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This many weeks later, with the Taliban in retreat in Afghanistan, smoke still rises from the devastation where the World Trade Center stood. Where thousands died, the fire still lives. They died in offices, coffee shops, corridors and stores; at…
ESPN ABC Sports has signed an integrated, multimedia advertising deal with Wendy’s worth more than $10 million.The overall one-year deal with Wendy’s and Bates USA, its ad agency, essentially doubles Wendy’s previous-year spending with ESPN ABC Sports, said Ed Erhardt,…
Title: President and chief operating officer of ParkerVision, based in Jacksonville, Fla.Background: Prior to joining ParkerVision in 1998, Mr. Sisisky spent 10 years as managing director of the Shircliff Group, a firm specializing in mergers, acquisitions and business valuations. When…
Syndicators were hoping that early results of the November sweeps would provide an indication of things to come as series across the board finished the week ending Nov. 4 on a positive note, according to Nielsen Media Research.Among the slew…
Daschle recommends Adelstein for FCC positionSen. Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., took the unusual step last Thursday of announcing that he is recommending that President Bush nominate Jonathan Adelstein to fill a Democratic vacancy at the Federal Communications Commission. Mr….
Twice in the past 30 days, White House officials have come to Hollywood to talk with the entertainment industry about the War on Terrorism. As a participant in both meetings, my patriotism for my country mixes with pride of my…
Lawmakers routinely gripe about the slow progress of the digital television rollout, but now an influential congressman is exploring legislation to do something about it.Rep. Ed Markey, ranking Democrat on the House telecommunications and the Internet subcommittee, may offer a…
While an early development season left syndication pundits doubtful that many new offerings would crop up late in the year, new series from NBC, King World, Paramount, Twentieth and Tribune, among others, are nonetheless expected to be announced before January.Tribune…
Wolf signs deal with Studios USAEmmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf, the creator and executive producer of NBC’s three “Law & Order” series franchises, has renewed a development and production deal with Barry Diller’s Studios USA Television through August 2006. Mr….
Tony Jonas, the man who was once king of Warner Bros.’ TV business, looks out from his office overlooking the Warner back lot and chuckles as he surveys what he has wrought.As an independent producer-Showtime’s “Queer as Folk” is his…