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Advertising & AgenciesIlise Benum to marketing director, Guarino Woodman, from director, Creative & Management, Hoboken, N.J.John Coletta to senior director, business affairs, BMI Media Relations, from director, media licensing. Also, Christine Iglesias to director, from coordinator, media licensing; and Mollie…

Profile: Scott Newnam

Title: President and co-founder of GoldPocket Interactive, a provider of interactive television software and infrastructure solutions. GPI’s proprietary EventMatrix technology allows audiences to directly affect live or syndicated rich media programming by providing real-time feedback.Background: Before founding GPI in 1999,…

Ratings

see publication for following charts:Demographic Ratings (Broadcast Prime Time, Syndication)Night-by-night Nielsen Prime-Time ratings for the week of April 30-May 6Ratings for the week of April 30-May 6

At Press Time

The WB unveils scheduleLos Angeles-The WB will add one drama, five comedies and two reality series to its fall schedule, which will be announced Monday in New York. The WB will move “Gilmore Girls” into the 8 p.m. (ET) Tuesday…

Broadband bill likely to come before Senate

Republican power brokers in the Senate have assured Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., that his controversial broadband legislation will be considered by the upper chamber.That’s significant because the prevailing sentiment in Washington has been that the bill, designed to make the…

Sudden death for XFL

In the end, even beefy, brawny Vince McMahon could not crunch the numbers to convince anyone that a second season of the XFL could be a good thing financially.The World Wrestling Federation Entertainment chairman, the supremely confident creator of the…

Telemundo schedule high on humor

It’s “Uga Uga” ahead at Telemundo-the perennial No. 2 in the Spanish-language network ratings wars-which has been making gains on powerful ratings rival Univision by trying funnier content.First it was “Betty la Fea,” the Colombian telenovela that was a sensation…

What makes Andy run

Andrew Lack, the joke’s on you. Or maybe that’s wishful thinking. Lack has ascended and ascended through the ranks of NBC and now has been crowned and christened King of the Mill. It was announced last week that Lack, constrained…

The Insider

Katie: Don’t bar the doorCould NBC be preparing to offer Katie Couric $45 million to $50 million for three more years? That’s what the Insider hears is being whispered about on Broadcast Row. The bidding war for the services of…

NBC keeps its torch lit

Jeff Zucker is going on a crime spree.In his first upfront presentation since becoming entertainment president for NBC, Mr. Zucker will unveil six new series — three dramas and three comedies — to join the fall 2001 schedule. About five…