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When a majority of national basketball games follow a chunk of the national football games from broadcast to cable TV and Fox can’t even make a profit on the Super Bowl, it is time to redraft television sports economics.That is…
Trade organization Promax BDA is prepared to approve a proposal to merge with NATPE before Promax’s June convention in Los Angeles, sources said. Although legal issues and countless details would still need to be sorted out, one member of the…
“New ABC Entertainment president Susan Lyne. As a former journalist, she knows people make mistakes and the important thing is to own up to them and make the necessary corrections. … That attitude empowers you to take chances, and it’s…
Steve Friedman intends to breathe a little live into “The Saturday Early Show.”The senior executive producer of “The Early Show” on CBS weekdays has quietly assumed control of “Saturday,” the amiable if sleepy 41/2-year-old show that keeps plugging along with…
Up the canal without a paddleMemo to Robert Goldstein, president, Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas: Methinks you committed the faux-pas of the new year last week when a certain executive came a callin’. The guest in question arrived at your hotel…
Hart, Berman promoted at Paramount Confirming previous speculation (EMonline.com, Jan. 11), Paramount Television Group has undertaken a restructuring of its network TV production and distribution divisions, with longtime executives Garry Hart and Joel Berman being promoted to larger roles within…
The George W. Bush administration tried to overhaul the government’s policy on reviewing media mergers and other deals without collecting data on whether the changes were needed.That’s the conclusion of Senate staffers who met last week with Federal Trade Commission…
O’Brien shaking up Meredith stationsIt seems as though Kevin O’Brien, who became president of the Meredith Broadcasting Group in November, is moving quickly to make changes. Staffers at Meredith-owned Fox affiliate KVVU-TV, Las Vegas, were surprised when General Manager Rusty…
New entries tighten first-run race: What was once a one-man race for the crown of top new first-run strip in syndication suddenly tightened up with the entry of Twentieth Television’s “Texas Justice” and NBC Enterprises’ “The Weakest Link,” according to…
Rumors rock AOL TW, ViacomThe executive suites at two of the world’s largest media companies were jolted by unsettling press reports that have left Wall Street analysts and investors wondering about the future of leadership at Viacom and AOL Time…