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Fox Adds Politics to Super Bowl Sunday

Super Bowl Sunday will start at 9 a.m. Eastern on Feb. 3 with a three-hour Super Tuesday political preview on Fox-owned and Fox-affiliated TV stations. Produced by Fox News, “Fox Super Sunday” will be anchored by Shepard Smith from Glendale,…

Contested Debate Turns Into Major Battle

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich—who got invited, then uninvited, to participate in MSNBC’s Democratic debate last night in Las Vegas—is angry. Lisa Howfield, general manager of Sunbelt Communications’ KVBC-TV, NBC’s Las Vegas station, isn’t thrilled, either. She wanted to air…

Syndie Veteran Jackoway Dies

Leland A. Jackoway, a longtime television syndication industry veteran who helped sell such classic shows as “Highway Patrol,” “Sea Hunt” and “The Phil Donahue Show” to local stations, died Tuesday of natural causes in Richmond, Va. He was 78. Mr….

Veoh Names Henry Senior VP, Ad Sales

Video-sharing site Veoh Networks appointed former Dow Jones executive Michael Henry as senior vice president of ad sales, Veoh announced today. He most recently headed integrated corporate sales and multimedia advertising at Dow Jones. At Veoh, he’ll be responsible for…

Strijdveen Takes Creative Route to L.A.

Marc Strijdveen got quite a welcome when he moved his family from Amsterdam to Southern California to become senior VP and director of creative media solutions at Horizon Media. The house he rented in Malibu was evacuated twice soon after…

Verizon Gets Content in Fox Marketing Deal

When it comes to sponsoring content, the 30-second commercial is no longer enough. Marketers these days talk about being tied to programming in new ways that provide more ways for consumers to remember who is bringing them their favorite shows….

Chart: Dividing Up the Ad Spending Pie

The Internet is gaining a bigger share of advertising spending, even without two popular forms of online advertising—search and video—factored in. In its forecast for 2008, TNS Media Intelligence sees the Internet’s gains coming at the expense of radio and…

Chimps Find Eden on Animal Planet

A new show on Animal Planet is the opposite of “Escape From the Planet of the Apes.” In new series “Escape to Chimp Eden,” instead of men trying to get away from the cruel land ruled by apes, men rescue…

Writers Strike News Roundup: Wednesday, Jan. 16

Directors, Producers Very Close to Contract Agreement The Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers ended their fourth day of contract negotiations Tuesday, the Hollywood Reporter says. Insiders say the talks are going well,…

Feder, Matthews Join CNN

CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein has created two new programming positions and filled them with local news veterans. Bart Feder will be a New York-based senior VP for current programming, reporting to Mr. Klein and effective immediately. In addition to overseeing…