ThinkAnalytics, a provider of Al-based TV content discovery, viewer data insights, and targeted advertising, today appointed Josh Wiggins SVP business development, strategy and partnerships. With a background in the content supply […]
After eight and a half years as SVP drama series at HBO, Nora Skinner is going to Netflix where she will be VP in the streamer’s drama series team. Based at Netflix’s Los Angeles headquarters, Skinner, a former film producer and executive, will start at the end of May, reporting to Jinny Howe, Netflix’s VP of drama series.
The seven awards will be presented at the BFOA Breakfast on Wednesday, April 17, during the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Monday that she will not be going on ABC again after a heated exchange with host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. “I won’t be going back on ABC anytime soon. I told him as I was walking out, ‘Good effing luck getting me back on.’” Mace and Stephanopoulos engaged in a testy debate on Sunday’s episode of This Week when he asked her how she could endorse Trump after he was found liable for sexual battery in a defamation lawsuit with E. Jean Carroll last year.
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The Local Media Consortium, a strategic alliance of local media companies, has re-elected Tom Sly, The E.W. Scripps Co.; re-appointed Rafael Cores, Impremedia; and newly elected Nick Ames, McClatchy, and […]
David Kolesar and Winston Caldwell to receive awards at 2024 NAB Show in Las Vegas in April.
The court found that 20th Television may have engaged in religious discrimination against the actor, who was denied an exemption from the vaccine.
In the days following the promotion of Debra OConnell to the new role of president of the Disney-owned news group and networks — a surprise shuffle disclosed Feb. 14 by top Disney executive Dana Walden — Godwin defiantly insisted on a call with senior leaders at ABC News that she’s still the boss, insiders say.
Matt Glassman, WRC Washington news director, is joining NBC News as VP of regional editorial. It’s a new role and its focus is on driving reporting and expanded coverage between NBC News and NBCU Local’s NBC and Telemundo owned stations across the country.
Heitshusen had been at Des Moines, Iowa, NBC affiliate WHO for 17 years when she said she was denied an on-air contract in 2020. She filed an age and gender discrimination lawsuit against the station and parent company, Nexstar, alleging a widespread practice of removing older, female staffers from the air because of their looks. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants on Wednesday afternoon.
Blackbird plc, the developer and seller of cloud video platform, Blackbird, has added Anne de Kerckhove to its board as the senior independent non-executive director and audit committee chair. Additionally, John Honeycutt, […]
NBC is developing Something Wicked, a multi-camera comedy starring June Diane Raphael and written and executive produced by Raphael and Dickinson creator Alena Smith. Something Wicked is described as a comedy with a Bewitched-type premise and an homage to TV sitcom classics. It examines the condition of modern adult womanhood and how even with witchcraft, balancing everything is impossible.
Chris Harrison is getting back into the TV dating game. The former Bachelor host will co-create and host a new dating show for Merit Street Media, the new cable and streaming network led by Dr. Phil McGraw. The network is set to launch on April 2, with Harrison also making regular contributions to the nightly talk show Dr. Phil Primetime.
The exec, who will continue to oversee Sony’s global TV business, will work with SPE CEO Tony Vinciquerra “as we chart our path forward through a rapidly changing and increasingly complex entertainment industry.”
