The National Association of Broadcasters board voted unanimously last week to help the Federal Communications Commission come up with new equal-employment-opportunity regulations that can pass court muster.Federal courts have thrown out as unconstitutional the agency’s two previous versions of EEO…
A quickly evolving television landscape has kept Warner Bros. Television Group Executive Vice President Bruce Rosenblum on the cutting edge of the new millennium of television deal making. With oversight of all of Warner Bros.’ vast television operations, including Warner…
Most significant professional accomplishment: “The AOL Time Warner merger.”What she watches on TV: “Most recently it’s been CNN.”Hobbies: “It’s a deep stretch from investment banking, but I have been painting. I have some of my paintings in my office. I…
Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., a leading critic of a Bush administration plan to dramatically restructure how the government reviews media mergers and other deals, has begun a dialogue with federal regulators on the proposal.The veteran senator played a key role…
“I am attending, and our key program purchases have been made. As a NATPE board member, I’m more interested in what attendees are looking for. It will help us with plans to keep the convention relevant in our changing business…
Most significant professional accomplishment: “The building of the Endeavor alternative department with a great team of agents and partners.”What he watches on television: “I’m a `West Wing’ addict; `Seinfeld’ reruns and all those cheesy outdoor shows at 5 a.m. on…
Kate Brown may well have the best job in media. She jumped from the high-powered world of investment banking, where she helped to design and execute corporate media marriages such as the AOL Time Warner merger, to spearheading the merger…
Newly anointed ABC Entertainment President Susan Lyne is wasting no time trying to plug holes at the struggling network.She is already looking to her old contacts in Hollywood’s long-form production and New York’s literary communities to try their hand at…
For an industry in transition, still searching for a definitive new economic model, the concept of “repurposing” has become this season’s holy grail.But is repurposing simply syndication speeded up and with a cable twist, or is it a new phenomenon…
Most significant professional accomplishment: “I love to infuse places with a passion for interesting journalism. We had a good team at Time magazine that did it, now a great team at CNN that realizes that journalism is at the core…