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CNN Changes Prime-Time Line-up Popular CNN anchor Paula Zahn will now only host one hour of prime time news instead of two. Starting tonight, Zahn will anchor the 8 p.m. EST hour, while Anderson Cooper will helm the 7 p.m….
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Getting the Word Out
Curious passersby stopped briefly to investigate the crowd of paparazzi and assorted media types gathered outside downtown Manhattan’s new night spot Plaid last Wednesday night. Hoping they had happened on the premiere party for the new season of “Sex and…
Hispanic News Comes of Age
NBC-owned Telemundo is using the muscle of its parent company to bolster its network news operation’s image against front-running Univision.Since NBC’s acquisition of Telemundo last year Joe Peyronnin, executive VP, news and information programming, has worked with NBC News in…
Maxim gets minimum affil clearances
Maxim magazine’s “Hot 100” special June 21 delivered lots of scantily clad girls and sexy images, but not everybody got to see it. In the end only 182 of the 227 NBC affiliates carried the show, which reached only 80…
Higgins to Cartoon Network
Veteran animation and children’s programming executive Bob Higgins, who put Sherman, Peabody and the WayBack Machine into live-action feature-film development, has been named senior VP, programming and development, for Cartoon Network’s kids businesses.He will relocate to Atlanta from New York,…
Hispanic News Enters New Era
Both Telemundo and Univision are putting increased emphasis on news, as a sign of maturity and because it’s good business. Also in our monthly section on the news business, a look at the new wave of financial reporting and the…
Quick takes
“Inroads have been made with regard to Hispanics presenting news on-air, but there is still scarcity of news about their day-to-day contributions to politics and culture. Like the coverage accorded African Americans in Black History Month, the greatest diversity of…
Guild Merger War Gets Ugly
With 133,174 ballots in the hands of guild members, the battle for votes in the proposed merger of Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television & Radio Association has turned ugly as pro- and anti-consolidation forces continue to fight,…
News Briefs
According to at least one person familiar with Al Gore’s plans for a new cable news network, the former U.S. vice president’s vision is philosophical, not partisan. “It is not a Democratic network. It is not an Al Gore vehicle….
Sassa Seeks His Next Big Thing
Just over a year after he stepped down as NBC’s West Coast president, Scott Sassa is ending his formal relationship with the network and will exit his Burbank offices in late July. Mr. Sassa, who joined NBC in 1997 as…