The president and chief operating officer of Fox Networks will step down from his position, Fox owner News Corp. said in a statement. Bloomberg reports that David Haslingden will leave the job at the end of this year and will…
Conflicting reports are coming out about the future of actress Kristen Stewart in the “Snow White and the Huntsman” franchise after Stewart became embroiled in a widely publicized sex scandal involving the married director of the first film in the…
ABC has bought a medical drama from former "Supernatural" co-showrunner Sera Gamble and Greg Berlanti, the creator of "Everwood" and "No Ordinary Family," reports Deadline.com. The deal marks the first sale this development season for Berlanti Productions, as well as…
Apple is negotiating with some top U.S. cable operators about building a set-top box for live television, reports The Wall Street Journal. (Please note that The WSJ is a subscription site and not all readers may be able to access…
Phrases including “feeding frenzy” and “bidding war” are being thrown around after all four major broadcast network bosses have been pitched a series that would mark the return to prime-time comedy for Michael J. Fox, Josef Adalian writes in New…
Los Angeles appears to be losing its draw for television dramas, with only two out of the 23 new fall and midseason broadcast dramas slated to be shot in L.A., reports the Los Angeles Times’ Richard Verrier. The reason? Bottom-line-minded…
NBC Sports Chairman Mark Lazarus said he has been contemplating whether NBC should have tape-delayed more Olympic events, citing the men’s tennis final between Andy Murray and Roger Federer, which was aired live. “It’s undeniable we hurt our ratings by…
Cable network truTV has greenlighted a spinoff to an unscripted show that has been the channel’s most popular series, “Hardcore Pawn.” The network is adding the new show “Hardcore Pawn: Chicago,” set in Chicago’s Royal Pawn Shop. The original “Hardcore…
Leading global media investment firm GroupM has announced a number of changes to its senior-level management. Among them, Rob Norman moves to the new position of chief digital officer for GroupM Global; Kelly Clark succeeds Norman as CEO of GroupM…
"The New York Times Company has named Mark Thompson, the departing director general of the British Broadcasting Corporation, as its new president and chief executive," reports The New York Times Media Decoder blog.. Thompson will join the company in November…