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BroadcastingJoseph Fitzgerald to general sales manager, WSVN-TV, Miami, from local sales manager.Mitchell Chun to senior vice president, business development, News Corp., from vice president, satellite distribution and business development.Dan Havens to general manager, KXLT-TV, Rochester, Minn., from major account manager,…
Syndication’s development season continues to steamroll as studios, ranging from Warner Bros. to Twentieth to Universal to Promark, explore or acquire new projects.On the strip side of the business, Rosie O’Donnell will groom comedian and actress Caroline Rhea to fill…
A week after The Walt Disney Co. plunked down more than $5 billion for Fox Family Worldwide, there are still more questions-and speculation-than answers about just what will happen after the acquisition is finalized this fall.A number of the questions…
CBS on purposeLos Angeles-Although reluctant to join NBC, ABC and Fox in the repurposing of prime-time series for shared exhibition windows on cable networks, CBS nonetheless has sent the idea out to its affiliate board’s three-member “futures committee” for consideration….
Media content hearing soon?The Senate Commerce Committee plans to hold a hearing on media content in the fall, but may be able to squeeze it in over the next few weeks before they recess for their summer break. The panel,…
AT&T Broadband may be the seller, but AOL Time Warner most likely will be the kingmaker.AOL Time Warner holds enough key bargaining chips to significantly shape the sale of AT&T Broadband and AT&T’s key stakes in other cable companies such…
For all the talk about network news coverage of the disappearance of Chandra Levy, it may be the syndicated newsmagazines that have capitalized the most.Ratings for access programs covering the scandal skyrocketed by double-digit percentages that were bolstered by the…
A Gould standard for CNBC?NBC News insiders expect NBC News Vice President Cheryl Gould to become vice president in charge of prime-time and weekend programming at CNBC. She’s also expected to develop new programming for those blocks in what will…
While the purpose of the Television Critics Association press tour is to talk about new fall TV shows, the critics last week were more interested in discussing the effect reality TV programming has had on viewers this summer.“I’m not a…
Entertainment industry executives last week strongly rejected Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s proposal for a universal ratings system for television, movies, video games and music, and the senator appears to have little support from colleagues on his Senate Governmental Affairs panel.That could…