Legal beagles make a la carte a class action
Are you a consumer? Do you live in the United States? Congratulations! A who's who list of major media companies is being sued for...
ABC Television Group, AOL Video sign content deal
Disney-ABC Television Group and AOL announced the availability of full-length episodes of popular primetime shows on AOL Video. Delivered via a co-branded version of...
Agencies team with ON Networks for content-based video ad trial
ON Networks (www.ONnetworks.com), a new-media company offering original, episodic HD shows across multiple platforms including Web, TV and mobile devices, announced leading agencies have...
38 more LPM markets
Nielsen announced a timetable to bring Local People Meters (LPM) to 38 additional markets by 2011. That will put LPMs in 56 of the...
Tribune TV revenues fell 4.6% in August
Radio/Entertainment revenues gained 0.9%, with credit for that given to Tribune Entertainment, but otherwise August was a down month for Tribune Company. Television revenues...
Is it a media company?
At the company's annual Shareholders Day, Washington Post Company CEO Donald Graham noted that revenues and growth are coming increasingly from the education side,...
Is actor income sagging because of SAG?
Ken Osmond is better known as Eddie Haskell, the iconic friend of Wally Cleaver on the "Leave It to Beaver" television show. He wants...
Watchdog launches another assault on Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart is one of the few companies big enough to have a watchdog entirely devoted to it and nothing else. WakeUpWalMart.com has been sparring...
Close encounters in Savannah
Two stations and four companies were involved in this one, as two participants in a Savannah JSA sold it to two buyers who intend...
Ratings for "Kid Nation" aren't kid stuff
Advertisers may have shied away, but CBS is happy with the audience turnout for the premiere of "Kid Nation." The show placed first in...
Rather sues CBS for 70M
Former anchor Dan Rather has sued CBS for 70 million bucks, the New York Times first reported. The lawsuit filed in a New York...
Two stations, three companies, new foursome
Barrington Broadcasting had a 10M deal in place to acquire two stations in the wide-ranging Traverse City-Cadillac MI DMA: ABC 29 WGTU-TV in Traverse...
Return engagement for Jimmy Kimmel
Dick Clark Productions announced that Jimmy Kimmel, host and executive producer of ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," will return to host the 2007 American Music...
Graham developing with NBC Uni
"Gilmore Girl" mom Lauren Graham has signed a one-year exclusive talent and development deal with NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios. "I cast Lauren...
Another win for Judy
The battle for #1 in syndication continues to be between "Wheel of Fortune" and "Judge Judy." For the most recent week, the report from...