Larry King Squelches Rumors of Shift at CNN
10 hours agoPosted by By JACQUES STEINBERG
Larry King, who said last year that he hoped Ryan Seacrest would succeed him, sought to tamp down speculation that any succession was imminent.
Networks Anticipate the Fall Cautiously
11 hours agoPosted by By BILL CARTER
Aside from Fox, the changed pattern of how the networks presented their plans for September left fundamental questions unanswered.
Business Briefing | Executives: Time Warner?s Chief Hints at Departure
11 hours agoPosted by By REUTERS
Richard D. Parsons, left, Time Warner?s chairman, said he was likely to step down in the next year, clearing the path for the chief executive, Jeffrey L. Bewkes, to assume the role.
CBS in Deal to Buy CNet to Increase Online Ads
16 May 2008 at 9:15amPosted by By BRIAN STELTER
At $1.8 billion, Thursday?s deal for CNet by CBS is the biggest by far in its recent Internet expansion, making the network a bigger player in online media.
Fox Plans to Run Fewer Ads in 2 New Prime-Time Dramas
16 May 2008 at 1:49amPosted by By BILL CARTER
The president of Fox Entertainment announced a plan that would allow two of its new dramas, ?Fringe? and ?Dollhouse,? to run as many as 50 minutes of story each episode.
Advertising: Yahoo and WPP in Partnership
16 May 2008 at 1:40amPosted by By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
The deal between Yahoo and WPP Group, the advertising holding company, will give WPP?s clients a broader swath of Web sites where they can aim their messages.
Editor From Herald Tribune to Run A.P. News in the U.S.
16 May 2008 at 1:38amPosted by By DOREEN CARVAJAL
Michael Oreskes, the executive editor of The International Herald Tribune, is taking a newly created position as managing editor for United States news at The Associated Press.
Warren Cowan, a Star at Promoting Stars, Dies at 87
16 May 2008 at 1:47amPosted by By BRUCE WEBER
Mr. Cowan represented generations of celebrities, from Doris Day to Bette Midler, Frank Sinatra to Elton John, Ronald Reagan to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Advertising: Fox Will Bring Back ?Idol,? and Add Sci-Fi
14 May 2008 at 11:25pmPosted by By JACQUES STEINBERG and BILL CARTER
Fox will introduce a science-fiction-oriented drama from J. J. Abrams of ?Lost? and a comedy about life at a luxury hotel starring Jerry O?Connell.
Turner to Offer Marketers Way to Link Ads to Content
14 May 2008 at 11:30pmPosted by By STUART ELLIOTT
Turner Entertainment is offering a new system intended to pair commercials with relevant moments in the shows they interrupt.
Editor Is Leaving Chicago Tribune
15 May 2008 at 12:04amPosted by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Chicago Tribune?s managing editor for news, George de Lama, is leaving the newspaper after 30 years.
Connecting Game Players to Build a Sense of Loyalty
14 May 2008 at 10:24pmPosted by By SETH SCHIESEL
On Thursday, Disney?s video game division will open an online service and social network meant to connect players of Disney games across North America.
Clear Channel Accepts Smaller Takeover Bid
15 May 2008 at 12:59amPosted by By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED
Clear Channel agreed to a revised $17.9 billion takeover by two private equity firms after settling a long and often acrimonious dispute with the six banks that agreed to finance the deal.
Liberty Media in Accord With Diller?s Company
14 May 2008 at 1:39amPosted by By GERALDINE FABRIKANT
Liberty Media and IAC/InterActiveCorp said that they had settled their differences, paving the way for the division of IAC into five companies.
Craigslist?s Countersuit Criticizes eBay?s Tactics
14 May 2008 at 11:10amPosted by By LAURIE J. FLYNN
The online classifieds company filed a countersuit against minority owner eBay, accusing it of unfair competition, false advertising, trademark infringement and diluting the value of the Craigslist trademark.
Celebrity Editor to Leave Her Post
14 May 2008 at 11:01amPosted by By REUTERS
The celebrity magazine editor Bonnie Fuller is resigning as executive vice president and chief editorial director of American Media, the publisher of the National Enquirer and Star magazines.
Advertising: A Second Night for Comedy at CBS
14 May 2008 at 10:41amPosted by By BILL CARTER
CBS will try to expand its growing success with comedy in the new lineup of programs that it will introduce on Wednesday to advertisers in New York.
Bits: Charter Will Monitor Users? Web Surfing
16 May 2008 at 1:48amPosted by By SAUL HANSELL
Charter Communications plans to keep track of every site its Internet customers visit and will sell the data to a firm that will use it to show targeted ads to Charter customers.
