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In “Sci-Fi makes key Yahoo! buy” (EM, Nov. 11), the miniseries “Taken” premieres on Sci-Fi Channel Dec. 2.
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BroadcastingJoe Napolitano to VP, director of sales, Eagle Television sales, New York, from VP, group sales manager. Also, Mary Jane Mock to group sales manager, from account manager.Elden Hale to VP/general manager, WFSB-TV, Hartford, Conn., from president, Hale Digital Strategies.James…
Profile: Scott Goldstein
Title: President of Scott Goldstein Productions and producer of PBS’s “Endgame: Ethics and Values in America.” Background: Mr. Goldstein spent most of his early career in televisions news, working as a writer and a producer. He worked for KING-TV in…
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New file format gets Hollywood premiere
The Advanced Authoring Format association is hosting a coming out party for its file format on Tuesday in Los Angeles. The Nov. 19 Technology Awareness Event at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage is a one-day symposium to evangelize the…
Advertising: the $2 billion opportunity
On the advertising side, Comcast is a growing presence in New York, where a staff of 50 executives already is aggressively catering to advertisers’ specific targeted demographics and content needs by heavily relying on a powerful network of regional cable…
At Press Time
New York-Peter Jennings has finally crossed the t’s and dotted the i’s on a new contract that will keep him anchoring “ABC World News Tonight” for three more years. It also provides for him to start an independent production company…
“Did the absence of exit poll data from Voter News Service hurt TV election coverage?”
“We are always waiting for the actual results. I suppose exit polls are good until you get the real results. Did it hurt? It’s hard to say. It might [have] enhanced [the coverage] if we had it. I cannot say…
For success, never say ‘no’ to free-lancing
Never say “no,” be a jack-of-all-trades, be great, diversify and don’t slip up. Those are just some of the traits and skills needed to survive as a free-lance journalist in today’s downtrodden economic climate. Belts have tightened and business is…
When serious news goes pop
I’m an optimist, really, and so I have to believe that Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer absolutely hated their most recent big assignments at ABC: Barbara having to interview Justin Timberlake, Diane hunkering down with Jennifer Lopez. I felt sorry…