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The multiethnic coalition that signed diversity agreements with the broadcast networks a year and a half ago said it will begin discussions with major advertisers beginning this month, including Ford, General Motors, telephone companies, pharmaceutical giants and food industry heavyweights….
The only place where heated discussion about the upfront advertising market appears to be taking place is on Wall Street-not Madison Avenue. And some surprising revelations are being made by and to media industry analysts.For instance, most upfront advertising business…
There’s a lot of talk about “family” and “relationships”-and even a little talk about prospects for “catharsis”-as CBS gets ready to do what no other network is doing in this year of extreme contentiousness: host an old-fashioned summer affiliates convention.The…
Stephen Doerr, general manager at NBC-owned KXAS-TV, Dallas, was promoted to senior vice president of news, programming and creative development for the NBC owned-and-operated stations. He begins his new job June 4 in New York. He will develop programming and…
“On the production side, perhaps the riskiest … is `24′ on Fox. A whole new spin on `a day in the life.’ Might be great, might flop. On the scheduling and development side, I was surprised at how traditional ABC…
The hills are alive with the cries of Barbara. As in Walters. ABC’s news diva-and the Ruminator, to be honest with you-got the shock of their lives earlier this month when the honchos at ABC Entertainment announced their fall schedule….
An embattled Eddie Fritts defended his National Association of Broadcasters here last week as a necessary check on government intervention and a helpmate to broadcasters, who must find a way to use a new digital spectrum to their economic advantage.The…
It’s hard to believe any of the lawmakers pushing broadband legislation in Washington have the best interests of consumers in mind. Each of the many broadband bills materializing on Capitol Hill seems designed to benefit one of two powerful lobbies-the…
Jim Snyder recently passed away at age 76. He was a giant in broadcast journalism, having had a distinguished career as vice president of news at Post-Newsweek Stations and news director at WDIV-TV in Detroit and WTOP-TV (now WUSA-TV) in…
Be Here generates $6M in financingEnhanced television technology developer Be Here has raised $6 million in equity financing from a group of investors led by Snider Capital. The company, which adds depth and motion to live television broadcasts via high-powered…