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“As much clutter as it takes for viewers to flee the networks, and we seem to be seeing that now. The slicing and dicing of 30-second spots into ever-smaller snippets makes it feel as if there are twice as many…
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L.A. Times, KTLA team up with BOT
Tribune Co.’s KTLA-TV station in Los Angeles and its Los Angeles Times newspaper have implemented a pilot project to transmit news reports from the print publication to the broadcast station-a project that could ultimately extend across the media company’s 24…
Looking to the frog
Even the promo folks at The WB are beginning to believe that Michigan J. Frog is a little too busy sticking his nose into the business of stars at the network.The wily, unabashedly showy Michigan J. Frog, a cartoon character…
Hollywood Notes
‘Spy TV’ contestant sues NBC, EndemolOne alleged “victim” of NBC’s “Spy TV” failed to see the humor in the series and has filed a lawsuit with the superior court of California against NBC and Endemol for, among other things, intentional…
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Leavitt named ATAS presidentThe Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has formally named veteran network and studio executive Todd Leavitt president and chief operating officer, responsible for the organization’s day-to-day activities. He fills the post vacated in December by Jim…
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Profile: Mike Alvarez
Title: VP of sales and client services for Deluxe Media Management, the newly created media asset management division of Deluxe.Background: Mr. Alvarez joined the company, best known for its film laboratories, in February when Vision Entertainment, the company he founded…
Funny is as funny does
“So now, slavery is funny?’-Tavis Smiley, host of the now-defunct “BET Tonight” on the issue of the short-lived and now-defunct “The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer,” a 1998 network sitcom set in the Lincoln White HouseThis month CBS is celebrating…
Tech Briefs
Groups move to keep Internet openA movement is afoot to ensure the broadband Internet remains open. Several consumer advocacy groups-the Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Media Access Project and the Center for Digital Democracy-have requested a dialogue with the…
WB looks to Sunday to drive profits
It may sound like a familiar refrain from the past few years, but The WB network brass says it thinks the network could finally turn a profit going into its eighth season of existence. Much of the renewed confidence comes…