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EchoStar Communications President and Chief Operating Officer Michael Dugan is stepping down from his post, effective April 30. He will join the EchoStar board and serve as a senior adviser, providing him time to complete work on a guest ranch…
Did someone ask what’s going on at ABC News these days? Well, we’ll just pretend they did.The word in well-connected circles is that ABC News has made its peace with hard-charging “Good Morning America” executive producer Shelley Ross and is…
It was 7 a.m., a little more than a year ago, and Rich Frank was just waking up. His 6-year-old grandson, on a visit, climbed into bed and wanted to watch television. “I said, `Great,”’ Mr. Frank recalled. “`Do you…
RTNDA Blasts Forced Erasure of Reporters’ Tapes The Radio-Television News Directors Association on Friday joined the chorus of protest over an incident earlier in the week during which a U.S. federal marshal guarding U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ordered…
Turner Speaks to HRTS Media companies should act responsibly and self-censor their content, said Ted Turner, speaking Thursday to the Hollywood Radio and Television Society, a day after receiving his star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. He said he believes…
BBC: Paul Lee Not Leaving Network CEO Paul Lee is not leaving BBC America — that’s the word at the network in response to published reports that he tops the list to succeed former ABC Family president Angela Shapiro. “He’s…
Nielsen Delays N.Y. People Meter Rollout to June 3 Nielsen Media Research has delayed for two months the switchover to Local People Meters in New York. The switch had been scheduled to take place Thursday and now will take place…
EchoStar President Dugan Resigns EchoStar announced Monday that President and Chief Operating Officer Michael Dugan is stepping down from his post, effective April 30, and will join the EchoStar board and serve as a senior advisor. He is expected to…
Janet Jackson, whose breast-baring stunt during the Super Bowl halftime show in February launched a thousand decency debates, appeared to thumb her nose at her critics last week during her first two television appearances since the flap. She appeared on…
It only takes one.With the broadcast network race tighter than ever, one hit show is all it takes to turn a network’s picture from sour to sunny overnight. One need look no further than Fox, which struggled in the fall…