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It’s official: CBS quits NAB Viacom’s CBS Television and Infinity Broadcasting announced this afternoon that they are pulling their 35 TV stations and more than 180 radio stations out of the National Association of Broadcasters. Sources said the network decided…
Levin hints at retirement AOL Time Warner CEO Jerry Levin said he intends to retire “at the appropriate time,” which he said would be after he feels the America Online and Time Warner cultures, synergies and strategic visions are fully…
Two more executives have been added to the May 1 Upfront Summit in New York. Jed Petrick, president and chief operating officer of The WB, and Joe Uva, president of Turner Entertainment Sales and Marketing, will join a lineup of…
Those who know Fred Reynolds well say he has all the attributes needed to captain the battleship known as the CBS Television Stations Division. He’s got the smarts, the deal-maker’s drive, the stamina and the sense of humor. And he…
Brill’s Content, Inside.com hook up Last week’s rumors came true with the announcement today that Brill Media Holdings and Powerful Media are merging. In exchange for a stake in Brill Media, Brill gets the assets of Powerful Media, chiefly Inside.com…
Louis Chunovic has joined Electronic Media as a senior editor. His primary responsibility will be cable TV and advertising. Mr. Chunovic is a former TV editor at The Hollywood Reporter and a former on-air entertainment reporter for Fox TV in…
At a time when NBC and CBS are seriously mulling cutting back on original telefilms and miniseries, ABC plans to remain firmly planted in the big-event, long-form TV business. Of course, ABC is the only network that has seen positive…
Prodded by GOP lawmakers, the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to conduct a comprehensive review of the broadcast ownership rules, setting the stage for possible further relaxation of the restrictions. Republican FCC Chairman Michael Powell told a House panel last…
CBS may want its affiliates to pony up local ad inventory to the network. That’s the word from Viacom President and Chief Operating Officer Mel Karmazin as he struggles to redefine the network/affiliate relationship. Viacom owns CBS and UPN. Last…
The Walt Disney Co.’s plan to induce 4,000 of its 120,000 full-time staffers to leave the company voluntarily got better reviews on Wall Street last week than it did from “cast members,” as the employees were called in a memo…