Linda Yaccarino, an 18-year veteran with Turner Broadcasting, has landed another big television job just a day after announcing her departure from Turner, Multichannel News reports. Yaccarino is poised to accept an offer from Comcast to take a senior ad…
The show that has owned the title for some time as highest-priced prime-time show has some stiff competition this year, Advertising Age reports. Fox’s “American Idol” has been the priciest show for advertisers in recent years, but it’s currently running…
The top advertising sales exec at Turner Entertainment plans to leave the company after 18 years, Jon Lafayette reports in B&C. Linda Yaccarino, an executive VP at Turner, will leave when her contract expires, according to the report. David Levy,…
Responding to reports that Steve Jones might be leaving Fox’s "The X Factor," Simon Cowell told the New York Post’s Page Six that the show’s host isn’t going anywhere. “There is a lot of speculation about Steve Jones leaving the show….
A clear winner was named in an online poll to determine the worst television ad of 2011, reports Consumerist.com. After 115,000 votes, the winner for the worst TV commercial was Luvs Diapers’ "Poop, There It Is!," which features animated babies…
The ratings are in for the relaunch of the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, and "the ratings for the first night reaffirm just how hard it’s going to be to draw in viewers," writes Brian Stelter…
A television actress who has starred in a string of popular shows has been named the new celebrity face of Botox, People.com reports. Courtney Thorne-Smith, who has starred on "Melrose Place," "Ally McBeal" and "According to Jim," says she likes…
Hey, these folks are serious about comedy. The major advertisers who helped make sure the "Gilmore Girls," "Everybody Hates Chris" and "Friday Night Lights" get on-air are looking for the next great family comedy script. The group, the Association of National Advertisers’…
Facebook has more than 800 million users. But, somehow, your brand isn’t really reaching the vast majority of them. In this fascinating entry by TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross, we get to probe the mind–thanks to a presentation at…
Marking his first sponsorship since the scandal that followed his November 2009 car crash, Tiger Woods has signed a deal to endorse luxury watchmaker Rolex Group, reports Bloomberg. Terms of the agreement weren’t released by Rolex, while Woods’ agent didn’t…