The head of daytime programming for CBS will leave the network when her contract expires at the end of the month, reports TV Guide. Senior Vice President Barbara Bloom has been with CBS in her present job since 2003 after…
A major marketer has unexpecttedly moved its $700 million media account to a new media agency, Advertising Age reports. The marketer, Home Depot, moved the account from Initiative Media to Carat, the report says, adding, "The sudden move, which some…
After 32 years in the nation’s 23rd largest market, a popular local TV news anchorwoman is retiring. Patrice King Brown, 56, will retire on Jan. 28, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Brown joined KDKA in 1978 as a co-host of an…
For those of you who complain that advertisers need to target Baby Boomers–who many claim have the wealth–and not young people, here’s a story for you. John T. Elduff, the managing director of JTE Multimedia, a Philadelphia-based magazine company, has purchased…
The world’s most famous Virgin has made a first-look deal with E! Entertainment Television. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has a new production division called Virgin Produced, and it is that entity that has "forged a multiyear first-look development deal in which…
"The Biggest Loser" revealed its two new trainers on Tuesday evening, a celebrity trainer with martial arts expertise and a female professional boxer, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Brett Hoebel, the celebrity trainer, tells the publication that he battled weight…
Ricky Gervais, who has come under criticism for his sometimes mean-spirited jokes during Sunday’s Golden Globe awards, said he won’t be doing the show again, reports the Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. "I’m not doing it again," Gervais said,…
Tim Kring, the creator of "Heroes," has received a pilot order for "Touch," another project with a supernatural bent, reports Deadline.com. "Touch" focuses on a dad who finds out that his mute, autistic son can predict events, the story notes….
Weinstein Co. is planning to re-enter television, with Harvey and Bob Weinstein talking with producer Meryl Poster to run the new Weinstein Co. television arm, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Poster previously worked with the Weinsteins at Miramax Films, leaving…
The debut of CNN’s "Piers Morgan Tonight" drew 2.1 million viewers on Monday evening, more than triple the network’s average audience from the end of 2010, when "Larry King Live" drew to a close, reports the New York Times’ Media…