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MSNBC caught up with recent rumors Thursday when it announced the addition of two hour-long entertainment shows, staffed by faces familiar to Los Angeles viewers, to its weekend lineup starting Feb. 5 and 6. Sharon Tay, who is leaving KTLA-TV…
Emmis Communications, which owns 16 television stations, on Thursday reported a 94 percent surge in its fiscal third-quarter profit, lifted by strong political campaign spending at its TV stations and improved advertising performance at its 25 radio stations.The Indianapolis-based company…
A&E Television Networks said Thursday it has restructured its ad sales operation, creating three separate teams. Peter Olsen has joined the company to head the team that will sell History Channel and its digital offshoots History International and The History…
Regular-season NFL ratings on CBS rose 1 percent to a 9.7 household rating and 22 share this season, while ratings on Fox fell to 10.1/22 from 10.3/23 a year ago. The margin between the AFC and NFC packages was the…
For the week ended Dec. 26, nine syndicated strips got the gift of new season highs in their national household ratings. Five of the shows hitting new seasonal heights were talk shows, including Buena Vista’s “Live With Regis and Kelly,”…
SmartVideo Technologies will offer cellular Internet-enabled mobile device users streaming news and information content from The Weather Channel, ABC News and NBC Universal’s CNBC, MSNBC and NBC Mobile broadcasts. The content, which will be distributed through Microsoft’s Windows Media mobile…
The Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner took home about $1 million more in remuneration in fiscal 2004 than he did the previous year, according to the media giant’s proxy statement filed Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.Mr. Eisner,…
Paul Manning, one of the original writers and supervising producers for Warner Bros.’ medical drama “ER,” died at home in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Sunday. He was 45. The cause of death was colorectal cancer.Mr. Manning’s first broadcast television writing job…
The latest evidence of the telco push into the video business came during Bill Gates’ keynote address Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show, during which he discussed Microsoft’s recent deal with SBC Communications to provide Internet protocol TV services for…
Viacom on Thursday said that top Hollywood talent manager Brad Grey will join the media giant as chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures. Mr. Grey will start his new job by March 1.In the newly broadened role, Mr. Grey will…