Miles Gilburne has decided not to stand for re-election to Time Warner’s board of directors, the company announced Tuesday. Mr. Gilburne, a managing member of venture capital and investment firm ZG Ventures, will continue to serve on the board until…
NBC Universal Television Studio programming executive Laura Lancaster has been promoted to senior VP of drama and cable programming. Studio President Angela Bromstad, to whom Ms. Lancaster reports, made the announcement Tuesday.Ms. Lancaster fills the vacancy left by Katherine Pope,…
Don Perry has been promoted to president and CEO of Clear Channel Television, succeeding Bill Moll, who will continue to serve as chairman of the division. Mr. Perry was named executive VP and chief operating officer of the division in…
CBS Corp. has officially rebranded Paramount Television, creating CBS Paramount Television to oversee television production, distribution and syndication for the company. Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corp., made the announcement Tuesday.The CBS Paramount Television division is made up…
While other networks are jumping ahead in terms of making deals with new digital platforms for their programming, Fox is moving slowly, the network’s President of Entertainment Peter Liguori said at the Television Critics Association press tour Tuesday.“It’s been our…
In what the network calls a “prime-time programming experiment,” CBS will launch an advertising-sponsored week-long “microseries” titled “The Courier” on Tuesday, Jan. 24, during the first-act break of the procedural drama “CSI: Miami,” which begins at 9 p.m. (ET).The serialized…
News Corp. announced Tuesday that it has promoted three executives to senior VPs in its Corporate Finance Group. Robert Gannon is now senior VP and corporate controller of News Corp.; Paula Wardynski has been named senior VP of finance for…
CNN’s Headline News will add syndicated radio personality Glenn Beck to its prime-time lineup in April, the network announced Tuesday. In addition to the talk for which Mr. Beck is known, the show is expected to include guests and “produced…
A handful of senior media experts have been named to a management advisory group of consult with Paxson Communications CEO Brandon Burgess on development and execution of the company’s initiatives and strategic plan now that Paxson has completed its debt…
Nielsen Media Research has jumped into the world of buzz measurement with a new service called Nielsen BuzzMetrics, announced Tuesday. The company will monitor, measure and analyze comments about TV programs and other products on blogs and in Internet chat…