Nielsen Media Research has named Monica Gil VP of communications and community affairs. Ms. Gil, a former Telemundo executive and a former political adviser to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, will be based in California and will work with the…
Gemstar-TV Guide International said Thursday that it swung to a second-quarter loss, hurt by continued weakness at its flagship TV Guide magazine.The Los Angeles-based company, which is controlled by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., posted a loss of $5.1 million, compared…
Upcoming NBC Universal talk show host and prime-time reality series star Martha Stewart will be under home confinement for an additional three weeks beyond her original five-month sentence.No reason was given for the extension, but it had been reported that…
About 80 editors working on Mark Burnett reality shows have joined the Motion Picture Editors Guild, the union announced Wednesday. The newly unionized employees include editors and their assistants working on “The Apprentice,” “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart” and “Rock Star:…
Singer Tim McGraw will provide background music for a new highlights package that will appear at halftime of “Monday Night Football” games on ABC this season. The highlights represent a return to the earliest days of “MNF,” when Howard Cosell…
CBS News has chosen the first two participants in the program it created to connect mentors with journalists of color who have a few years in TV journalism and want to become network correspondents or producers. James Black, who started…
The National Association of Broadcasters announced late Wednesday that ABC has rejoined the association. Under the deal, Preston Padden, executive VP of worldwide government relations for ABC parent The Walt Disney Co., will immediately assume a seat on the NAB…
Liberty Media CEO Robert Bennett announced Wednesday that he will retire as chief executive of the media company April 1, 2006. Liberty Chairman John Malone will assume the CEO title until a successor is named.Mr. Bennett’s retirement follows nine years…
CBS is going from three episodes per week of its summer musical competition reality series “Rock Star: INXS” to two episodes, with the Monday edition moving to VH1 on Sundays. “Rock Star” has been a modest success for CBS among…
ABC News was “reaching out” Wednesday to the Russian Foreign Ministry to clarify whether its journalists are indeed banned by the government from working in Russia in response to “Nightline’s” broadcast last week of an interview with Chechen rebel leader…