Logo

In Depth

Digital Dealmakers: Michael Sprague

The player: Michael Sprague, president and chief operating officer for Wavexpress, which operates the TVTonic service. The play: TVTonic is an online TV service that aggregates content from a number of Web sources and delivers them through its software, primarily…

Digital Deals Are Still Being Written

Segment Expected to See Strong Growth

Cable Buys Go Minute-by-Minute

Starcom Deals Don’t Use Commercial Ratings

Legality of Texting Contests Questioned

Suits Allege Promos Violate Lottery Rule

Scatter Market Faces Challenges

Sales May Be Hardest to Predict in Years

Rosie’s Game for ‘Price’ Position

Producers Meet With Former ‘View’ Co-Host About Job

Larry King Schedules Paris Hilton Interview

“Larry King Live” has scheduled two hours about celebutante Paris Hilton this week, including a live interview Wednesday, the day after she has finished serving 23 days in jail for traffic violations. The Wednesday interview is billed as Ms. Hilton’s…

Martha Stewart Lures Veteran Wenda Harris Millard

Veteran Internet, publishing and marketing executive Wenda Harris Millard, has been named to the newly created position of media president of Martha Stewart Living Ominimedia effective July 16. The announcement, made Sunday by MSLO President and CEO Susan Lyne, said…

NBC, ABC Kill Plans for Paris Hilton Interview

NBC has killed its plans for a Paris Hilton interview and Barbara Walters, ABC’s queen of the big celebrity sitdown, has told representatives of the so-called celebutante’s family that she has no interest in doing the interview, according to sources…

YouTube Pulls More Viewers from Google

YouTube continued to siphon video viewers away from parent company Google in the month of May, according to Web rankings from Nielsen//NetRatings. But that’s the plan. YouTube has made small gains in the last three months at Google Video’s expense…