In a move that had been widely anticipated for more than a year, The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday struck an agreement to sell its retail chain, inking a deal with Children’s Place Retail Stores for an undisclosed sum.While Children’s…
Move over, Gallup and Zogby: Nickelodeon’s “Kids’ Vote” has weighed in on the presidential election. An online poll of 400,000 Nick viewers found 57 percent “voting” for Sen. John Kerry and 43 percent for George W. Bush. The Nick poll…
President Bush has declined BET’s invitation to sit for a solo interview in a prime-time edition of “BET Nightly News,” the network said late Tuesday in an announcement that made clear the network is stung by the White House’s message…
On the heels of “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart’s public spats with Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly and “Crossfire” commentator Tucker Carlson, the right-wing political gossip Web site Drudge Report on Monday declared that the “Daily Show” ratings were…
The WB announced Tuesday its Sunday family drama “Jack & Bobby” will switch time slots with its ski soap “The Mountain.” Starting Wednesday, Oct. 27, “Jack & Bobby” will air at 9 p.m. (ET), while “The Mountain” will move to…
Veteran television director/producer Gilbert Cates will receive the American Society of Cinematographers Board of Governors Award Feb. 20, 2005. Mr. Cates has produced 11 Academy Award broadcasts and telepics such as “To All My Friends on Shore,” “Absolute Strangers” and…
Sinclair Broadcast Group took on its critics Tuesday as it announced the title, content and broadcast schedule for its controversial one-hour news program that has spurred protests and calls for boycotts of Sinclair stations and advertisers.“A POW Story: Politics, Pressure…
News Corp. said Tuesday that President George Bush and Sen. John Kerry have accepted the company’s offer of free airtime on Fox Broadcasting. Mr. Kerry’s spots began airing Saturday. President Bush’s spots will begin airing Wednesday night.The free airtime consists…
Sci Fi Channel is developing a miniseries based on the classic “Wizard of Oz” story. Projected as one of the network’s “events,” the four-hour “Tin Man” will be executive produced by Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle.
Cox Communications’ controlling shareholder on Tuesday sweetened its all-cash offer to buy the cable company and take it private, boosting the final price to $8.4 billion from an earlier offer of $7.9 billion.The controlling shareholder, Cox Enterprises, raised its offer…