By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age CBS has sold out its ad inventory for its coming broadcast of Super Bowl XLVII, according to Leslie Moonves, chief executive of the network’s corporate parent, CBS Corp. Speaking before a crowd at a press event…
Oprah Winfrey: You had asked me before to do [your show] in Chicago. And I did [your show] in Chicago. It’s on record. And it was a terrible experience for me. It was a terrible experience. [A] guy in the audience started…
Press release, Jan. 2, 2013: The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the motion picture and long-form television nominations for the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards. The categories include: The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical…
By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age If 2012 taught us anything about TV, it was that anyone who still thinks this technology should be centered around a family watching in the living room at a preordained moment is stuck in a time…
Press release, Dec. 19, 2012: Fourteen winners of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards were announced today by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Five of this year’s recipients featured international reporting including stories from CBS News, Current TV, FRONTLINE…
By Jack NeffAdvertising Age Nielsen announced plans to buy Arbitron for $1.26 billion Tuesday morning, extending the company’s monopoly reach on TV ratings in the U.S. to radio as well. Nielsen, already by far the largest research company in the…
Our cover story, “12 to Watch in TV News,” looks at some journalists and other media professionals who are making a difference, and some of the people who hire them; many are old hands in TV news, including Jeff Zucker,…
By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age It’s never too early to talk about the Super Bowl or Super Bowl commercials. As CBS works to sell the last handful of spots for its 2013 broadcast of Super Bowl XLVII from New Orleans, Ad…
Here’s the list of nominees and winners of the Golden Globes. The awards were presented Jan. 13, 2013. TELEVISION Drama Boardwalk Empire Breaking Bad Downton Abbey WINNER: Homeland Newsroom Comedy or musical The Big Bang Theory Episodes WINNER: Girls Modern Family Smash…
By Jason Del ReyAdvertising Age It was supposed to have it all: a wardrobe from the stylist of the "Mo Money Mo Problems" music video, a Jonah Hill voiceover, and prime ad spots tonight during the telecasts of Monday Night…