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For WJXT-TV this is Independence Day. The Post-Newsweek station that was Jacksonville, Fla.’s Goliath for 53 years cast off its CBS affiliation at the stroke of midnight and now hopes to prove itself an independent David who can still claim…
However unsettling the times and circumstances, media companies are being forced to re-examine the way they do business and to make changes that ultimately will be for the better. But the bruising and battering isn’t over by a long shot.That’s…
A daylong gathering of ABC executives and ABC affiliates in Chicago ended with both groups declaring the dialogue had been positive.“It was a very beneficial day,” said Bruce Baker, the Cox Television executive VP who is chairman of the ABC…
While none of the broadcast networks can yet claim a ratings bonanza akin to “Survivor’s” or “Fear Factor’s” this summer, Fox, NBC and CBS have found ways to stem viewer erosion with new reality series.With NBC and Fox aggressively scheduling…
Of crawls and other movement at CNN The Insider plans to turn a keen eye toward CNN over the next few days, because she hears there’s a new-style crawl scheduled to debut soon. The Insider is a pitiful excuse for…
For Cori Wellins, reading scripts for fun is a lot better than nervously reciting lines at a casting call. A former child actor, Ms. Wellins, now 31, prefers slipping out of the limelight and has put her all-consuming love of…
If Robert Coen, the dean of agency ad-spending prognosticators is right, advertising-supported cable is in for a rough ride this year, while the rest of ad-supported television will continue its climb out of the 2001 slump.Specifically, Mr. Coen, senior VP,…
What it is: A digital encoder from Adtec in Nashville. The company has been making decoders for six years, and Edge 2000 is the company’s first effort to produce an encoder. The product has been in development for the past…
Title: Executive VP, regional director, Latin America, Universal McCann.The next big thing: “I see four major trends in Latin American advertising that are rooted in the current financial crisis: First, in general, an increased emphasis on elevating the sophistication of…
Mobile truck company Production and Satellite Services Inc. expects to begin fulfilling a popular request of its clients when it starts to outfit its satellite trucks with medium- to high-speed Internet access this summer.PSSI, with a fleet of 19, provides…