Over the weekend ESPN announced that it had let go of baseball analyst Steve Phillips, who admitted having an affair with a 22-year-old production assistant. It turns out that Brooke Hundley, the 22-year-old production assistant, has also been terminated, a…
The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement has picked its executive committee, and it will be headed by MTV Networks’ Executive-VP Insights and Research, Colleen Fahey Rush, B&C reports. The web site of the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement launches this…
October was a cruel month for CNN: Three of its four primetime programs (7-11 p.m.) came in last among cable news networks in their time slots among key 25-54 year old viewers, a new competitive low for the cable news…
The Food Network’s chief marketing executive, Michael Smith, was named general manager of new sister network Cooking Channel, Multichannel News reports. After a decade at the Food Network, Smith will jump to the former Fine Living Network, overseeing development, staffing and production. According…
It seems highly improbable, but Jennifer Aniston is such a fan of the talk show that Chelsea Handler has been doing on the E! Channel that she has agreed to host her own show on Oprah Winfrey’s new OWN network, reports the New…
Fox News head Roger Ailes is turning aside entreaties by some in the Republican party who want him to run for the U.S. presidency in 2012, reports Politico.com. Ailes told an aide, “This country needs fair and balanced news more now than ever before, so I’m…
A growing number of TV viewers are opting to unplug from the traditional cable, satellite or over-the-air delivery in favor of watching TV programming strictly online, reports the Los Angeles Times. Their reasons for the switch include saving money on the monthly TV…