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Ohio marketers saw themselves squeezed out of local TV advertising during the race for the presidency. But local television stations, though pleased with the additional revenue the political ads brought in, found another way to satisfy their loyal clients and…
CBS broke into prime-time programming Wednesday night to report the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, but the scoop will be the last at CBS News for one employee.The staffer, a senior producer at CBS’s “Up to the Minute” was…
Sinclair Broadcast Group on Friday said it had sold for $26.8 million the non-license assets of KSMO-TV in Kansas City, Kan., to Meredith Broadcasting and at the same time inked a joint sales agreement under which Meredith will manage many…
Adelphia Communications is not encouraging a consortium of private-equity firms to jointly submit a bid for the bankrupt cable operator, and Adelphia CEO William Schleyer isn’t working with the consortium considering a play for the company, a person familiar with…
News Corp. on Friday said it had completed its reincorporation to the United States, transforming the Australian-based media giant into an American company.As part of the move, News Corp. Class A nonvoting and Class B voting shares on Friday began…
EchoStar Communications on Friday said it has hired David Rayner as chief financial officer of the satellite operator, replacing Michael McDonnell, who quit in August. Mr. Rayner starts Dec. 27.Mr. Rayner joins EchoStar from Time Warner Telecom, where he has…
A spokesman for the Rev. Don Wildmon’s American Family Association said Friday morning that the group’s members will file complaints with the Federal Communications Commission alleging that the ABC TV Network’s Thursday night broadcast of “Saving Private Ryan” ran afoul…
CBS is giving the Regency Television/CBS Productions comedy “Listen Up” a nine-episode back order and the Warner Bros. Television/CBS Productions comedy “Center of the Universe” a two-episode and six-script order.“Listen Up,” which stars Jason Alexander, premiered Monday, Sept. 20, at…
Roger King, CEO of CBS Enterprises and King World Productions, announced Thursday that “The Oprah Winfrey Show” has been renewed through the 2010-2011 season on stations covering more than 80 percent of the country.Stations renewing represent groups such as Scripps…
Susan Lyne, the ABC executive ousted last spring amid flagging ratings at the network, late Thursday was named president and CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, the lifestyle company that has been buffeted by the legal troubles of its founder,…