Crown Media Holding said it completed a renewal of its agreements with the nation’s largest cable operator, Comcast, to continue carriage of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel. Hallmark’s carriage agreements with four of its largest distributors—Comcast, Time Warner Cable,…
Jane Root, who has helped lead the Discovery Channel to a comeback over the past year, is leaving. Discovery Communications named John Ford, who returned to the company earlier this year, to head its flagship channel. Discovery veteran Clark Bunting,…
It’s official: The Democrats are cancelling their Dec. 10 presidential debate on CBS due to the Writers Guild of America dispute with CBS News. The Democratic National Committee made the official announcement Wednesday. “Due to the uncertainty created by the…
Hannah Storm is leaving “The Early Show” and talking with CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus about what her new role will be. Network sources said a McManus favorite, weekend “Early Show” co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez, is going to have…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin confirmed that he proposed the agency temporarily waive its media cross-ownership rules so that the purchase of the Tribune Co. can close. In a press conference today, Mr. Martin cited the “unique circumstances”…
U.S. News & World Report will start featuring health videos from digital network HealthiNation on the magazine’s Web site at www.health.usnews.com, the companies announced today. Under the deal, the magazine will integrate HealthiNation’s videos into the health section on the…
Video search service Truveo struck a deal with CBS Radio to power video search for more than 35 radio station Web sites. AOL-owned Truveo said more CBS stations will be added in the coming weeks. Visitors to CBS Radio’s Web…
Linda Alvarez, who became the first Latina to anchor a weekday English-language TV station newscast in her hometown of Los Angeles in 1986, is signing off at CBS-owned KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV on Sunday. Over the course of 34 years in…
A compilation of strike news from around the Web. ‘Last Call With Carson Daly’ Back in Production Carson Daly will be the first of the late-night hosts to cross the picket line and go back into production, the Hollywood Reporter…
Psst, pass it on: Word-of-mouth advertising is growing fast. Spending on word-of-mouth advertising jumped 35.9% to $981 million in 2006, according to a recent report by PQ Media, and is expected to top $1 billion this year. Over the longer…