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Vinciquerra named Fox Networks Group CEO Fox Television Network President Tony Vinciquerra has been promoted to president and CEO of the Fox Networks Group, which gives him oversight of more than 30 major domestic cable and satellite networks owned by…

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AOL Time Warner denies Pittman is being wooed by Disney AOL Time Warner and the Walt Disney Co. are denying speculation by the Drudge Report that Chief Operating Officer Bob Pittman is being wooed by Walt Disney Chairman and CEO…

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ABC touts sales potential for new shows At ABC, executives are counting the ways in which “Push, Nevada” is pulling in advertising revenue. The drama from Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Sean Moore will be writing in opportunities for product…

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Bauer-Gonzales to take KCAL, KCBS news director roles The buzz in Los Angeles for the past week has been that KCAL-TV news director Nancy Bauer-Gonzales will assume the role of news director for both KCAL and KCBS-TV. A CBS spokesman…

Web site partnership boosts ad spending

WB affiliate KPLR-TV has seen an increase in spending by local car dealerships, which the station attributes to its partnership with Web site Carsoup.com.Participating car dealers buy on-air time and put their used-car inventory listings on the Web site. About…

Ratings

see publication for the following listings:Demographic ratings: Broadcast Prime Time, SyndicationNight-by-night Nielsen Prime-time ratings for the week of May 20-26Ratings for the week of May 20-26

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USA Interactive considering buy of subsidiary shares USA Interactive has proposed spending $4.5 billion to reign in the shares of its publicly traded subsidiaries — Ticketmaster, Hotels.com and Expedia — it doesn’t already own to strengthen its stock and company…

Will broadcasters bank on HD truck?

Bonnie and Clyde have hit the road again, but they’re pulling off different kinds of jobs this time.Bonnie & Clyde is the name of the newest truck from Core Digital Technologies in Phoenix, which provides production trucks to the broadcast…

Fin-syn repeal has yet to pay off

The 1995 repeal of the financial interest and syndication rules has turned out to be a financial bust for broadcast networks, whose profits are dwindling despite their increased program investments in search of rare perennial hits.Although they are no better…

Profile: Ben Price

Title: Senior VP, ad sales, Discovery NetworksRecent interesting deal: “We’re expanding our partnership efforts with the creation of Discovery Solutions, an integrated sales and marketing team. [One example is] `Ice Age’ and 20th Century Fox. The `Ice Age’ partnership was…