CNN Headline News did not invent the news wheel, it only compressed it. The service is quietly celebrating its 20th anniversary this year in much the same manner in which it has existed for the past two decades-beneath the radar…
After serving up news around the clock in the country’s biggest city for the past 10 years, NY1 News is expanding en Espanol. New York’s all-news channel plans to spin off a Spanish-language version of NY1 in May that will…
Title: Ethan Dreilinger, executive producer, News 12 Interactive. He is responsible for the daily editorial content for the interactive platforms of News 12, Cablevision’s 24-hour news station serving Long Island, New Jersey, Westchester, Connecticut and the Bronx.Background: Mr. Dreilinger has…
The doctor is in.Abbe Raven, after just one month on the job as executive VP and general manager of A&E, is making her first moves to resuscitate the struggling arts and entertainment network, changing the schedule, bringing over a new…
As president of sales and marketing for CNN and Headline News, Larry Goodman is the point man in presenting the two channels to the advertising community. Although advertisers can buy the networks separately, more than 75 percent of ad sales…
Something seemed kind of wrong with “The Sopranos” this year, but my feeling is that David Chase must know what he is doing, since he created the thing and supervises the scripts and is smart as hell. He’s as slow…
My 15 minutes of fame occurred 20 years ago this month, and I’m only reminded about it because the Trio cable network has included a mostly forgotten TV sitcom, “The Famous Teddy Z,” in its current “Brilliant but Cancelled Television”…
Has the media been guilty of over-praising the accomplishments of Roone Arledge?That’s the question raised by the respected Los Angeles Times TV critic Howard Rosenberg last week following the outpouring of tributes to Mr. Arledge on the occasion of his…
Three Boston stations got straight A’s for the quality of their 6 p.m. newscasts-the only city out of 17 cities graded this year by the Project for Excellence in Journalism that could claim such an honor.The three A students were:…
Tribune has put the moves on MTV’s favorite matriarch.Sharon Osbourne’s upcoming talk show, to debut in fall 2003, has drawn strong overtures from the Tribune station group, which currently is in heated talks with Telepictures about acquiring the single-topic show,…