You can’t ask for better publicity than this: The Feb. 14 issue of Entertainment Weekly featured a story on “song-poems,” the bizarre underground industry in which ordinary people pay to have their doggerel set to music. The story was timed…
Jane Pauley said it wasn’t the “Michael Jacksonizing” of network news that drove her decision to leave NBC News, where she has been a fixture for 27 years. She just wants to try something different.“Certainly, the overall state of network…
Rupert Murdoch recently visited the offices of the Federal Communications Commission to lobby for a relaxation of broadcast ownership rules. I’m surprised that staff members didn’t bow down and sing “Hail to the Conquering Hero.”The News Corp. chief, a longtime…
One of the nation’s few triopolies has recently restructured in an effort to maximize sales.South Florida’s Viacom stations group, which owns Miami’s CBS station WFOR-TV and two UPN owned stations WBFS-TV, Miami, and WTVX-TV, West Palm Beach, is hoping cross-promotional…
Who Is NewsText: BroadcastingJennifer O’Connell to VP, movies and miniseries, NBC, from director, movie and miniseries. Also, Jamila Hunter to VP, alternative programs, from director, alternative programs.Richard Lobel to executive VP, Infinity Promotions Group, from president, Clear Channel Entertainment division,…
A family connection to Touchstone Television has paid off for Disney-owned sibling network ABC. Now sibling syndicator Buena Vista Television stands to enjoy the benefits as well.Buena Vista has a pipeline full of off-network Touchstone programming, including the ABC family…
Moonves projects CBS will lead sweeps CBS will win the February sweeps race in total households and viewers, the latter by a 1.5 million viewer margin, CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves said during a conference call Monday morning. He…
Auto marketers Porsche and Acura are poised to become the latest advertisers to mount long-form ad programs on TiVo’s personal TV service. The deals, whereby each marketer will run a TiVo showcase over separate two-week periods, represent an accelerated drive…
Peter Arnett will be providing war coverage once more, this time as a free-lancer for MSNBC as a benefit of the news channel’s ongoing exclusive deal to carry the weekly “National Geographic Explorer” magazine. Mr. Arnett was one of CNN’s…
see publication for the following charts:Demographic ratings: broadcast prime time, syndicationNight by night nielsen prime time ratings for the week of Feb. 10-16Ratings for the week of Feb. 10-16