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Ancier Focuses on Fresh Content
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Thriving Network Grew From a Focus on Young Viewers
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JUST THE FACTS
Title: Chairman, The WB How long in current position: Since May 2004 Year of birth: 1957 Place of birth: Perth Amboy, N.J. Greatest accomplishment at The WB: Succeeding for a second time in launching a new network, with the same…
Let CBS’s Error Be a Lesson to TV News
Schadenfreude. Journalists, a competitive lot to be sure, revel in it when it comes to the misfortunes of one of their own. In any newsroom in the country on any given day, you can hear somebody talking about “the groaner”-or…
Long ‘Lost’ Anger
Step away from the printed page, dear readers. The Insider is about to spew. And that gets messy and tends to leave permanent stains. Just joking. Jeff Bader, executive VP of ABC Entertainment, bore the brunt of The Insider’s increasing…
‘Eye for an Eye’ Cleared in 11 Markets
National Lampoon, Inc. and Atlas Worldwide Syndications & Distributions announced Thursday that their co-produced reality courtroom television series “Eye for an Eye,” has cleared 11 new markets. The strip, which stars “Extreme Akim,” Kato Kaelin and Sugar Ray Phillips, last…
Time Warner Cable Makes Changes in Executive Suite
Three top executives at Time Warner Cable are leaving their posts within the coming weeks, with Chief Operating Officer John Billock and President Tom Baxter taking an early retirement as the company sets out to combine both titles into a…
Shine Promoted to Fox News Senior VP of Programming
Bill Shine has been promoted to senior VP of programming of Fox News Channel. Mr. Shine started as one of the founding producers of the network in 1996 and had risen to production VP by 2003. He will oversee all…