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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry will make his first appearance Tuesday as a guest on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.” His running mate, Sen. John Edwards, announced his intention to run for the Democratic nomination on “The Daily…
LIN TV Corp. on Monday said it has launched a new Hispanic-programming service targeted at Puerto Ricans living in the United States and has struck a carriage deal with DirecTV Group for the new service to be included in a…
ESPN will debut its second scripted dramatic series, “Tilt,” set at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, in January. “Tilt” will air at 9 p.m. (ET) Thursday nights beginning Jan. 13. The one-hour show will explore the drama…
Gwen Kinsey has been named the new president and general manager of KELO-TV, the Young Broadcasting-owned CBS affiliate in Sioux Falls, S.D. Ms. Kinsey succeeds Mark Antonitis, recently named president and general manager of KRON-TV, Young’s independent station in San…
Jim Yager, the CEO of Barrington Broadcasting, is a longtime BMI board member. He shared with TelevisionWeek the importance of BMI to broadcasters as well as the meaning of Frances Preston’s legacy: BMI, or Broadcast Music Inc., was formed to…
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The pressure is on Twentieth Television to develop some hit first-run programming for daytime and early fringe on Fox-owned stations, and that pressure now is being applied directly from the top: News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch. Mr. Murdoch’s eldest son…