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BET founder and CEO Robert Johnson has offered special half-hour interview editions of “BET Nightly News” to both President Bush and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry. “It’s time that both candidates send a true signal of seriousness to African…
Charter Communications said Wednesday that board member Nancy Peretsman resigned from the cable operator’s board as a condition of her employer, Allen & Co., serving as a financial adviser to Adelphia Communications, the bankrupt multiple-system operator that is for sale.As…
News Corp. moved a step closer to becoming a United States-based company Wednesday when the Australian Federal Court approved the media giant’s plan to take its reincorporation plans to its Australian shareholders.With the court approval in hand, the company filed…
Martha Stewart abandoned her quest for a new trial Wednesday, saying she would rather start her prison sentence as soon as possible in order to “reclaim my life” and “quickly return to the life I know.”The news of Ms. Stewart’s…
Newly named CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler announced Tuesday she has put together her executive programming team for prime-time series by promoting Wendi Trilling to executive VP of comedy development, naming Laverne McKinnon head of drama development and elevating David…
Paramount’s “heavily promoted “Entertainment Tonight” spinoff “The Insider” had the highest-rated opening among a crowded field of new syndicated offerings on Monday, but only “The Tony Danza Show” improved on its year-ago time period averages.According to Nielsen Media Research, “The…
With “CSI” in its regular time slots, Spike TV drew a 1.2 household rating and 1.1 million viewers at 7 p.m. and a 2.0 rating/1.8 million viewers at 8 p.m. At 8 p.m. “CSI” went head-to-head with “Law & Order”…
Jonathan Taylor, television, home entertainment and radio editor for the Los Angeles Times, will join the Lippin Group, an international public relations consulting firm, Oct. 1 as a senior VP, Dick Lippin, chairman and CEO of the company, announced Tuesday….
Adelphia Communications moved a step closer to a sale Tuesday after a bankruptcy court judge approved the company’s selection of UBS Investment Bank and Allen & Co. to serve as financial advisors to the cable operator during its sale process.The…
NBC won week 51 of the 2003-04 season among total viewers and adults 18 to 49, but three football games on ABC and CBS’s offering of reality and repeats made both networks competitive with the launch of NBC’s “Joey” and…