Al-Jazeera, the controversial Arab-language satellite TV network, is hardly the first to have a landlord-tenant problem. But it has scored dubious bragging rights in Washington as one of the few denied a lease due to concerns it is a security…
Just what did inspire bachelor Rob Campos to offer a heartfelt apology for his drunken, loutish behavior on last week’s installment of “For Love or Money”? Was it conscience, the negative publicity about his Marine service, which broke the morning…
General Electric will be able to go for some real gold (and silver) after being bundled into the NBC bid that won the U.S. media rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games.While NBC paid $2.01 billion for all media…
The launch of “Living It Up! With Ali & Jack” is still more than three months away, but there’s already a flurry of activity at the show’s production offices on the far west side of Manhattan. Just one day after…
Advertiser spending will continue to shift to broadcast from other media, next-generation technologies will create new businesses to offset aging platforms and broadband Internet access will stimulate consumer spending.Those are some of the leading trends that will shape the growth…
Can you imagine trying to use the Internet without a search engine? It would be more frustrating than trying to write closed-captioning for Ozzie Osborne. With billions of Web pages, search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and Overture have become…
Don Mischer will return to executive produce the Primetime Emmy Awards this year, Television Academy Chairman Bryce Zabel and Fox Entertainment President Gail Berman announced. Mr. Mischer has produced seven previous Emmys telecasts and has won 13 Emmys of his…
David Brinkley died a few weeks before his 83rd birthday, after a long and fruitful life and a very distinguished career. But it was sad. It was sad for David, who always resented growing old. It was sad, in another…
Bruce Nash remembers the time years ago when he couldn’t get anyone to listen to his ideas for scripted comedies and dramas because he had been labeled a “reality producer” after creating hundreds of hours of successful reality clip shows…
The head of one of Madison Avenue’s most influential agencies is “not that sure how important local cable advertising is to all the [cable] operators.” Cable multiple system operators have not yet made it easy enough for advertisers to move…