A month after former Court TV CEO Henry Schleiff was hired for the top slot at the company, Paul FitzPatrick resigned as chief operating officer and executive VP of Crown Media Holdings, which owns and operates Hallmark Channel.“Paul has made…
The CW announced two executive appointments in its programming department Tuesday, both new hires for the company. Former Regency Television executive Joanna Klein has been named VP of drama development. Ms. Klein previously served as VP of development and current…
GM Planworks named Mary Carpenter president of strategy and operating and Mike Rosen president of investment and activation.In her new job, Ms. Carpenter will oversee all planning activity across all General Motors divisions. Mr. Rosen will be responsible for investments…
NBC’s good news/bad news Monday performance continued this week with “Heroes” once again climbing to a new perch at 9 p.m., only to be followed by a disappointing performance for the10 p.m. drama. The twist this week was that instead…
Sophomore syndicated series “The Martha Stewart Show” has been renewed for a third season, the show’s distributor NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution announced Monday.The show has been sold to nine of the ten NBC owned and operated stations that carry…
CBS News romped to an easy lead in the nominations announced Tuesday for the Business and Financial Emmys, to be given out Dec. 7 by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. CBS News nabbed 15 of the 33…
By Jon Lafayette and James HibberdMartha Stewart Living Omnimedia on Tuesday reported that its third-quarter net loss shrank to $25.2 million from $26.1 million a year ago.The loss narrowed as advertising revenues rebounded from the days when founder Martha Stewart’s…
MSNBC.com and MSNBC TV are partnering with HotSoup.com, a new Web site for political and public issue debate.HotSoup’s “Hot Loop” by editor-in-chief Ron Fournier will be posted daily on MSNBC.com. Mr. Fournier, who broke a number of big political stories…
Free of World Series competition, ABC reclaimed Sunday night with its drama-and-reality lineup and held off a surprisingly strong charge from the NFL on NBC. Leading the evening with a 5.6 rating among adults 18 to 49, ABC led with…
Google Video launched a new service Monday to help viral video creators make money via advertising and also lured a pair of high-profile Web video creators to Google Video for an exclusive run. Earlier Monday, Google Video posted the sequel…