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CBS Corp. Rebrands Paramount Television

CBS Corp. has officially rebranded Paramount Television, creating CBS Paramount Television to oversee television production, distribution and syndication for the company. Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corp., made the announcement Tuesday.The CBS Paramount Television division is made up…

Fox Takes Wait-and-See Approach to New Platforms

While other networks are jumping ahead in terms of making deals with new digital platforms for their programming, Fox is moving slowly, the network’s President of Entertainment Peter Liguori said at the Television Critics Association press tour Tuesday.“It’s been our…

CBS to Launch Microseries Experiment

In what the network calls a “prime-time programming experiment,” CBS will launch an advertising-sponsored week-long “microseries” titled “The Courier” on Tuesday, Jan. 24, during the first-act break of the procedural drama “CSI: Miami,” which begins at 9 p.m. (ET).The serialized…

News Corp. Promotes Three in Its Finance Group

News Corp. announced Tuesday that it has promoted three executives to senior VPs in its Corporate Finance Group. Robert Gannon is now senior VP and corporate controller of News Corp.; Paula Wardynski has been named senior VP of finance for…

Radio’s Beck to Join Headline News

CNN’s Headline News will add syndicated radio personality Glenn Beck to its prime-time lineup in April, the network announced Tuesday. In addition to the talk for which Mr. Beck is known, the show is expected to include guests and “produced…

Media Pros Named to Burgess Advisory Group

A handful of senior media experts have been named to a management advisory group of consult with Paxson Communications CEO Brandon Burgess on development and execution of the company’s initiatives and strategic plan now that Paxson has completed its debt…

Nielsen to Measure Blog, Chat Room Commentary

Nielsen Media Research has jumped into the world of buzz measurement with a new service called Nielsen BuzzMetrics, announced Tuesday. The company will monitor, measure and analyze comments about TV programs and other products on blogs and in Internet chat…

Globe Awards Honor Newer Series; ‘Weeds’ Parker Wins in an Upset

In an upset, Mary- Louise Parker beat out all of the “Desperate Housewives” at Monday night’s Golden Globes Awards.Ms. Parker, star of Showtime’s “Weeds,” won the prize for best performance by an actress in a television series-musical or comedy.ABC’s “Desperate…

’24’ Premiere Scores Highest Ratings Ever

Sunday’s special two-hour season premiere of Fox’s “24” gave the real-time series its highest ratings ever in the adults 18 to 49 demographic as well as in total viewers.The program, which began late at 8:13 p.m. (ET) because of a…

Coors Light Signs as Super Bowl Week Presenting Sponsor

NFL Network on Monday said Coors Light has agreed to be the presenting sponsor of 60 hours of Super Bowl-related programming during Super Bowl week. Coors Light is the official beer sponsor of the NFL and NFL Network, but NFL…