The second CNN/YouTube presidential debate last week solidified a notion that we had in July when the first CNN/YouTube presidential debate was aired: This format delivers great television. A large part of the success is the debate’s primary conceit: Why…
So the Hollywood writers are winning the public relations war against the major media companies. As an actual Hollywood writer, upon hearing this vital and timely news of our psy-ops victory, I could not help but ask the question—so what?…
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Conan Covers Staff Salaries Conan O’Brien is offering to pay 80 non-writing staff members of his show “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” for the foreseeable future, Daily Variety says. Mr. O’Brien joins David Letterman in opting to pay staff through…
Esquire magazine is partnering with Mojo, the all-high-definition channel catering to upscale men, to create on-air high-def interstitials offering style and service information. Mojo approached Esquire with the idea as it looks to expand the network’s brand in the most…
Black Friday sales increased 8.3% this year, but holiday shoppers spent 3.5% less per person, according to TVPredictions.com. The National Retail Federation reported that 147 million people went to stores on the day after Thanksgiving, a 4.8% increase from last…
HD programming picks for Nov. 29-Dec. 5: “Family Plot,” “The Closer,” “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” “Family Plot” (HDNet). Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:15 p.m.: Alfred Hitchcock’s final film, about a phony psychic and her cohort hired to find the lost…