12 to Watch: Rino Scanzoni
There could be big changes in the upfront ad market this spring, and if there are, Rino Scanzoni is likely to be right in the middle of them. Last year Mr. Scanzoni became chief investment officer for GroupM, which owns…
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Rush on to Name Digital Executives
A&E’s Jelinek Latest in Series of Media Firm Appointments
12 to Watch: Ted Chervin
Ted Chervin knows a thing or two about how to thrive after a change of scenery. Once a former U.S. attorney in New York, where he took on the Colombian drug cartels, he later turned agent for the Broder Webb…
Smithsonian Sets Lineup
To Launch With 40 Hours of VOD in April
12 to Watch: Nancy Tellem
CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group President Tellem has a luxury problem: Her network is currently No. 1 in viewers and No. 1 in adults 18 to 49, and has a schedule so packed with ratings-generating shows there’s only one…
Can’t Wait Wait For `Late Late’
CBS’s “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” will broadcast live from Miami Beach late late on Super Bowl Sunday. In the mix will be players and other celebrities, as well as music. It’s the first live adventure on the…
CBS Signs Vampires, Zombies
‘Twilight,’ ‘Babylon’ Signal New Approach
Digital Dealmakers: Sibley Verbeck
The player: Sibley Verbeck, CEO of Electric Sheep Co. The play: Electric Sheep Co. creates content for online virtual worlds. Electric Sheep inked a deal with Showtime last week to craft the virtual world for its “The L Word” show…
News Briefs: Trump-vs.-Rosie Feud Fuels Syndie Ratings
Ratings for several syndicated shows during the week ending Jan. 14 got the benefit of a Trump bump. The escalating feud between Donald Trump and the hosts of “The View” created a halo effect on a number of syndicated shows,…
12 to Watch: Hilary Estey McLoughlin
Telepictures Productions President Hilary Estey McLoughlin in August was tapped to run the business she joined 20 years before and helped build into a top producer of syndicated programming. Now she’s looking to change the way the syndication business is…