1 NEAL SHAPIRO NBC News president, reports to NBC Chairman Bob WrightHis division makes enough money-an estimated $600 million in ad revenues and $240 million in pretax profits this year-to give him a lot to spend wisely. Today, Nightly News,…
Aboard RFA Sir Galahad, first humanitarian aid ship to dock in Iraq.The 50-mile-long waterway leading from the Persian Gulf to Iraq’s only deep-water port at Um Qasr will never be on any cruise itinerary. It winds through low, desolate desert…
Phil Scheffler, who has been Don Hewitt’s right-hand man for 23 of the 52 years he has worked at CBS News, is making good on his expectation that he would retire before Mr. Hewitt. Mr. Hewitt will turn over 60…
NBC Won’t Redeem Paxson Shares NBC has elected not to exercise its right to redeem all or part of its Paxson Communications Corp. Series B convertible exchangeable preferred stock, Paxson announced today. NBC owns about 32 percent of Paxson, which…
Peter Arnett made a mistake by appearing on Iraqi television, but he should not have been fired. His mistake was making a crucial decision while working under the most stressful conditions imaginable. Arnett was filing 10 to 20 stories a…
For the second time in its history, ABC News’ Nightline has won two George Foster Peabody Awards in the same year, one for a program that focused on the recovery of burn victims of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon…
Fierce World War II battles in the Pacific, told from the point of view of a decorated Marine sergeant who went on to become an acclaimed biographer, and an inside-the-Oval-Office look at Washington’s response to the 9/11 terror attacks are…
Sinclair Broadcast Group said Thursday that it is revising its estimates for its first-quarter net broadcast revenues due to the impact of the war in Iraq on advertising spending. Sinclair did not update or reconfirm its full-year revenue estimates, saying…
As the Radio-Television Association convenes this week at the National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas, the men and women who run local news operations find themselves confronted by unprecedented challenges, ranging from the expensive conversion to high-definition broadcasting…
As station executives gather for this week’s National Association of Broadcasters 2003 technology showcase in Las Vegas, engineers, general managers and news directors are window shopping, looking for the tools they’ll need to further or finish their stations’ digital transition.Stations…