Did you know that Ben Stiller auditioned to be an MTV VJ? Or that Cindy Crawford worked for free during the first season of House of Style? These are some of the stories shared by former cable TV executive Doug Herzog in his new podcast Basic, which makes its debut this week. It is about basic cable, a medium whose history Herzog was intimately involved in.
The news comes roughly a week after Bob Bakish was formally named CEO of ailing media company Viacom.
There will be no replacement for departing MTV Networks Music & Logo Group Van Toffler. Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman today announced a restructuring, with the company’s three largest TV networks groups: MTV Networks Music & Logo Group, Media Networks Entertainment Group and Kids & Family Group consolidated into two under Entertainment Group and Kids & Family Group toppers Doug Herzog and Cyma Zarghami.
The Junior Hollywood Radio and Television Society (JHRTS), the junior membership for HRTS, will present “A Conversation with Doug Herzog, President of MTV Networks Entertainment Group,” to celebrate its inaugural […]
