Regrettable is the word that comes to mind as we survey the performance of cable news outlets in recent weeks. Their coverage of the anti-tax “tea parties” on April 15 illustrates the extent to which self-described news outlets have departed…
American satirist H.L. Mencken once said: “No one ever went broke under-estimating the intelligence of the American public.” Take P.T. Barnum’s Feejee Mermaid, for example, purportedly the shriveled remains of a tiny washed-up mermaid that wowed audiences in 1842 and…
Key Executives Must Steer Media Through Economic Turmoil
Dish has added Punjabi TV and Aghapy TV, a channel that marks the first Egyptian Coptic Orthodox network in the U.S., Multichannel News reports. Punjabi TV shows soap operas, reality shows, and movies from the Punjabi culture, the trade publication…
Golf Channel’s 11th season of “Big Break,” a reality show that tests 12 contestants on their golf game, will introduce a cash prize for the first time, Multichannel News says. “Big Break Price Edward Island” will reward the winner with…
Time Warner will pay $776,000 to provide former chairman Dick Parsons with office space, secretarial services and furnishings “comparable to that which he was provided during his employment,” the New York Times reports, citing the company’s proxy statement. Parsons stepped…
“Entourage” star Adrian Grenier is creating a documentary exploring media and society called “Spin,” which is being considered as a television movie or pilot for a 13-episode miniseries, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project is written by and will be…
Spike TV is able to integrate advertisers into its male-oriented sports-related programming because it’s not beholden to any of the professional sports leagues, Advertising Age says. Miller Lite, Reebok and Popeye’s are among the sponsors of Spike’s upcoming series “Fourth…