Technology executives fantasize about it behind closed doors; some Republican officials think it might be best for the party; and some agency observers wonder whether it will happen soon. But no one dares talk about it in public. Until now….
Building on the hoopla from last year’s record-breaking performance, the TNT network is on a fast break to the NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles, which is proving to be one of cable’s biggest draws among both viewers and advertisers.Last…
Wall Street responded with muted disappointment at the surprise announcement late last week that ABC parent Walt Disney Co. and animation company Pixar Animation Studios, the team behind the hit films “Toy Story” and “Finding Nemo,” will go their separate…
They may not have the allure of cable news or niche video magazines, but Tom Rogers is betting American Media’s Star, National Enquirer and other lively grocery checkout publications have just the right cachet for targeted cable and local broadcast…
Time Warner’s two corporate lieutenants strategically and intellectually complement and challenge each other.Don Logan, 59, chairman of Time Warner’s media and communications group, is a career publisher and a longtime chairman of Time Inc. who studied abstract mathematics in college…
There’s more to this year’s NBA All-Star Game than the coverage on TNT. NBA TV, the league’s digital cable channel, is planning extensive coverage of events surrounding the All-Star Game. While TNT shows the events, NBA TV will take viewers…
Five owners of television stations announced mixed results in their latest round of quarterly earnings reports, with each company claiming varying degrees of success in overcoming the absence of political advertising spending.Last week’s slew of financial results gave a first…
Mary-Ellis Bunim Dead at 57 Mary-Ellis Bunim, considered the matriarch of reality television, has died. She and partner Jonathan Murray were the heads of Bunin-Murray Productions. Among the credits Ms. Bunin has created over the years are “The Real World,”…
SÌ TV Hires Leon as VP of Production SÌ TV, a Latino-themed English-language network set to launch Feb. 25, has hired producer Edward Leon as VP of production, the network announced Wednesday. Mr. Leon’s producing credits include “The Other Half”…
Viacom Stations Group Acquires ‘Elder Show’ Telepictures’ hour-long syndicated talk show “The Larry Elder Show” has been acquired by the Viacom Television Stations Group for a fall 2004 launch. The multi-topic series will be hosted by author and radio and…