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Disney Reveals Eisner, Iger Compensation; Roy Disney Urges Eisner’s Ouster Walt Disney Co. Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner took home 20 percent more in fiscal year 2003 than he did the previous year, with his stock-based bonus going up by…

Robert Greenblatt

In the seven months since he became entertainment president of Showtime, Robert Greenblatt has given a few hints about where he’s taking the network.

Rosenblum to Oversee ‘Delivery’

Universal has tapped Amy Rosenblum as executive producer of upcoming daytime reality series “Home Delivery,” which will debut this fall.

Correction

The photo that appeared with “My Friend, the Larger-Than-Life Roger King” by Post-Newsweek Stations President Alan Frank (TelevisionWeek, Jan. 19) was not of Mr. Frank. Mr. Frank’s photo appears at right.

SWEEPS DOOMED BY PEOPLE METERS

Local sweeps soon will cease to exist for television stations.

Pamela Thomas-Graham: Where Are They Now?

Pamela Thomas-Graham raised CNBC’s prime-time profile last year with the premiere of “Topic A With Tina Brown” and the development of upcoming talk shows for Dennis Miller and John McEnroe. She also oversaw the creation of two original documentaries dealing…

Roving Eye

1. Kiefer Sutherland, left, of “24” and News Corp.’s Lachlan Murdoch attend Fox’s NATPE party Jan. 18 in Las Vegas.

Biggest Oscar Blitz Ever

After posting the lowest ratings for an Oscar telecast in history a year ago, the ABC Television Network and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are borrowing a few pages from the Super Bowl game marketing plan to…

Success Story: Comcast SportsNet Provides the Local Angle

Local cable sports advertising became more convenient in the Washington-Baltimore area with the Dec. 18 announcement that Comcast Advertising Sales has incorporated the ad sales group for Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic.

The Insider

CNN/U.S. Executive VP and General Manager Princell Hair needs to get in the newsroom more often at CNN headquarters in Atlanta if he prefers not to be shooed out of a seat by a CNN veteran who has not previously…