Brisette takes over at Gocom CommunicationsEarlier this month, Richard Gorman, founder and CEO of Charlotte, N.C.-based Gocom Communications, resigned. The company’s majority owner, a financial group that includes venture capital firm BCI Partners, CIVC Partners, a division of Bank of…
No one could accuse former Time magazine Managing Editor Walter Isaacson of ambling through the first three decades of his professional life, which took him from New Orleans to London and then New York. But since becoming chairman and CEO…
The end is out thereChris Carter, the creator of Fox’s long-running “The X-Files,” is bringing the 9-year-old drama to a series finale during the May sweeps as it marks its 201st episode. The longtime Sunday staple on Fox has slipped…
Steve Brenner is in an enviable position. His company is one of the leading suppliers of one of the hottest applications in the entertainment business-video-on-demand. The New York-based company is owned by four of the five biggest cable operators, which…
One year into his job as programming chief at NBC, Jeff Zucker prides himself on returning the Peacock Network to its winning ways in the key adults 18 to 49 demographic and for adding a handful of new series that…
Kirk Kerkorian, the three-time principal owner of MGM, wants to cash in his chips on one of Hollywood’s last remaining independent studios-again.But his timing may be off.With the help of investment banker Goldman Sachs, the studio is accepting first-round bids…
The troubled rollout of digital television will be a key concern of the Senate and House during the new congressional session beginning Jan. 23.The growing interest in the issue reflects worries about the future of DTV, which consumers have been…
Posted Friday, Jan. 18, at 12:45 p.m. (PT); last updated Sunday, Jan. 20, at 8:55 p.m. HBO wins big at Golden Globes Sex and death proved irresistible to Hollywood’s foreign press corps, which made HBO the big winner — with…
What’s your pick for the best and worst on TV?NATPE News TV January 22-24 In Vegas, via satellite and on this web site The latest TV, cable and new media jobs posted daily Shows and events in the world of…
Posted Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 9:53 a.m. (PT); last updated at 3:20 p.m. WB renews ‘Smallville,’ ‘Reba’; seeks to boost Sunday Proclaiming it is still on track with teen and young female viewers, The WB has made second season orders…