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A Long Strike May Mean Big Ad Loss to Repeating Late Night With late-night talk shows going dark, movie advertising could take a hit because stars won’t be able to plug their material on Dave’s or Jay’s couch, Daily Variety…
CNN has hired Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria to host an hourlong weekly program on which journalists and commentators from throughout the world discuss international affairs. CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein announced the deal Wednesday. The launch date is set for…
Time Warner said its third-quarter net income fell because of comparisons with big gains it recorded a year ago and lower earnings at its AOL unit. Revenue rose. In Wednesday’s earnings announcement, Time Warner Cable also reported a drop in…
Like several other Democratic presidential candidates, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has issued a statement of concern about the writers strike and support for the writers. Unlike some of the others, Gov. Richardson is worried that the strike could have…
Bravo and the Weinstein Co. have gotten quite adept at putting sponsors into their hit “Project Runway.” Now they have taken those sponsors out of the box and put them in New York’s Lincoln Center for a fourth-season coming-out party….
If you want proof that media buying relies heavily on caffeine, just talk to Angelo Lomonte. Mr. Lomonte, promoted in August to VP and connections associate director at MediaVest USA, leads the planning work on Kraft’s coffee brands. Earlier in…
First Winner for Speed’s Launch Hour
The latest figures from the Nielsen Co. show that 13.7% of U.S. TV households are equipped with both a high-definition television and a tuner capable of receiving HD signals. Nielsen said 11.3% of U.S. TV households have HD sets and…
Discovery Communications’ Animal Planet has made a deal with CNN to re-air the news network’s series “Planet in Peril.” “Planet in Peril” is co-hosted by Animal Planet’s Jeff Corwin. The two-part, four-hour series will run Dec. 2-3 on Animal Planet,…