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The expected departure of CNN’s 16-year-old “Capital Gang” will take place after its Saturday, June 25, edition. Taking “Gang’s” place at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 9, will be a broader version of “On the Story,” which features discussion of top…
Despite strong opposition from watchdog groups and key congressional Democrats, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting board on Thursday announced the appointment of Patricia de Stacy Harrison as CPB’s president and CEO.The candidacy of Ms. Harrison, who is currently a State…
AOL, the primary North American media partner for the July 2 Live8 multicity concert, licensed the telecast rights to the event to MTV-which 20 years ago carried the original Live Aid hunger relief concert. AOL also licensed radio rights to…
ABC’s ballroom dancing reality summer series “Dancing With the Stars” took the top spot for the week ended June 19 in total viewers, while ABC’s Friday night telecast of Game 5 of the NBA Finals was the most-watched program of…
E! is launching a daily music video series to air mornings at 8 a.m. “The Daily Blend” is hosted by former Prince backup dancer Mayte Garcia. Each episode has 10 videos, six of which will be linked by a common…
Jeffrey Zucker, president of NBC Universal Television Group, said Wednesday no cutbacks are planned in programming or other scheduled expenses in the wake of its smaller-than-expected sales in the upfront advertising market.“There is no panic or any sense of the…
Martha Stewart Wednesday told the Promax/BDA convention she had to spend two days “trying to convince my probation officer that this was essential business.”She said “I shouldn’t joke about it, but it did take me quite a long time to…
Cablevision Systems on Wednesday said it named a three-person panel to review a proposal by the founding Dolan family to take the company private.The members’ names were not released, though the company said the panel consisted only of independent board…
Anne Sweeney, co chairman of Media Networks for The Walt Disney Co. and president of Disney-ABC Television Group, presented the Television Century Award to George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN and co-chairman of Disney’s Media Networks, at the opening of the…
CNBC World’s first original live program and first global program will launch Monday, June 27 at 8:30 a.m. (ET). Titled “Foreign Exchange,” the 15-minute weekday program will deal with the 24-hour international currency market. It will be anchored by The…