Ellen won't tape next week
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL DAY 11Ellen DeGeneres has pulled the plug on plans to tape her show next week in New York, where Writers Guild...
Watchdog barks up the wrong tree
StopBigMedia is incensed. CW network is running ads trumpeting the fact that they do not include local news in their programming schedule. The "good...
Sinclair makes another non-TV buy
Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that it had acquired approximately 95% of Alarm Funding Associates for approximately 5.5 million - yet another investment by Sinclair...
Local TV likely to snare Fox spins
It's hardly surprising that Local TV LLC was a bidder for the nine Fox stations that News Corporation put up for sale in June...
NBC renames O&O group
NBC Owned-and-Operated Stations Group has been renamed the NBC Local Media Division. As he announced the change, John Wallace, President of the NBC Local...
News Corp. ready to set WSJ.com free
Rupert Murdoch told reporters back in his native Australia that News Corporation is already pacing ahead of its guidance for its fiscal Q2 and...
Dick Clark ready to rock
Dick Clark is getting the word out early. The 78-year-old teenager will be back at Times Square on New Year's Eve to ring in...
LIN TV launches local content channels on YouTube
LIN TV announced the launch of dedicated LIN TV "Channels" on YouTube. The companies said the partnership reflects LIN TV's commitment to further expand...
Winning week for ABC
The Alphabet Network was tops in both Households and 18-49 for the most recent week. Even so, CBS had the top two shows with...
AMPTP states its case in full-page ads
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL DAY 10As the WGA strike goes on into day 10, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) placed full-page...
WGA sends letter of support to Broadway strikers
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL DAY 10The WGA sent a letter of support this week to striking Broadway stagehands-members of Local One of the International Alliance...
CBS News writers may be next
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL DAY 10The WGA East, the union that represents news writers for CBS News, may vote tomorrow to authorize a strike in...
How might the strike affect next Television upfront?
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL DAY 10Few are willing to predict how long the work stoppage will last, but a strike by the Writers Guild in...
WWOR-TV up for renewal hearing
Fox Television Stations will have to defend its stewardship of WWOR-TV at the Paul Roberson Campus Center at Rutgers-Newark after Thanksgiving. The Secaucus NJ...
Prather back to running newspapers
Remember when Gray Television spun off its newspaper holdings to merge with the former Bull Run Corporation and create Triple Crown Media (8/4/05 TVBR...