Threatening to blow up the pot of gold at the end of Bud Paxson’s spectrum rainbow, the White House has proposed legislation that would erode much of the bargaining power the Paxson Communications chief has been counting on to reap…
Advertising & AgenciesLauren Kay to senior VP of sales and marketing, The Content Project, from VP, marketing, L90.BroadcastingBill Lamb to general manager, KPTH-TV, Sioux City, Iowa, from VP and general manager, WMBD-TV, Peoria, Ill.Michael Nurse to general sales manager, WKBW-TV,…
Last week, after David Letterman decided to stay at CBS, Ted Koppel received a call from his boss, Michael Eisner, chairman of The Walt Disney Co., who was in Paris. Mr. Koppel had just issued a statement asking for “serious…
Two Senate panels are moving in opposite directions to protect digital content-including high-definition television programming and movies-from Internet piracy.Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., has been floating an early draft of legislation he will soon introduce that gives the…
CBS bagged 55 Daytime Emmy nominations to lead the network pack. ABC and PBS followed with 49 nominations each.Among soaps, “ABC’s “All My Children” earned the most nominations (21), followed by CBS’s “As the World Turns” (17).ABC’s “The View” was…
The powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee is quietly planning a hearing later this year on NBC’s maverick decision to air hard-liquor ads. The panel’s move could strike a blow to the network as it faces mounting criticism from watchdog…
AOL Time Warner and Sony Corp. are planning a sneak attack on the broadband arena.Their secret weapon? An AOL/Sony universal home-networking platform that can link an array of broadband-enabled devices in the home, allowing multiple users on the same AOL…
Drama seriesAll My Children (ABC)-Jean Dadario Burke, executive producer; Lisa Connor, Ginger Smith, supervising producersAs the World Turns (CBS)-Christopher Goutman, executive producer; Carole Shure, Vivian Gundaker producersOne Life to Live (ABC)-Gary Tomlin, executive producer; Frank Valentini, senior supervising producer; Suzanne…
Nielsen Household Ratings in the top 15 markets for the February SweepsText: see publication for listings
Randy Quaid will star in Fox comedy pilot “The Grubbs” from Studios USA. Mr. Quaid is repped by Paradigm. … Mary Stuart Masterson has joined the cast of “R.U.S./H.,” a drama pilot for CBS from Studios USA. Paul Attanasio will…