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OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has appointed Brent Willman as its chief financial officer. He will oversee the network’s finance and accounting efforts, including long-range strategic planning, annual budgeting and evaluation of business opportunities and financial goals. Mr. Willman previously…
HBO and MTV are adjusting their telecast plans as Tuesday’s inauguration of President-elect Obama draws near. On Sunday night, HBO had been planning to telecast the opening event of the inauguration, an afternoon combined concert and reading at the Lincoln…
Billy Berghammer has been named director of gaming editorial for G4TV.com. He will be responsible for gaming content on all of G4’s nonlinear platforms, including G4TV.com, G4 on Demand, G4 Podcasts, G4 Mobile and the network’s Wii and PS3 browser-based…
Gannett, which owns 23 television stations across the United States as well as newspapers including USA Today, is having its employees participate in a mandatory furlough program requiring them to take off a week of work without pay, according to…
Microsoft has signed up to underwrite PBS’ “Nightly Business Report,” giving the software giant on-air promos as well as links from the show’s Web site, MediaDailyNews reports. It’s the show’s second big corporate sponsor this year, after signing ExxonMobil in…
Yahoo’s choice for a new chief executive, Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz, doesn’t have a media or advertising background, and that doesn’t worry her, Advertising Age says. She plans to start talking to Yahoo customers today, which is a good move…
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said on C-SPAN’s “The Communicators” series that he gives the chance of a date move for the DTV transition 50/50 odds, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Martin said he felt it was critical that some action be…
Walt Disney’s ESPN TV network is planning to bid on some rights to broadcast English Premier League soccer games live, Bloomberg News reports. Although bidding hasn’t yet started, ESPN is considering bids on one or two of the six packages…
Tom Wheeler, a former cable lobbyist who’s now leading President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team that’s vetting different government agencies, was key in Obama’s decision to ask broadcasters to push back the digital television transition, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Wheeler, on…