The Writers Guild of America, East, plans to lobby Congress on May 8 with a panel discussion and meetings, Daily Variety reports. The guild has scheduled “Writers Speak! A Potentially Regrettable Evening With Comedy Writers” at the Newseum in Washington,…
Television news operations were breathlessly tracking the outbreak of swine flu, treading close to going overboard on the story, the Washington Post reports. “It’s obviously a big story and you want to give it attention,” MSNBC President Phil Griffin tells…
Nickelodeon’s “iCarly” has quietly replaced Disney’s “Hannah Montana” as the most popular TV show with young audiences, the Los Angeles Times reports. One reason for the show’s popularity is its Web site, which creator Dan Schneider keeps stocked with exclusive…
MTV’s new series “$5 Cover” takes a look at the Memphis music scene through the eyes of independent filmmaker Craig Brewer, who is producing short episodes for the Web that are being stitched together into a TV series, the Los…
Politico profiles Querry Robinson, a guest booker for MSNBC’s “Hardball With Chris Matthews,” a job that makes him a gatekeeper and star maker in Washington. “I don’t think anyone sets out to be a booker,” Robinson, who started his Washington…
Verizon’s FiOS television service gained 299,000 subscribers in the first quarter, while the company gained 298,000 customers for the FiOS Internet service, Multichannel News reports. Verizon said it has 2.217 million FiOS TV customers, an increase of 84% from a…
ESPN aired a bogus story reporting that a Washington Capitals star had been suspended after receiving a call from someone posing as a reporter from the Washington Post, USA Today reports. ESPN pulled the story a half-hour later. “We didn’t…
Logo is launching a travel Web site for the LGBT community at TripOutGayTravel.com. The Web site, which debuts on May 1, will offer editorial features, destination guides, a travel blog and a travel video library about gay travel. Visitors also…
“The Hills” couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt got married over the weekend, with MTV in tow to record the event for later broadcast on the series, the New York Post reports. Co-star Lauren Conrad attended the ceremony, the tabloid…