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Time Warner Chairman and CEO Richard Parsons, who for the past year has overseen the paring-down of the media giant’s debt, received a nice reward for his efforts-in the form of a 690 percent jump in his total remuneration to…
A Web site specializing in reuniting long-lost relatives has partnered with a production company to bring heartfelt reunions to the small screen. The Myfamily.com Web site is an ancestry-tracking venture where users can enter their family tree information in hopes…
In a caption accompanying “Saluting Change in Media Images,” (TelevisionWeek, March 22), “A Soldier’s Girl” is a Showtime film.
Tapeless camcorders are at the top of nearly every broadcaster’s shopping list for the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas.Many station group reps are looking forward to kicking the tires on the long-awaited next generation of news-gathering…
The downbeat mood that characterized the past two National Association of Broadcasters conventions appears to be on an upswing for this year’s meeting, set for April 17-22. Most stations and groups are ready to start spending again, putting behind them…
Here are some expected highlights at NAB.Sunday, April 18NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference Keynote. Consumer Electronics Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro is slated to share his consumer technology perspective. When: 9-9:30 a.m. Where: Las Vegas Convention Center, Room N112 Radio…
There’s a new major network affiliate in South Florida. Not really, but that’s how a consortium of cable franchises is billing itself to the advertising community.Theresa Fletcher, area VP of Comcast Spotlight, which represents almost all the major cable operators…
Few business people would be excited to see their advertising dollars going to the dogs. Keith Starling is an exception; he couldn’t be happier and he says he owes much of his success to local advertising on cable TV.Mr. Starling…
This year’s controversial Super Bowl broadcast set off a chain of events in the advertising and programming worlds. During the past 60 days, the “decency debate” has been at the top of the news. This may open a window of…
I feel like Sophie Tucker. OK, you may not know who Sophie Tucker was, which is part of my point. She was a zaftig vaudeville star who was known as “The Last of the Red-Hot Mamas,” though you may not…