A long search for CBS News’ Washington, D.C., bureau chief has ended with the hiring of Chris Isham. He is the well-regarded, award-winning chief of investigative projects for the ABC News unit that produces for all ABC News programs, including…
Turner Broadcasting has picked truTV as the new name for Court TV. Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks, said the name change reflects the network’s programming, which brings exciting, real-life stories to viewers. The network also said it put…
AOL Video and Yahoo Video pulled ahead of MySpace in the race for unique visitors on video-sharing sites in June. They have been battling for third and fourth place. Google-owned YouTube continues to dominate, with 51 million visitors in the…
Gemstar-TV Guide partnered with technology provider Maven Networks to power TV Guide’s online video. Maven will serve as the engine for more than 300 video players at TVGuide.com, Maven said today. TVGuide.com recently relaunched the site to focus more on…
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Bob Coen, director of forecasting for media buying firm Universal McCann, recently issued a pessimistic update for ad spending in 2007. Here is the new forecast, which calls for total growth of just 3.1 percent, on a media-by-media basis. …
Production company Reveille announced a new management structure now that founder and CEO Ben Silverman has taken the entertainment reins at NBC. Rather than instilling a new overseer to replace Mr. Silverman, the company’s four top executives will jointly run…
U.S. Senator and GOP presidential candidate Sam Brownback is aiming to overturn an appellate court decision that threw out the Federal Communications Commission’s “fleeting indecency” enforcement policy. He also wants to give the agency new power to limit violent programming….