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The Insider: PREZ A STAND-UP GUEST

President Bush and his White House “photo album” got bigger laughs than did comedian A.J. Jamal, who headlined last week’s Radio & Television Correspondents Association dinner. But Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth set more heads aswivel than any of the political, journalistic or…

RICHARD BRESSLER

Title: Senior executive VP and chief financial officer, ViacomEducation: Adelphi College, 1979, summa cum laude.Work experience: Joined accounting firm Ernst & Young in 1979 and later became one of the firm’s youngest partners; joined Time Inc. in 1988 as assistant…

VALENTI’S LOST CRUSADE

Jack Valenti’s announcement last week that he will resign as chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America after four decades as Hollywood’s high-profile voice in Washington brought a flurry of well-deserved accolades for his work on behalf of the…

Two for the Price of One

Best known for his work in feature films such as “Ghost” and “The Last Samurai,” Tony Goldwyn gives TV viewers a double dose of his talents this month. April 1 he guest stars on CBS’s “Without a Trace,” playing twins…

Rise in Spot Anticipated

With the first quarter of 2004 coming to a close, cable operators covering the nation’s largest metropolitan area have said they’re on pace for local ad sales to rise by double-digit percentages by year-end. Ad revenues for New York and…

NBC Prescribes Health Series

At a time when other distributors have stopped offering shows for first-run weekly syndication, NBC Enterprises is pumping up its lineup with the planned fall launch of “Your Total Health.”NBC Enterprises is in talks with the NBC-owned stations and others…

STATIONS WIN BIG AT FAIR

Having a meet-and-greet between your news team and the public can have a lasting effect when you’re a TV station in Delmarva, a 10-county designated market area reaching just under 500,000 people in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. At least that…

WB Abandons Testing of Pilots

The WB is eschewing the longtime broadcast network tradition of testing pilots this year.Usually after pilots are delivered to the networks, the nets hire research firms to show the new pilots to audiences and record their feedback. Network executives use…

How the Donald Trumped TV

He applied to the small screen the tactics that made him a billionaire. Michele Greppi reports. Page 35.

Trump Model Transfers to TV

President Bush hadn’t even left the head table in the packed ballroom of the Washington Hilton last Wednesday night when Donald Trump split from the News Corp. table at which he was a very special guest. Mr. Trump was bound…