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Network of Online Video Sites Aims to Draw Young Viewers
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Stephanopoulos, McCain to Talk on Twitter
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos has landed an interview with Sen. John McCain on the popular social networking site Twitter, TVNewsday reports. In the “Twitterview,” scheduled for noon EDT Tuesday, Stephanopoulos and McCain will exchange 140-character questions and answers for 15 minutes,…
Time Warner Names New AOL CEO
Time Warner hired Google executive Tim Armstrong to run its troubled AOL unit, replacing former NBC executive Randy Falco, TelevisionWeek says. The Wall Street Journal says the move could indicate Time Warner plans to spin off all or part of…
Karmazin: Bankruptcy Talk Hurt Sirius
The bankruptcy talk surrounding Sirius XM Satellite Radio pounded the company’s fourth-quarter subscriber numbers, CEO Mel Karmazin told analysts, the Wall Street Journal reports. Sirius avoided bankruptcy when Liberty Media took a 40% stake and lent it $500 million, the…
Google’s Armstrong Named Chairman-CEO at AOL, Replacing Falco
Time Warner is shaking up its AOL subsidiary and longtime NBC executive Randy Falco, its current chairman-CEO, is departing. Time Warner Chairman-CEO Jeff Bewkes today announced that Google Senior VP Tim Armstrong will become the new chairman-CEO of AOL. “Tim…
Streaming Content May Come to Nintendo’s Wii
Nintendo’s Wii video game console could be gearing up to start streaming TV and movies, Daily Variety reports. In an interview with the trade publication, Lionsgate president of digital media Curt Marvis speculated that the Wii may begin streaming content…
YouTube Tops Sites in Total Streams
YouTube had the most total streams and unique viewers for February among top U.S. online brands, according to Nielsen Online. The Web site garnered 5.2 billion total streams and 88 million unique visitors. Hulu came in second for total streams…
Hulu Adds Social Networking
Web video venture Hulu is adding social networking functions to its site in order to make it more attractive to advertisers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move also would make Hulu, owned by NBC Universal and News Corp., more…
Stewart’s CNBC Clip Draws 1.3 Mil Views
Jon Stewart’s eight-minute take-down of CNBC, which combined clips of the cable-network’s hosts being cozy with financial bigwigs as the stock market went into a steep decline, has garnered 1.3 million online views during the last week, Daily Variety reports,…
‘LonelyGirl’ Snags TheWB.com Role
Jessica Rose of “LonelyGirl15” will appear in an 18-Webisode series called “Blood Cell” on TheWB.com, the Hollywood Reporter says. The horror series focuses on a young woman who sets off to stop a madman after a friend in danger calls…