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Five Major Media Companies—Four of Whom Have Major TV Businesses—Join Together to Boost Their Print Divisions With New Web Application

Five major media companies have formed a joint venture to sell print publications through a single online store. Hearst, Meredith, News Corp. and TIme Warner–through it’s Time Inc. division–have joined with Conde Nast to form a still-to-be-named online storefront, the Los Angeles…

NBCU’s Zucker Says Company is Underinvested in NBC Entertainment

NBC Universal president and CEO Jeff Zucker said the company has “underinvested in development” at NBC Entertainment in recent years, and called it a mistake, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Speaking at the UBS Global Media & Communications Conference, he also…

CBS, PBS Lead Business and Financial Reporting Emmy Wins

 CBS, with four wins, led the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ 7th Annual Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting, presented today at Fordham University in New York. PBS, with two wins, was the other multiple winner. BBC…

CBS, PBS Top Business and Financial Emmy Winners

CBS, with four wins, led the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ 7th Annual Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting, presented today at Fordham University in New York. PBS, with two wins, was the other multiple winner. BBC America…

Broadband for America Appoints Ford and Powell

Broadband for America, a group of cable and phone networks, associations and other organizations advocating broadband adoption with the help of the private sector, has named former congressman Harold Ford, D-Tenn., and ex-FCC Chairman Michael Powell honorary co-chairs of the organization,…

Politico Blazes Trail in New Journalism

By Hillary Atkin Journalists working in traditional media have had to adapt to the changing times, yet few have done so as successfully as former Washington Post reporters John Harris and Jim VandeHai. The two veteran political reporters left the…

Comedy Central Using Web as Series Development Tool

Comedy Central has four projects in development that started on the Web in some form, B&C reports. Programming president Lauren Corrao says by starting shows on the Web the network can see whether potential talent “can write, act or direct….

Comcast Sidesteps NBC Primetime Lineup in Presentation

Comcast touted the acquistion of NBCU with a 36 slide presentation, but the NBC primetime lineup was barely part of the tout — just an image of a poster for "The Office," according to The Hollywood Reporter. No NBC primetime…

GE Keeping Name on 30 Rock, Offices on 53rd Floor

GE executives sold off control of NBC Universal to Comcast but that doesn’t mean they will move out of NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza offices, ABC News reports. GE chairman Jeffrey Immelt and other members of his executive team plan to…

Finalized Comcast Deal for NBCU Still Raises Burning Questions

Where do Brian Roberts and Steve Burke stand on “The Jay Leno Show”? That’s just one of the many “burning questions” still unanswered now that the Comcast deal for NBC Universal is finally done, Variety reports. Among Variety’s lengthy list:…