Company puts its Paramount Parks division on the block.
The board of directors of Time Warner Inc. today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share on its common stock, payable in cash on March 15 to stockholders […]
At the end of the day Thursday, 20th Television announced the following clearances for the shows it’s offering at NATPE:Judge Alex, 86%; Still Standing, 86%; Divorce Court, 85%; Cristina’s Court, […]
DOW CLOSES UP 100, NASDAQ FINISHES UP 22
A string of positive earnings reports renewed confidence in stocks Thursday and sent the major indexes sharply higher as investors shook off a steep loss posted by General Motors Corp.
Exclusives
CELLA: UPFRONT NOT ZERO SUM GAME
Magna Global head says broadcast networks shouldn’t assume they will get all the upfront ad dollars that UPN and WB got separately.
LIMP DEBUT FOR ‘BONES’ FOLLOWING ‘IDOL’
It loses 64% of lead-in but the reality hit’s 12.9 gave Fox the night.
American Idol not only pulls in viewers for Fox, it has given the network an aura of invincibility among media planners and buyers.
NAB Television Board Chairman Alan Frank has appointed Tribune Broadcasting President and CEO John E. Reardon to the NAB Television Board. Reardon was named president and CEO of Tribune Broadcasting […]
UNIVISION DEMANDING RETRANS FEES FROM CABLE
Wortsman says that cable operators must ‘face the reality’ that they cannot continue to get popular broadcast signals for free.
ABC MOVES $50 MILLION NETWORK AD ACCOUNT
ABC Television Network has shifted its nearly $50 million a year media business to Wieden + Kennedy from OMD USA.
LIN, TRIBUNE LOOK TO FOX FOR PRIMETIME FIX
LIN’s Chapman says he is prepared to air Twentieth’s English-language telenovela as replacement for lost primetime programming as he suspects Fox will do. Tribune hints it too will follow Fox lead.
GM POSTS QUARTERLY LOSS OF $4.8 BILLION
Automaker reports fifth straight unprofitable quarter as market share losses to Toyota and other rivals force plant closings and job cuts.
UPN LOSS OPENS A DOOR FOR NEWS CORP.
In September, it will be able to usher in a new programming strategy for its nine UPN affiliates. Options include a new network or service of Spanish-language programs, news or Fox reruns.
