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Invidi Zeros In on Addressable Ads
| Advertising | New Technology Goes Beyond Familiar Zoned Targeting, Delivers Specific Audience
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Bravo a Hit on the Web
| Broadband | Net’s Strategy Makes Most of Platform
Scripps to Air Shows on 5 Nets
Offers Cross-Platform Ads
‘Contender’ Slow in Early Rounds
| Network | NBCU-Burnett Series Set Back by CBS, Controversy
Politicos Weigh in on Food Industry
| Marketing | Need for More Rules Debated
Disney Board Names Iger to Succeed Eisner
The Walt Disney Co. on Sunday named Robert Iger as CEO, tapping the media giant’s No. 2 executive to replace longtime chief Michael Eisner, who will step down a year earlier than he previously planned. The company said Mr. Iger,…
Paxson Fires Its Two Investment Banks, No Longer Exploring Strategic Options
Paxson Communications on Friday said that it fired its two financial advisers after they failed to come up with a strategic transaction that the broadcaster deemed satisfactory. The company also said that it was no longer exploring strategic alternatives to…
TV Guide Execs Exit
Two top Gemstar-TV Guide executives are stepping down, the company announced Friday. Ian Aaron, president of the TV Guide Television Group, and Doug Macrae, president of TV Guide’s consumer electronics division, are leaving the company. Mr. Macrae’s exit is described…