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Joel Cheatwood has been promoted from VP to senior VP of development for Fox News. “Joel has already made a tremendous contribution to Fox News, and I’m confident he will continue to be a valuable asset to the organization,” Roger…
Rebecca Campbell has been promoted to president and general manager of ABC-owned flagship station WABC-TV in New York, after a successful run at sister station WPVI-TV in Philadelphia. Ms. Campbell joined the Philly station in 1997 as program director, after…
Bill Hartnett has been promoted to senior VP of advertising and promotion of the NBC Agency, East Coast. He previously was vice president. Mr. Hartnett now is responsible for managing the integration and daily operation of MSNBC creative services into…
Broadcasters are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to loosen media ownership rules to sustain the viability of high-cost news operations. Meanwhile consumer and civil rights groups are warning against any easing of ownership rules in a final round of…
Negative congressional reaction is growing to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin’s push to finish a review of media ownership rules by year end. Today both Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and House Energy and Commerce Committee…
ABC News President David Westin said a second internal investigation has confirmed no instances of “false reporting” attributable to fired counterterrorism consultant Alexis Debat. However, he said, “There are three changes we are making in our internal practices based on…
Online video aggregator TVTonic inked a deal with Internet TV media company Next New Networks to carry Next New’s lineup of niche Web channels on its service. TVTonic is a service featuring 370 online TV channels on Windows Media Center…
In anticipation of the launch of Hulu later this month, NBC pulled all its promotional channels from Google-owned YouTube over the weekend. An NBC representative said the network removed the channels because of the pending launch of the News Corp.-NBC…
Latino-centric network Sí TV launched two user-generated Web sites today, entertainment.sitv.com and trends.sitv.com. These sites will focus on social networking and content sharing, with material tailored to young Latinos, ages 18 to 34. All the content will be user-generated except…
Comcast has made a deal with Meredith Corp. to create an on-demand service called Parents TV. Parents TV content will feature experts from Meredith’s magazines, including Parents, Family Circle and American Baby. Meredith Video Solutions, the company’s in-house development, production…