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Quincy Smith Named to Lead CBS Interactive

Veteran dealmaker Quincy Smith will replace Larry Kramer as head of CBS’s digital media efforts, the network announced Monday. Mr. Smith has been named president of the newly titled division CBS Interactive, which Mr. Kramer led as president of CBS…

Football Wins Sunday for NBC

As the November sweeps continues, NBC handily overthrew usual Sunday night titan ABC with “Sunday Night Football,” which posted its strongest performance in two months. The Indianapolis vs. New England game gave NBC a 7.6 rating among adults 18 to…

Cable Net Creates an Inviting World

Jewelry Television Clicks With Women by Adding Social Dimension to Buying

Digital Dealmakers: Dmitry Shapiro

The player: Dmitry Shapiro, founder and CEO of Veoh Networks The play: YouTube and its viral video brethren have proven that consumers are hungry for short videos online. Now Veoh Networks wants to demonstrate they’ll watch long-form content, too. Mr….

TVWeek, NTA Give New Media Honors

YouTube and the lonelygirl15 Internet video series took home prizes last week in TelevisionWeek’s first annual Viral Video Awards, which recognize contribution to the development of the new-media phenomenon. The lonelygirl15 series won in the category of best professional viral…

The Big Sweeps

Ratings Period Key to Determining Success of New Networks and Emerging Leaders Alike

Late Election Ads Boost Stations

Majority of Record $2 Bil Spent Locally

MSNBC’S Desk Set

Alison Stewart and Bill Wolff didn’t just meet cute. They got to know each other cute before courting cute and, on Nov. 4, marrying cute. Oh, and he got human resources’ blessing before asking her for an actual date that…

Kids Select ‘SpongeBob’ Lineup

TurboNick Aims for Hits With Online Votes

News Briefs: Discovery Buys Pet-Oriented Companies

Discovery Communications has acquired Petfinder.com and PetsIncredible and combined them with Animal Planet to form a new unit called Animal Planet Media Enterprises. Ad-supported Petfinder.com facilitates pet adoption via the Internet. PetsIncredible produces and distributes pet training videos and runs…