"Modern Family" co-creator Steve Levitan says he’s lobbied ABC TV Group president Anne Sweeney to take his show offline, because two million people watch its episodes online when they could be supporting the comedy on ad-supported television, reports the Hollywood…
NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker has given a wide-ranging interview to the Wall St. Journal, in which he admits poor management has been partly responsble for NBC’s primetime woes. "I think we didn’t have the right management team in place,…
After telling a TMZ reporter he was going to appear on ABC’s "Dancing With the Stars" in the upcoming season, former NFL quarterback Troy Aikman now says he was just kidding, reports the New York Daily News. Via his Twitter…
Deirdre Michalopoulos, who has been senior managing editor of shows and show integration for ABC News, has been snagged by The Daily Beast as vice president of live and digital events for the Web site, reports WebNewser. Michalopoulos was behind…
Here’s a wild one for you. Unilever is doing a promotion wherein it’s putting a GPS tracking device in some boxes of detergent on supermarket shelves. Once the box leaves the store the GPS device is automatically activated so the…
If you’ve ever said to yourself what’s really missing is a 3-D camcorder, then you’ll be thrilled to learn that Panasonic will soon be selling what it calls the world’s first consumer 3-D camcorder, according to a report in the…
If consumers can rely on anyone to tell them about the latest personal digital gadget, it’s probably well-known journalist Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal. Mossberg now gives his opinion of the controversial iPhone4 after using it rigorously in real-life…
Former Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod says she will pursue a lawsuit against conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, CNN reported. Breitbart posted an edited video clip of Sherrod addressing a chapter of the NAACP that gave the impression she discriminated against…
In an unusual marketing move, Fox has teamed with Vanity Fair magazine to promote a new drama series on the network. The October issue of Vanity Fair will include a DVD insert of the season premiere of "Lone Star." iPad…
Motorola is using Apple’s iPhone 4 design flaw to its own benefit, running an advertisement that points out the iPhone’s reception problem while drawing attention to its new Droid X on Verizon, reports Advertising Age. A full-page print ad that…