Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., former House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman, has been named president and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association of America, effective Jan. 3. Rep. Tauzin, who is retiring from Congress, achieved industry notoriety earlier…
Time Warner said Wednesday it will pay the U.S. Department of Justice $210 million to settle fraud charges related to an accounting scandal at its America Online unit. The company has proposed paying the Securities and Exchange Commission another $300…
Telepictures’ “The Tyra Banks Show” has been cleared on Portland, Ore.’s, KGW-TV. The Belo-owned NBC affiliate will begin airing ‘Tyra’ in the 24th-largest media market starting in fall 2005, according to the syndicator and the station.“Tyra,” a one-hour talk strip…
Sen. Zell Miller, the longtime Georgia Democrat whose speech at the Republican convention was one of the hottest topics last summer, has become a Fox News Channel contributor, scheduled to start in January.
Home & Garden Television President Burton Jablin will take on added responsibilities as executive VP for Scripps Networks effective Jan. 3. In his new role he will be the leading content architect for the Scripps national television brands and emerging…
The cable TV industry should fight efforts by Regional Bell Operating Companies to get into the television business by side-stepping the local franchising obligations that apply to cable. Robert Sachs, president and CEO of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association,…
ESPN’s fourth original made-for-television movie, “3,” drew the network’s highest- movie rating ever in its Dec. 11 premiere. The film, about the life of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, drew a 5 rating, representing 4 million households, and stands as the…
With help from “CSI” and the buildup to the finale of the latest “Survivor” finale, CBS was the top-rated network among the adults 18 to 49 demographic for the fifth consecutive week and the top network among viewers for the…
In Brian Williams’ first complete week as the titular anchor, “NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams” did ratings business as usual, winning key categories on all five weeknights and finishing with a lead of more than 1 million average viewers…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has privately recommended that his fellow commissioners reject complaints alleging that “Saving Private Ryan” ran afoul of the agency’s indecency prohibitions, agency sources said Tuesday. Concerned that the frequent use of the F-word and…