Leno to pay non-writing staffers, too
As the NBC layoffs began yesterday, Jay Leno host decided to follow in the footsteps of David Letterman and Conan O’Brien and pay non-writing...
ABC O&O stations re-launch websites
The ABC O&O Television Stations Group has introduced a redesign across all 10 of its websites, featuring large 16x9 format media player. The player...
Natixis Media & Entertainment looks at the WGA strike
Alan Gould, Media Analyst at Natixis Bleichroeder, released a report on the ongoing WGA strike. Nataxis hosted a conference call with Chuck Slocum, Associate...
CWA attacks liquor ads
Janice Shaw Crouse of Concerned Women of America is not pleased that NBC O&O WNBC-TV New York has decided to go ahead and air...
Conan to pay employees, too; Leno staffers laid off
Add Conan O’Brien to the list that includes Letterman in paying their non-writing staffers out of their own pockets/production companies while the WGA strike...
WGA to mull AMPTP offer; not optimistic
Both sides have agreed to get back to negotiations tomorrow, after WGA has a few days to consider the offer made Thursday by the...
Broadway stagehands, producers strike tentative deal
IATSE/Labor One and the Broadway producers have struck a tentative deal late last night, with all shuttered shows back to performing this evening. Some...
Clear Channel gets clearance to spin TVs
A 13.7B transaction sending 35 television stations and associated low power properties to Newport Television has been given a conditional go-ahead from the FCC....
WGA, AMPTP still talking; no breakthroughs
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL: DAY 26The WGA and studio reps for AMPTP have agreed to keep talking, and have been each day since they agreed...
Defending your license, NJ-style
Fox's MNT/9 station in the New York metro, WWOR-TV, faced critics concerned that it focuses too much on serving: The New York metro. Led...
Democrats cancel debate
The Democratic National Committee has decided to pull the plug on the CBS News debate on 12/10 because candidates were unwilling to cross the...
ABC, WGAE forge tentative deal
While CBS News writers prepare for their alleged 12/10 strike, ABC and the WGA East have a tentative contract agreement for the network's union...
CBS goes four-for-four
The SNTA/Nielsen Galaxy Explorer synication chart for the week of 11/12-18/07 saw CBS Television Distribution grab the top four slots and eight of the...
Cheaper stocks mean bigger dividends
Media stocks have gotten beaten up so much this year that you'd think some speculators would start buying them just for the dividend yields....
WGA not happy about Carson Daly going back to work
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL: DAY 25Early-morning talk show host Carson Daly is going back to work on his NBC program, "Last Call," crossing the WGA...