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Posted Thursday, July 25 Remiszewski joins Viacom Stations Group The Viacom Television Stations Group raid on NBC-owned stations continues. Tom Remiszewski, NBC stations’ former VP of creative services and programming, has been hired as VP of creative services and marketing…
Posted Wednesday, July 24 SEC probing AOL Time Warner The Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting a fact-finding inquiry into AOL Time Warner accounting practices, AOL Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons revealed to analysts during an earnings call late today….
Posted Tuesday, July 23 O’Brien to host Emmys NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker officially crowned late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien as host of NBC’s Sept. 22 telecast of the 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Television Critics Association…
Posted Monday, July 22 PBS leads News Emmy nominations Programming from assorted sources put PBS at the top of the list of nominations for the 23rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, announced this morning by the National Academy of…
BreakfastBreakfast can be as high profile as any meal of the day. The entertainment industry is hardly a 9-to-5 business, and tete-a-tetes start as early as 7 a.m. Some senior executives and agents even have double seatings, so they can…
20.6 Percentage of jobs held by minorities in television news, including Spanish-language stations9.2 Percentage of minority news directors at television stations5.2 Percentage of general manager jobs in television held by minorities38.6 Percentage of the television news work force who are…
Despite the robust upfront advertising market for all, broadcast network executives appearing at the Television Critics Association press tour, still under way in Pasadena, Calif., could not resist taking their usual pot shots at each other last week and openly…
In the 1930s, people suffering great depression from the Great Depression went to the movies for escape. They saw lavish, fantastic, ridiculous musicals. Busby Berkeley gave them fountains of beautiful girls, troupes of beautiful girls and a “hall of human…
The new buzzword at AOL Time Warner is content.With television and print veterans Jeff Bewkes and Don Logan now leading the charge at AOL Time Warner, the media giant will focus on tapping existing Time Warner assets to develop new…
In Gainesville, Fla., the heat is on. Budd Broadcasting-owned WB affiliate WGFL-TV converted to a CBS affiliate effective July 15. That puts some pressure on the leading station, ABC affiliate WCJB-TV, owned by Diversified Communications. “To have the additional affiliation…