ABC News is losing its political director, according to a report by TVNewser.com. Returning to the Cook Political Report as national editor will be Amy Walter. Walter was a Cook previously, working as senior editor from 1997-2007. She is set…
NASA is convinced the world will make it to Dec. 22, 2012, despite rumors based on the Mayan calendar that say the world will end tomorrow, Dec. 21. So the space agency has posted a video on YouTube, designed to…
USA Network has given a renewal to its longest-running series. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the cable channel renewed "Psych," a comedy starring James Roday and Dule Hill, for an eighth season. The renewal was announced via Twitter…
Amazon.com’s original film and series production arm, Amazon Studios, announced its first original slate of comedy pilots today, ordering six pilots from a mix of industry veterans and newcomers, Deadline.com reports. “These are Amazon’s first green lights since the studio…
Mel Karmazin has stepped down from Sirius XM Radio earlier than expected, as the company has appointed James E. Meyer as its interim chief executive officer, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. As previously reported, Karmazin was expected to…
BBC America has ordered a television talk show based on the "Nerdist" podcast from Chris Hardwick, reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. The channel ordered a ten-episode season of the show, for a spring debut. Recent episodes of the podcast…
The winners of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for 2013 were announced today by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Among the winners are CBS News, NPR, Current TV and PBS. Additionally, stations KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, WXYZ-TV in…
Sony Pictures Television announced the appointment of a new senior vice president of marketing, networks. The company named Nathalie Lubensky to the position. Sheraton Kalouria, executive vice president & chief marketing officer for SPT, made the announcement. Additionally, Tom Keeter…
Social media service Twitter and ratings provider Nielsen Holdings are creating a partnership to measure the online chatter generated by television shows, reports Bloomberg. Called the Nielsen Twitter TV Rating, the service will be available in the second half of…
Just hours after a report surfaced that Suri Cruise was receiving lavish Christmas presents from her mom, Katie Holmes — with The Huffington Post reporting a $24,000 playhouse as the centerpiece of a $49,000 bounty — Suri’s dad, Tom Cruise,…