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Hearst-Argyle and Gannett may once again be talking about combining their station groups.After narrowly missing a completion of a merger last year, the two groups are considering restarting preliminary discussions about a merger now that the duopoly rules have been…
A unit of ad agency holding company Interpublic Group is in discussions to acquire a stake in top talent agencies, including Los Angeles-based EndeavorInvolved in the talks is Interpublic’s Sports and Entertainment Marketing Group. Executives close to the situation say…
CTAM SummitBoston, July 14-17, 2002. Info: 703-549-4200 or www.ctam.com.NAB Radio ShowSeattle, Sept. 12-14. Info: 800-342-2460 or www.nab.orgSportel MonacoMonaco, Sept. 30-Oct. 3. Info: Liliane Vitale, 201-869-4022, or www.sportelmonaco.com.MIPCOMCannes, France, Oct. 7-11. Info: 212-370-7470 or www.mipcom.com. Western ShowAnaheim, Calif., Dec. 3-6, 2002….
The rich got richer as summer settled into repeat-dominated syndicated programming. The top series in virtually each of the genres all benefited from summer audiences, while competitors struggled. The big exception was amid the court shows, where all but one…
Did I drift away from the movies, or did the movies drift away from me? I don’t know for sure, but I do know I miss them. I miss going to the movies, I miss talking about the movies and…
Drug ad concernWashington-Advertising and media industry executives were sounding the alarm at deadline to derail legislation in the Senate this week aimed at discouraging advertising by prescription drug manufacturers. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Wis., is planning to offer the measure as…
Comcast Corp. has wasted no time working on a post-merger plan, sending its executives into AT&T cable systems to assess necessary changes there and moving key parts of its advertising operations to New York to court Madison Avenue.The moves are…
Cable networks took their turns last week at the semiannual Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif., wielding the traditional weapons of celebrities and hors d’oeuvres to win the hearts, minds and particularly the column inches of the nation’s…
The battle over the digital future heated up last week when the American Civil Liberties Union lashed out against the threat of monopoly control of the broadband Internet by the cable industry.The organization echoed fears that have been voiced in…
The traditional end to the CTAM Summit, cable’s annual educational conference under way this week in Boston, is the closing “Reality Check: What’s Hot, What’s Not” panel, which often is missed by cable summiteers already racing home as the convention…