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Novack Announces His Retirement From Time Warner Post Time Warner Vice Chairman Kenneth Novack said he will retire at the end of 2003, as the exodus of former America Online executives continued following the flawed merger of the online giant…
Time Warner, Rainbow Agree to Keep Channels Going Rainbow Media Holdings and Time Warner Cable have agreed to keep the cable channels MSG Network, Fox Sports New York and MetroChannels on Time Warner’s systems after Dec. 31, as both sides…
Ramseys Sue Fox News The Fox News Network has been sued by the parents of JonBenet Ramsey for defamation in a federal lawsuit demanding $12 million. The suit charges that a story on Fox News marking the sixth anniversary of…
SEC, Vivendi, Messier Settle Vivendi Universal and deposed Chairman and CEO Jean-Marie Messier Tuesday settled fraud charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission, ending an 18-month probe by the agency and resolving a months-long battle between the company and its…
Filling some legendary shoes is proving to be a daunting task as Nick at Nite tries to revive “Kids Say the Darndest Things.” It isn’t easy to replace hosts like Art Linkletter and Bill Cosby. “You need someone that is…
Fox has found a reality promised land: Eden.The network has ordered 25 hour-long episodes of “Forever Eden,” a new reality series from the producers of its summer series “Paradise Hotel.” Fox plans initially to air the show once a week,…
Ad buyers and sellers were buzzing last week about a nasty feud between newsletter editor and publisher Jack Meyers and Paul Rittenberg, Fox News head of network sales, that became very public. After the Jack Myers Report published some negative…
News Corp.-DirecTV a Done Deal Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. announced Monday that it has completed the $6.6 billion deal that will give it a controlling 34 percent stake in DirecTV parent Hughes Electronics. The deal, which transfers ownership of the…
* In “Pursuit of a Story” (TelevisionWeek, Dec. 15), “This American Life” is broadcast from WBEZ, Chicago.* In the chart “Regional Cable Networks at a Glance” (TelevisionWeek, Dec. 8), the Ohio News Network has 1.5 million subscribers.* In “Football Promotion…
The most important news story of the year was the war in Iraq.But the year’s battle royal in the news business was over the “big gets.” The contests to land high-profile interviews resumed when journalistic troops came home to the…