The Big Ten Network named three former conference hoops figures as its announcing team for the college basketball season. Former Purdue coach Gene Keady, two-time Big Ten player of the year Jimmy Jackson and former Northwestern star Tim Doyle will…
Shareholders have rejected the Dolan family’s bid to take Cablevision Systems Corp. private. Preliminary voting results from the company showed that an insufficient number of shareholders voted in favor of the $36.26 per share bid. Prior to today’s special shareholders…
Negative congressional reaction is growing to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin’s push to finish a review of media ownership rules by year end. Today both Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and House Energy and Commerce Committee…
Comcast has made a deal with Meredith Corp. to create an on-demand service called Parents TV. Parents TV content will feature experts from Meredith’s magazines, including Parents, Family Circle and American Baby. Meredith Video Solutions, the company’s in-house development, production…
Noted sportswriter Rick Reilly has left Sports Illustrated and will be joining ESPN. At ESPN, Mr. Reilly will be writing a back-page column for ESPN The Magazine and another regular column for ESPN.com. He also will appear on “SportsCenter” as…
Writers Guild of America West President Patric Verrone is an unreasonable man. Unwilling to negotiate, he’s intent on leading WGA membership into a catastrophic strike that will cripple the industry — or, at least, that’s how the opposition portrays him….
Nick, Disney Channel Take Different Approaches to Draw Trendsetters
Web Video Also Seeing Growing Acceptance
“Building on the success of the Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network is off to a good start. With a few known personalities, a clean graphic look and a consumer-based Main Street rather than Wall Street focus, Roger Ailes is…