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News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch said Wednesday that his company is negotiating with cable operators to launch a business-themed cable channel, though the arrival might come later than he has predicted previously.Speaking at a Goldman Sachs investor conference…
GM Planworks, a division of Starcom MediaVest Group and the media planning, buying and research unit dedicated to General Motors, on Wednesday named Mike Rosen its chief investment officer. Mr. Rosen will oversee investment in network, broadcast, cable and nationally…
With Hurricane Rita taking aim at the Texas Gulf Coast, The Weather Channel said Wednesday it is postponing until Oct. 1 the launch of its new lifestyle program, “Weekend View,” which was set to debut Sept. 24.
NBC won the second night of the 2005-06 season with big boosts from the premiere of “My Name Is Earl,” which debuted as the winner for the night in the 18 to 49 demographic, and with the best-ever season premiere…
Twentieth Television’s “A Current Affair” is over six months after it was resurrected. It will be replaced in November on Fox-owned stations that carried it by a live, newsy half-hour strip starring Fox News Channel’s Geraldo Rivera originating from New…
A month after Lifetime hired Susanne Daniels as its new president of entertainment, two senior programming executives are leaving the network. Kelly Goode, senior VP of programming, is leaving after eight years at the network, where she helped develop “Missing.”…
Kieran Clarke has been named general manager of Meredith-owned Fox affiliate KPTV-TV and UPN affiliate KPDX-TV in Portland, Ore. Mr. Clarke is a veteran of 12 years in sales and executive positions with Tribune Co. He will report to Paul…
Fox Television Stations President Tom Herwitz has left the group with which he has been associated since being named VP and general manager of WTTG-TV, Washington, nearly two decades ago. “We’ve come an awfully long way since we started with…
After serving for three years as president and chief operating officer of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and its foundation, Todd Leavitt is stepping down from the organization.He will remain in his present capacity for the near future…
House Republicans on Wednesday proposed to eliminate federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as part of a major initiative to help the government pay for the mammoth recovery costs associated with Hurricane Katrina. In a report, the GOP…