Worldwide Pants, late-night funnyman David Letterman’s 14-year-old production company, is getting serious in its first documentary, a film about five American teens running for public office in several states. “Our company believes that creativity comes in all forms, and we’re…
Pat Mitchell, president-CEO of the Paley Center for Media, will receive the Caucus for Television Producers, Writers and Directors’ Chair Award Dec. 7 at the Caucus’ 25th annual black-tie gala. Veteran talk show host and television producer Byron Allen will…
Video-centric social media company Vitrue closed its Series B round of financing session with $10 million, with a majority of the funding coming from early-stage venture capital firm Dace Ventures. Vitrue creates branded sites enabling its customers to review and…
The color of the wall is an immediate clue to news mode in the atrium-like MSNBC studio area in the new NBC News headquarters, built to house the cable news network, the WNBC-TV local news and NBC News operations in…
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, a frequent foe of direct-to-consumer prescription drug ads in the past, is reviving the issue on the campaign trail. In a speech Sunday in Manchester, N.H., the former North Carolina senator called for banning DTC…
NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker said he’d like to keep Jay Leno in the NBCU family and “we are in those conversations now,” but he also said flatly: “Late Night” host “Conan O’Brien will take over ‘The Tonight…
Hulu, the online video venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal, is officially up and running today in a private beta test. However, anyone can sign up for the test simply by visiting www.hulu.com and entering their email address. With…
Broadband advertising network YuMe inked a deal with video technology provider DAVE Networks to sell and serve ads against its content. Under the deal, DAVE will use YuMe to sell ads for its peer-to-peer system that provides video distribution, social…
Producers’ Negotiator Prepared for Walkout