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Disney Board Names Iger to Succeed Eisner
The Walt Disney Co. on Sunday named Robert Iger as CEO, tapping the media giant’s No. 2 executive to replace longtime chief Michael Eisner, who will step down a year earlier than he previously planned. The company said Mr. Iger,…
Paxson Fires Its Two Investment Banks, No Longer Exploring Strategic Options
Paxson Communications on Friday said that it fired its two financial advisers after they failed to come up with a strategic transaction that the broadcaster deemed satisfactory. The company also said that it was no longer exploring strategic alternatives to…
TV Guide Execs Exit
Two top Gemstar-TV Guide executives are stepping down, the company announced Friday. Ian Aaron, president of the TV Guide Television Group, and Doug Macrae, president of TV Guide’s consumer electronics division, are leaving the company. Mr. Macrae’s exit is described…
‘Jane Pauley’ Canceled
Staffers on NBC Universal’s “The Jane Pauley Show” were told in a meeting Friday afternoon in New York that the syndicated strip has been officially canceled. The show, which premiered Aug. 30, 2004, with great fanfare, had secured a two-year…
Sen. Stevens Expected to Appear at NCTA Show
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, will bring his campaign to clean up cable TV programming into the belly of the beast, when he makes a personal appearance at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s national show in San Francisco April 3-5….
Dissidents Want Eisner Excluded From Disney CEO Search
Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner should not be involved in any way in the search for his replacement, and if he is, the process of finding a new chief executive is “a mockery,” two dissident Disney shareholders said Thursday…
Spike Ends WWE Talks
Spike TV has ended discussions with World Wrestling Entertainment and will not renew its Monday night “Raw” franchise, the network announced Thursday. “After several months of negotiations, we have decided to end our discussions about extending our relationship with the…