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McGrath to head MTV Networks Music GroupNew York-Viacom Veteran Judy McGrath has been promoted from MTV Group president to president of MTV Networks Music Group, a broad new position that adds responsibility for VH1 and CMT and all of the…
I didn’t cry. I expected to cry. I think I even wanted to cry. Why didn’t I? Was it me? Or was it that I felt too manipulated, too overhyped and too disappointed to cry? Whatever. The much-ballyhooed CBS special…
EarthLink to offer Web via AT&T networkAT&T Broadband has agreed to let EarthLink offer its high-speed cable Internet service over AT&T Broadband’s network. The first two markets in which EarthLink will launch its service are Boston and Seattle. More cities…
Posted Saturday, March 16, at 5:45 a.m. (PT); last updated Monday, March 18, at 1:50 p.m. Gemstar’s Boylan resigns Gemstar TV Guide International announced Monday the resignation of Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer Peter Boylan III as of April 1….
Posted Tuesday, March 12, at 10:45 a.m. (PT); last updated at 2:20 p.m. Senate Commerce to review Bush’s merger-review decision A Senate panel has launched a “formal review” of a new Bush administration policy that removes the Federal Trade Commission…
Posted Monday, March 11, at 8:59 a.m. (PT); updated at 6:30 p.m. Dave makes it official: He’s staying at CBS David Letterman has decided to stay at CBS. ABC has decided to leave “Nightline” at 11:35 p.m. The CBS “Late…
Title: Executive VP, Television Bureau of Advertising, a broadcast-industry trade association focused on local broadcast television and local broadcast ad sales.Recent interesting deal: “Back when I ran the local broadcast buying group at Ogilvy…one of my favorites was Thanksgiving a…
70 Percentage of news directors surveyed by RTNDA who feel reporters should be allowed to use hidden cameras and microphones when the story warrants it.50 Number of states that officially allow cameras in the courtroom under certain conditions and in…
The pre-upfront spin doctoring has begun, with advertising sellers at the networks pointing optimistically at signs of economic recovery, while ad-agency buyers are viewing the very same economy with alarm and a lugubrious sense of deepening gloom.“The buyers’ point of…
Leon Mandel III, 73, of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., died March 5 in his home following a long and courageous fight with leukemia. Mr. Mandel was publisher emeritus of AutoWeek magazine and a vice president of Crain Communications. Mr. Mandel…