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In “`Boot’ producer kicks Burnett over safety” (The Insider, EM, March 12), “Boot Camp” Executive Producer Eric Schotz’s quote regarding “Survivor: The Australian Outback” and Mark Burnett should have read, “The contestants are real people, and I would guarantee if…
In a difficult marketplace, Viacom Plus, the new cross-media selling unit from Viacom, has signed deals with Philip Morris Cos.’ Kraft Foods, Merrill Lynch and Johnson & Johnson’s Tylenol brand totaling $50 million in new network, cable and Internet money….
Reader’s Digest used to have a monthly feature in which people would write about the most unforgettable character they ever met. I was reminded of that last week with the passing of Morton Downey Jr. from lung cancer at age…
Home & Garden Television is looking to draw more than its regular home-and-garden-variety viewer.The Scripps Networks channel is boosting its program budget 25 percent to an estimated $85 million, according to industry estimates, adding 13 new shows-eight in prime time-to…
An ugly battle between two software industry heavyweights is throwing a wrench into the development of the American interactive television marketplace.Confused about whether it will be allowed to use Sun Microsystems’ innovative JavaTV interactive-television authoring tool, the industry has waited…
WCCO-TV veteran anchor Don Shelby is perhaps the busiest man in Minneapolis.Since October, the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. news anchor has been at WCCO-AM studios hosting an afternoon drive talk show. Airing from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., the…
Title: Founder and executive director of the EC2 Incubator Project for new media, Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California. EC2 sponsors research in communications, media and digital technologies. The Annenberg Center was created in 1993 through…
eDivision launches radio bid siteThe world’s first online exchange for radio frequency spectrum rights was launched last week by the eDivision e-commerce incubator of Australia’s Macquarie Bank Ltd. Operating initially in the Australian market, the Spectrum Desk Web site will…
Advertising & AgenciesTara Phillips to associate media director, TBWA/Chiat/Day, from interactive media supervisor, Digitas NY.BroadcastingJim McKernan to director of sales, KMTV, Omaha, Neb., from vice president and general manager, Journal Broadcast Group’s eight Omaha radio stations.Mychal Grenawalt to regional sales…
Mix a bit of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” Jessica Alba’s “Dark Angel” and Calista Flockhart’s “Ally McBeal,” and that’s the prescription for a bevy of women-empowered series in development for the 2001-02 season network prime-time lineups. With…