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CBS CEO Les Moonves said that NBC’s decision to put Jay Leno on in prime time will help his company’s bottom line. “We were the No. 1 network at 10 o’clock last year,” Mr. Moonves told analysts and investors during CBS’ quarterly earnings conference call Thursday. He estimated that CBS took in 38% of...
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Time Warner reported lower first-quarter earnings because of big losses at AOL, but said profits were up at what it called its “Content Group.” Net income was $661 million or 55 cents a share, down from $771 million or 64 cents a share a year ago. Revenues fell to $6.9 billion from $7.5 billion. Time...
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Two of the largest talent agencies in Hollywood, the William Morris Agency and Endeavor, are merging under one name, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, the two organizations announced today. William Morris CEO Jim Wiatt will serve as chairman of the new group. Endeavor founder Ariel Emanuel, along...
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"Access Hollywood" anchor Billy Bush has come down with mono—but he's not planning to take any time off to deal with the illness. Mr. Bush revealed his medical condition Tuesday night via a message on the Twitter microblogging service. "Health has been off the last 2 wks. Tests are...
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The Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors has approved its proposed contract with the Alliance of Motion Pictures & Television Producers by a 53% margin and will present the deal to its membership for ratification. The new contract with producers, as approved Sunday night at a meeting of...
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First-quarter earnings fell 45% at NBC Universal, parent company General Electric announced Friday morning. While its cable networks continued to deliver double-digit growth, GE CEO Jeff Immelt said in a statement, “NBC Universal has a tougher performance overall due to a soft advertising market and...
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Investment firm Sanford C. Bernstein on Wednesday released a new pessimistic report on media company earnings. “The recent run-up in media stocks suggests investors are looking past the horrid near-term trends to a happier place off in the horizon,” said analyst Michael Nathanson in a report. “However...
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NBC Universal’s Jeff Gaspin, who in a former life created VH1’s landmark “Behind the Music” series, spends much of his time these days working behind the scenes. As president and chief operating officer of the Universal Television Group, Mr. Gaspin has one of the broadest portfolios in television. He...
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Live viewing on television still is the dominant form of video consumption in the United States. A new study conducted by Ball State University’s Center for Media Design and Sequent Partners for the Nielsen-funded Council for Research Excellence, found that 99% of video consumption on televisions, the...
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President Barack Obama made it official today, nominating Julius Genachowski to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. “I can think of no one better than Julius Genachowski to serve as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission,” the president said in a statement. “He will bring...
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Sony Pictures Television named Dan Thomas senior VP for branded entertainment. Mr. Thomas previously was senior VP for sales development and marketing at Univision Communications. In his new post, Mr. Thomas will work with clients and agencies to bring digital projects to Sony’s Crackle.com Web site...
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Time Warner on Wednesday reported a $16 billion loss in the fourth quarter and a $13 million loss for all of 2008. The bulk of the loss was the result of a $24 billion charge against asset impairments. “We’re making progress at Time Warner toward our goals of becoming a more content-focused company and...
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Representatives for the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will resume contract negotiations next week, the two sides announced Wednesday. The organizations issued a joint statement declaring talks will take place Tuesday and Wednesday at the AMPTP's Sherman...
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ABC has learned that doubling the ad load from four to eight in its online primetime shows doesn't decrease consumer interest in watching shows online, said Albert Cheng, executive VP of digital media with the Disney-ABC Television Group, during an afternoon panel at NATPE. During its research, the...
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One of the keys to online video success is to create videos that fit with what people are already talking about. That's the advice of Ben Relles, creator of the popular BarelyPolitical Web series, delivered during a panel at NATPE this morning. "My thinking about online video is if you can figure...