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…
Posted Saturday, March 16, at 5:45 a.m. (PT); last updated Monday, March 18, at 1:50 p.m. Gemstar’s Boylan resigns Gemstar TV Guide International announced Monday the resignation of Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer Peter Boylan III as of April 1….
Posted Tuesday, March 12, at 10:45 a.m. (PT); last updated at 2:20 p.m. Senate Commerce to review Bush’s merger-review decision A Senate panel has launched a “formal review” of a new Bush administration policy that removes the Federal Trade Commission…
70 Percentage of news directors surveyed by RTNDA who feel reporters should be allowed to use hidden cameras and microphones when the story warrants it.50 Number of states that officially allow cameras in the courtroom under certain conditions and in…
At 38 years of age, Michael Kirsch, a reporter for CBS-owned WFOR-TV, Miami, seems to have lived longer than his years.Mr. Kirsch is not your typical local news talent. In the 1990s he covered the wars in Kosovo and Bosnia,…