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The firm bottom line with investing in an all-digital newsroom is the bottom line: You’ve got to recoup the investment at some point. Other than that, the issue of when and how to convert a news operation to a tapeless,…
After serving up news around the clock in the country’s biggest city for the past 10 years, NY1 News is expanding en Espanol. New York’s all-news channel plans to spin off a Spanish-language version of NY1 in May that will…
The doctor is in.Abbe Raven, after just one month on the job as executive VP and general manager of A&E, is making her first moves to resuscitate the struggling arts and entertainment network, changing the schedule, bringing over a new…
Something seemed kind of wrong with “The Sopranos” this year, but my feeling is that David Chase must know what he is doing, since he created the thing and supervises the scripts and is smart as hell. He’s as slow…
Has the media been guilty of over-praising the accomplishments of Roone Arledge?That’s the question raised by the respected Los Angeles Times TV critic Howard Rosenberg last week following the outpouring of tributes to Mr. Arledge on the occasion of his…
Tribune has put the moves on MTV’s favorite matriarch.Sharon Osbourne’s upcoming talk show, to debut in fall 2003, has drawn strong overtures from the Tribune station group, which currently is in heated talks with Telepictures about acquiring the single-topic show,…
Just when you thought things could not get worse or more weird, Vivendi Universal finds itself wrestling with what even the French consider bizarre obstacles to settling its future.The latest developments throw into question whether the Vivendi Universal Entertainment assets,…
NBC’s “Dateline” was the big winner in the prime-time newsmagazine category in 2002, scoring the most top 10 telecasts (minus specials) in both the 18- to 49-year-old and the 25- to 54-year-old demographics.The No. 1-rated show in both demo groups…
Despite homes-using-television levels dropping across the board, viewers warmed to syndicated series during the November book, especially to off-network sitcoms, according to Nielsen Media Research.A trio of series received holiday rewards as “Friends,” “Seinfeld” and “Home Improvement” all benefited from…
After a successful strike at off-cable syndication with the debut of “Larry Sanders” this year, Sony is about to up the ante with the debut of “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” next fall.With 65 percent of the country now cleared…