Variety says. The company will have two divisions, with American Original Press publishing as many as…
NBC Universal’s iVillage.com is being redesigned with a new logo and home page, Advertising Age reports. The site is also pitching advertisers new integrated-sponsorship opportunities, Ad Age says. —Jon Lafayette
With “MadTV” canceled by Fox, executive producer David Salzman is talking with other networks about keeping the show on the air, the New York Daily News reports. But Salzman tells the newspaper the he doesn’t “have anything definitive to talk…
Former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Julia Sweeney is writing a television series based on former New York Magazine restaurant critic Gael Greene, the New York Post reports. The project hasn’t yet signed a network, the newspaper says. Greene’s memoir,…
In a new ad campaign, Qwest Communications brands itself as a broadband provider, the Wall Street Journal says. The phone company’s Internet revenue has been growing while overall revenue, including its voice business is down, the paper says. —Jon Lafayette
With roles in the newest “Star Trek” movie and Fox’s TV series “Fringe,” Leonard Nimoy is getting a lot of attention at age 78, the Associated Press reports. Nimoy took the “Fringe” role after bonding with J.J. Abrams, who in…
Adult Swim has ordered nine episodes of “Titan Maximum,” a comedy series from the team that created its top-rated “Robot Chicken,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Like “Chicken,” the show is a stop-motion animation program about robots, but it takes place…
The Federal Communications Commission wants broadcasters to interrupt their regular programming on May 21 to see how ready Americans are for the transition to digital programming, the Wall Street Journal says. The test would involve five-minute broadcasts at 7:30 a.m.,…