NBC Universal said Monday it has inked a new five-year contract with Universal Studios President and Chief Operating Officer Ron Meyer.Mr. Meyer will continue to manage NBCU’s motion picture, parks and resorts and studio operations through 2010. He joined NBCU…
Spike TV has acquired the off-network cable rights to FX’s police drama “The Shield,” the network announced Monday. Spike purchased the rights to the series, which recently completed its fourth season, from Sony Pictures Television. Spike will air the show…
It was one of those defining moments that nearly everyone has in his or her professional life, when commitment to career choice is tested. And like a lot of things in Ari Greenburg’s life, that moment came early.Mr. Greenburg was…
Nets Show Off Talent, Unveil Programs
Jon Stewart may be the public face of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” whose capacity for earning awards and exerting cultural influence seem increasingly boundless, but Ben Karlin is the show’s best-kept secret. Mr. Karlin is the show’s former head…
A new cable network about Africa has secured a corporate carriage agreement with Cox Communications.The network, The Africa Channel, is backed by former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young and National Basketball Association players Dikembe Mutombo and Theo Ratliff. It will be…
In a business known for encouraging oversized egos, ABC News correspondent Dan Harris has become known as much for his self-deprecating humor as for his evolution into one of ABC News’ most enterprising reporters and graceful writers. “Dan Harris will…
Unable to agree on how to proceed with the controversy over media ownership deregulation, the Federal Communications Commission last Thursday put an indefinite hold on discussing the relaxation of rules. The FCC commissioners had been scheduled to formally unveil a…
Fast tracks don’t come much faster than the track enjoyed by Eric Schrier, VP of current series and alternative programming at FX. Mr. Schrier went from agency temp to executive assistant to network programming executive in three years. It’s a…
Three months after becoming executive producer of NBC’s “Today,” Jim Bell finds the learning curve less steep and the wakeup routine less daunting. The bank of stories and commitments that were in the pipeline when he replaced Tom Touchet has…