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WB Names Robertson Senior VP, Asia Pacific

Longtime Warner Bros. Entertainment executive Greg Robertson has been promoted to senior vice president and managing director, Asia Pacific, for Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. In the new position, he will supervise all of the company’s program licensing activities throughout…

Senate to Debate Fairness Doctrine

The U.S. Senate is about to get its turn to block the Federal Communications Commission from reviving the Fairness Doctrine, the policy requiring broadcasters to offer competing viewpoints in a balanced manner when presenting controversial issues. A week after Sens….

NBC Names Kleid Vice President

NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution has named Kimberly Kleid as vice president, programming and development, where she will work on development for first-run syndication. In addition, she will oversee cable and talent development on the West Coast. “Kim is a…

NBC News Consolidates Production

NBC News has merged several units, including “Dateline NBC,” under the label of Peacock Production, creating a one-stop shop for entities, inside and outside the NBC Universal family, seeking long-form nonfiction programming. NBC News President Steve Capus is president of…

Nielsen Changes Web Use Measure

Nielsen//NetRatings is shifting how it measures the popularity of Web sites from page views to time spent. For the past several years, the measurement firm has used page views—the numbers of times a page is seen—as its benchmark. However, the…

Bunda Promoted at CNN Worldwide

CNN veteran Sue Bunda has been appointed to the newly created position of executive VP of content development and strategy for CNN Worldwide. Her new responsibilities include developing programming for CNN consumer platforms and marshaling CNN talent, resources and experience…

Gemstar-TV Guide Considers Sale

Gemstar-TV Guide today said it was considering putting itself up for sale. The company is 41 percent owned by News Corp. Gemstar, which provides interactive program guides for cable systems as well as the TV Guide Channel, said its directors…

Cronin Steps Down as GSN Head

Rich Cronin resigned as president and CEO of GSN after six years, effective at the end of July. After completing a five-year contract, Mr. Cronin re-signed for a one-year deal. During the past year, sources said, he negotiated a substantial…

‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Fires Up Monday

Fox’s “Hell’s Kitchen” clocked another Monday night win while “On the Lot” continues to struggle. “Hell’s” was down a tick this week to a 3.5 rating among adults 18 to 49, a season low performance yet still winning the night…

NATAS Reveals Broadband Emmy Nominees

After receiving the green light from arbitrators Monday, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Tuesday announced nominees for broadband Emmys to be given out at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards Sept. 24 in New York. New…