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News Corp.’s Chernin Rankles Writers During a meeting Wednesday with financial analysts, News Corp. president Peter Chernin said the WGA strike could be a good thing for Fox, as the savings in not paying writers more than offset the loss…
Animal Planet named Rick Holzman as senior VP of programming and Marc Etkind as VP of development. Mr. Holzman was VP of program planning and schedule at Discovery Channel. He’s previously been with Universal Television Group, where he was senior…
Lifetime said it was expanding its digital business with the relaunch of its Web site as mylifetime.com. The new site features games, activity, community functions and information on topics including relationships, health, beauty, style, home, crafts and entertainment. Lifetime also…
In week one, the writers strike already has TV buyers worried. In the short term, they are seeing commercials on late-night shows reach far fewer viewers than expected, and they’re concerned that the networks don’t have enough unsold spots to…
More than 500 CBS News employees who are members of the Writers Guild of America are scheduled to vote Thursday on whether they will authorize their own strike. Those involved range from news writers and editors to desk assistants, promotion…
The first week of the Writers Guild of America strike brought some dramatic series shutdowns as networks and studios scrambled to prepare for what is now expected to be a lengthy work stoppage With no contract talks planned, late-night talk…
Among the shows that appear to be immune to the writers strike are “Live With Regis and Kelly” and “The View,” two daytime programs that originate live from New York and aim for an unscripted, unrehearsed, anything-can-happen atmosphere. A “Live”…
Strike Seen Giving Digital a Foothold
Alltel Uses OpenVideo for Mobile Navigation
To Nick Brien, worldwide CEO of Universal McCann, the notion of new media is almost irrelevant. “When clients say, ‘Talk to me about new media,’ I say, ‘No, I am not going to talk to you about new media, I…