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One of the Last Major Movie Directors Who Came to Feature Films After Learning How to Direct in the Early Days of TV Passes Away. Sidney Lumet, 86, Is Dead

Director Sidney Lumet, who was nominated for an Academy Award for best director after the release of his first feature film—a remake of an episode of “Studio One” that had been first shown live on TV—died Saturday, April 9, 2011….

What’s in Your Wallet? Horizon Media Continues Winning Big Accounts

Media agency Horizon Media continues its winning ways, having just landed Capital One’s $360 million media account, Advertising Age reports. Publicis Groupe’s MediaVest had handled the account for “nearly a decade,” the report says. The article adds, “For Horizon, which…

Analyst Warns That World Events Could Dampen Resurgence in Ad Market

The higher advertising sales that have buoyed shares of media companies such as Viacom and CBS Corp. may be short-lived, warned Barclays Research analyst Anthony J. DiClemente in a report, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. DiClemente…

Time Warner’s Cable Networks Working on Ads that Are Closer to TV Programs

Time Warner’s cable networks are working on commercials that are harder to distinguish from the programs they appear on, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. The Turner cable networks are "tagging" moments in movies and series to try to find…

Americans Spend 20% More Time With TV, Radio and the Internet Than 10 Years Ago

Reflecting the spread of smartphones, Americans are spending 20% more time watching or listening to TV, radio and the Internet versus 10 years ago, reports The New York Times. The story says that consumers spent an average of 8 hours…

As Premium Video-on-Demand Draws Closer, Theater Chains Threaten Studios

As premium video-on-demand becomes closer to reality, with a plan in the works that would allow consumers to pay $30 to watch movies on their televisions just eight weeks after they open in theaters, the largest U.S. theater chains are…

Lauer May Be Happy to Stay at ‘Today’–for Another $8 Million

Talk of Matt Lauer leaving NBC’s "Today"–which surfaced almost immediately after reports that co-host Meredith Vieira would be exiting the show when her contract is up in September–may be posturing by Lauer as he seeks to up his salary, TMZ.com…

From Around the Watercooler: Video of Jon Stewart on One of His Favorite Targets, Glenn Beck, Leaving Fox News

New Project Brings ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Back to TV, ‘Six Feet Under’ Writer Back to HBO

One of the stars of “Grey’s Anatomy” has her sights set on an HBO project that will bring her back to TV for the first time since she checked out of the ABC medical series, TVLine reports. Katherine Heigl, who…

Thursday Ratings: ‘Idol’s’ Numbers Continue to Slip, But Fox Continues to Win

Even with “American Idol’s” numbers off 9% from a week ago and 9% from a year ago in the 18-49 demo, Fox got another easy win in Thursday’s ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. Fox settled for a 4.8 average rating for the…