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Matchmaker, matchmaker

Lifelong athlete Tracey Murray has always excelled in holding and passing a baton. Now a literary TV agent at Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, Calif., Ms. Murray’s ability to draw on that same skill puts her totally in sync…

Syndication Ratings: Series racking up viewers by the gross

The negative picture of syndicated series painted earlier this season may not be as dreary as originally expected.Sharp declines in household average audience numbers last week showed steep declines in ratings for a number of shows. But ad-driven gross average…

Taking things one at a time at PROMAX

Stations and studios may not be crowding the floors of PROMAX this year, but that doesn’t mean the show’s presence won’t be felt in the upcoming TV season.The world’s largest gathering of promotion, marketing and design professionals in TV, digital…

NBA gives strength to `Weakest Link’

The blurring of lines between sports and entertainment, especially when it comes to promoting network TV series, usually means seeing stars of prime-time shows waving from the stands or taking turns in the announcing booth. Now NBC has taken it…

Quick Takes: Is NBC’s `Fear Factor’ entertaining or just disturbing?

“I’m concerned about this being one more step down the slippery slope. How much imagination does it take for a kid to strap himself into horse’s reins and have himself drug through the mud? `Fear Factor’ sounds to me like…

Star searcher

When the TV production units of The Walt Disney Co. were merged under the ABC Television Entertainment Group, Keli Lee found herself thrust into a casting seat, wielding considerable power. Ms. Lee, the 30-year-old vice president of casting for ABC…

Fisher stations pump content

Last month, seven space-age-looking media terminals packed with video information cropped up in lobbies of office buildings in downtown Seattle.These Civia Media Group terminals, which are 81/2 feet tall with 42-inch plasma screens, offer passers-by news, live weather maps, live…

From hanging chads to hanging out in D.C.

Kevin Martin may look like a fresh-faced staffer, but make no mistake about it: This 34-year-old policy wonk, who’s preparing to begin a new career as a regulator at the Federal Communications Commission, has been in the trenches and then…

Briefly Noted

The toughest assignmentWitnessing the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is one assignment longtime Oklahoma City anchor Linda Cavanaugh will never forget. Ms. Cavanaugh, the main anchor for NBC affiliate KFOR-TV, was chosen by lottery and was the only…

The next Ted Turner?

In this day and age, when more business is conducted by phone, fax and e-mail than across a conference table, who’s to know whether the guy in charge looks like a kid?David Rudolph, the founding general manager of Turner South-the…