Ken Ferree, chief operating officer of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, resigned Wednesday to join the Washington office of the law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, a CPB spokesman said. Mr. Ferree, a former chief of the Federal Communications…
Tribune reported Thursday that its third-quarter profit tumbled 82 percent, hurt by an unfavorable tax ruling related to its purchase of Time Mirror five years ago.The Chicago-based owner of newspapers and television stations reported a profit of $21.9 million, down…
Fox announced Wednesday it is no longer interested in airing the fourth installment of the comedy reality series “The Simple Life,” but NBC and The WB are said to be vying for the project, sources said.The latest installment of “Life,”…
NBC won Tuesday in the adults 18 to 49 demo with help from the top-rated show of the night, the 10 p.m. procedural “Law & Order: SVU.” “SVU” scored a 5.6 in the demo, according to Nielsen Media Research. That…
In a move designed to bolster the company’s strategy to embrace digital technology, The Walt Disney Co. announced Wednesday that it is teaming up with Apple Computer to offer episodes of popular ABC and Disney Channel television shows such as…
Besides picking up the comedy “How I Met your Mother” for a full season, CBS has ordered full production orders of the dramas “Ghost Whisperer” and “Criminal Minds.”The Monday night young-adult comedy “Mother” is produced by Twentieth Century Fox Television….
Twentieth Television’s new courtroom show “Judge Alex” was the top new syndicated strip in households for the week ended Oct. 2, but in key women demos only Warner Bros.’ talk strip “The Tyra Banks Show” saw growth.“Alex” scored a 2.2…
Twentieth Television has cleared its syndicated strip “Geraldo at Large” in 10 additional markets throughout the U.S. for its Oct. 31 launch.“Geraldo at Large” has been cleared in 55 percent of the country. Among the stations joining the Fox owned-and-operated…
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington late Tuesday ordered the Federal Communications Commission to file a response by Oct. 25 to The Walt Disney Co.’s same-day request that the court force action on long-pending industry petitions urging the FCC…
Media General, a Richmond, Va.-based owner of newspapers and 26 television stations, announced Tuesday that its third-quarter profit tumbled 38 percent to $9.8 million, hurt by weakness in the company’s publishing and broadcasting divisions.Revenue rose 1.5 percent to $220.8 million.Operating…