We are a forgiving people. If we weren’t, Joan Rivers would not have a career right now. Neither would Robert Downey Jr. And Bill Clinton would likely have been exiled to, say, Patagonia or Tegucigalpa (Tegucigalpa, you must first get…
Stephanie Stricklen wasn’t sure what she was getting herself into 18 months ago when she accepted the job of medical reporter at KGW-TV, the NBC affiliate in Portland, Ore. A general assignment reporter, Ms. Stricklen said she was “pretty tentative”…
Liberty Media Corp. Chairman John Malone used his appearance during an annual conference for investors last week to wade into the escalating debate over a la carte pricing of cable programming. Mr. Malone saved his most pointed remarks for sports…
Send the youngsters from the room. This item is for mature audiences only. NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker appeared au naturel in a video that debuted at the NBC upfront. Then he turned unexpectedly press-shy when The Insider asked whether…
John Malone is contemplating ways to morph his Liberty Media Corp. into a conglomerate on par with News Corp. or Viacom that would be anchored by its existing operating assets and targeted acquisitions such as QVC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment.The…
AOL Time Warner Approves Board Members A potential showdown between some big AOL Time Warner shareholders and the media giant’s management was largely averted Friday as the slate of 13 nominated board members won approval at the company’s annual shareholders…
Hispanic TV Ads Post First-Quarter Increase Hispanic television advertising grew by more than 15 percent in the first quarter of the year, compared with the same period last year, leading all TV advertising sectors, according to preliminary figures released today…
Narrowed First-Quarter Loss for Paxson Paxson Communications on Wednesday reported a narrowed first-quarter loss of $23.3 million, or 35 cents a share, from year-earlier red ink of $199.5 million, as the company that owns and operates TV stations and the…
J. Lo deal with Telemundo Jennifer Lopez and her production company, Nuyorican, have signed a long-term production agreement with Telemundo, NBC’s Hispanic-language network. Ms. Lopez herself unveiled the deal during a surprise appearance with Barry Medina, her manager and partner…
Style network is laying plans to shift its fashion focus from the runway to real life, as distribution of the E! Networks-owned cable channel gets ready to approach the 40 million subscriber mark in 2004.To that end, the cable network…