The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, news, radio, promotional writing and graphic animation during the 2011 season. The winners will be honored at…
By Simon DumencoAdvertising Age Remember What the Trend? Back in May 2009, Ad Age was the first to report on the genesis of the site, which serves as a sort of crowd-sourced trend definition service for the Twittersphere. It launched…
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By Dan HirschhornAdvertising Age ABC quickly shot down rumors Tuesday that "Pan Am" is slated for cancellation after one of the series’ stars implied just that on Twitter. "Well, we received THE call, #PanAm is only coming back for one…
By Dan HirschhornAdvertising Age With the basketball lockout dragging into Thanksgiving and even a partial season increasingly in doubt, networks that don’t carry the NBA are trying to poach advertisers from networks that normally do. Their sales pitches are focusing…
By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age ABC is seeking between $1.6 million and $1.7 million for a 30-second spot on its 2012 Oscars telecast, according to a person familiar with the tone of negotiations. The figures show demand for the broadcast staying…
By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age Sumner Redstone must be wondering what he’s hearing. At one of his media companies, Viacom, executives are openly fretting about "scatter," the ad time sold closer to air date that typically serves as a barometer for…
Advertising Age Viacom, owner of MTV and Paramount Pictures, topped analysts’ profit and revenue estimates for the fourth quarter, but said it is working with Nielsen to investigate an abrupt and "inexplicable" drop in Nickelodeon’s ratings in mid-September, Bloomberg News…