Of all the executives to watch this year, Patric M. Verrone could have the greatest impact on the industry. The mild-mannered president of WGA west, a former writer for “Futurama” and “The Simpsons,” is leading what industry critics have called…
A successful business usually experiences a watershed moment. For Revver, that moment came three months before it emerged from its testing phase last summer, when the company was propelled forward thanks to 200 liters of Diet Coke and 500 Mentos….
Alex Romanelli has been named TelevisionWeek’s Internet director. Mr. Romanelli comes to TVWeek from Variety, where he worked since 2004 as editor of Variety.com. His accomplishments there include quadrupling the site’s Web traffic. Along the way, Mr. Romanelli’s work won…
Peter Chernin believes the media revolution will be digitized. He’s bent on making sure that each of the far-flung and varied outposts of the media empire he supervises as president and chief operating officer of News Corp. can imagine, dominate…
The business of local television has become a tough one in the past few years. But the CBS stations group found a way to remain relevant in the digital age. CBS did that by stuffing the Web sites of its…
WSBT-TV in Right Place to Snare Bears, Colts Fans
It’s not retirement that’s in the eye of U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. At 80, having been a congressman since 1955, Mr. Dingell is looking to the battles ahead as the Democratic takeover of the House returns him to the…
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