Business

Highest-Paid CEOs in Media

Leading the list of the highest-paid CEOs at a media company is Liberty Media Corp.’s Gregory Maffei, "taking home $87.1 million before taxes last year, according to a study by the Wall Street Journal," The Hollywood Reporter reports. [We are referencing…

With ‘Saturday Night Live’ Deal, Is Netflix Encroaching on Hulu’s Business Turf? And What’s It Say About Hulu’s Longterm Future?

Netflix may be encroaching on Hulu’s business turf, with a recent deal between the DVD-rental company and NBC Universal getting Hulu executives upset, reports Mediaweek. NBCU allowed episodes of "Saturday Night Live" to be distributed through Netflix’s Web service the…

Yahoo Creating Its Own News Content: Expects to Post–Minimally– 2,000 Stories a Day Using 400,000 Freelancers. But Where Are the Story Editors?

On Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, Yahoo will launch the Yahoo Contributor Network of originally created news stories, our good friend David Lieberman of USA Today reports. Heretofore, Yahoo has become "one of the Web’s most popular news sources by aggregating…

The Mad Scramble By Wannabes To Appear on Oprah Before She Shutters Her Syndicated Show

With Oprah Winfrey winding down her syndicated TV show, there’s a scramble among various wannabes to get their fifteen minutes of fame on her show, the New York Times reports. Says the article, " ‘When Johnny Carson left, all the…

Americans Continue to Dump Cable TV Service

A new survey from Harris Interactive indicates that in the past six months 22% of Americans have canceled or cut back on their cable TV services, reports B&C. The pace of movement away from cable has been consistent for a…

Work for Disney and Like to Text and Drive? If If Doesn’t Kill You, It Could Get You Fired

Texting while driving isn’t just dangerous to your life — it may put your career at risk, at least if you work for the Walt Disney Co., reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Disney sent out a company-wide memo on Wednesday…

3D TV Version of ‘MythBusters’ Under Discussion

The 3D channel that’s scheduled to debut next year — a joint venture between Discovery, Imax and Sony — is considering shooting some episodes of "MythBusters" in native 3D, reports The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The network would…

ivi TV, Online TV Broadcaster Locked in Legal Battle, Set to Debut Stations from Los Angeles, Philly and Chicago

ivi TV, an online television broadcaster locked in a legal battle with the networks, is set to debut local stations from Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Chicago, reports Television Broadcast. The service allows people to watch live broadcast TV from their…

Distributors Set New Services: Dish Unveils Google TV Offer; FiOS Introduces Mobile Service

Dish Network on Wednesday introduced its Google TV offer, which will allow customers to surf the Web and watch additional online TV content from their television screens, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Dish’s Google TV offer will cost customers $179 for…

Private Equity Giant Has Sights Set on Yahoo!

The New York Post’s Claire Atkinson reports that another private-equity firm is eyeing Yahoo!: KKR & Co. KKR is interested in either helping Yahoo go private or helping it finance a deal, the story says. KKR co-founder George Roberts is…