?SportsCenter? to Be Shown Live During the Day
14 May 2008 at 11:05amPosted by By RICHARD SANDOMIR
After years of televising taped versions of ?SportsCenter? in the mornings, ESPN announced Tuesday that the studio show would be live starting in August.
When an Anchor Curses on the Air, She Becomes the Night?s Top Story
14 May 2008 at 1:43pmPosted by By JAMES BARRON
On live television, Sue Simmons used an unpublishable word to chide her WNBC-TV co-anchor, Chuck Scarborough.
The Media Equation: A Knock in the Night in Phoenix
11 May 2008 at 11:35pmPosted by By DAVID CARR
The two principal owners of Village Voice Media have decided to match the legal aggression from local authorities in Arizona with some aggression of their own.
Fox Experiments With Fewer Ads in Two Dramas
Posted by bsteinberg@adage.com (Brian Steinberg)
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Can U.S. TV networks run fewer ads in their TV shows but charge more for them? News Corp.'s Fox is about to find out.
It's the Ads, Stupid
Posted by genemedia@gmail.com (Gene DeWitt)
As I think back over the last four decades of TV advertising that I've experienced as an advertising professional, one thought predominates: A key aspect of the phenomenal power of the medium is that in the past even mediocre ads could effectively sell products and build brands.
Networks Opt for Heavy Dose of Unreality
Posted by jrash@cmithun.com (John Rash)
MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) -- Creators and critics, buyers and sellers, and plenty of movers and shakers gathered in one of the world's coastal cultural capitals this week to unveil and schedule video artistry. Sure, that could describe the network upfront presentations, but it also applies to the concurrent conclave in Cannes, now hosting its 61st annual film festival.
This Year, Univision Wants Those English-Language Dollars
Posted by lwentz@adage.com (Laurel Wentz)
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Univision Communications took direct aim at English-language networks, telling the audience at yesterday's upfront presentation that 60% of Univision's audience are unduplicated viewers who watch only the Spanish-language network, that viewership of the English-language networks is down by 13% while Univision's is up 23%, and that the average viewer of Spanish-language news is 40 years old compared to 61 for the other networks.
Mirror, Mirror on the Car
Sony Computer Entertainment wanted to build awareness and buzz around its new PlayStation 3 racing game, Motorstorm. To engage its target audience of male motor-sports fanatics, it sponsored two popular motoring TV programs and used them for a never-seen-before creative concept, blurring the boundaries between program and advertising.
Dan Rather, Meet Jamie Lynn Spears and Robot Chicken
Posted by sdumenco@adage.com (Simon Dumenco)
As a service to real readers, Media Guy fields imaginary questions about the media landscape from nonexistent readers. He does this every few months in deference to his very busy actual readers -- saving them the trouble of writing in with questions they simply don't have time to ask. Herewith, the latest batch of NSFAQ (not-so-frequently-asked questions) ...
Group M Names Head of Global Trading
Posted by mmcilroy@adage.com (Megan McIlroy)
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Group M, the parent company for WPP media agencies MindShare, Mediaedge:cia, MediaCom and Maxus, is making Alexander Schmidt-Vogel, CEO of MediaCom Worldwide, its global trading CEO, a newly created position. The word "trading" may bring to mind arbitrage -- the buying and selling of media -- but Group M CEO Irwin Gotlieb, who is known to dislike the term "buying," made it clear the new role will give global oversight to what's traditionally thought of as buying operations.
Gourmet Magazine Gets New Publisher
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Conde Nast shuffled publishers this week in moves that could help reverse recent ad-sales struggles at Gourmet, where ad pages were down 16% through its April issue. Nancy Berger Cardone, VP-publisher at Allure magazine, was named to take over the top spot at Gourmet, where she began her Conde career as an account manager in 1989.
A Tale of Water Buffalo, Lions, Crocs and Two Lucky Ducks
Posted by akerwin@adage.com (Ann Marie Kerwin)
While on safari, David Budzinski and Jason Schlosberg saw a group of water buffalo grazing near a water hole, which led to them witnessing and capturing what has become known on YouTube as the "Battle at Kruger," a sequence of events that rival any scenario a Hollywood screenwriter might type.
Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter, Designer George Lois
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The 2008 National Magazine Awards presented by the American Society of Magazine Editors were held May 1. The black-tie gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center gathered more than 1,000 guests to celebrate 25 winners across 20 categories. Named after the Alexander Calder stabile "Elephant," the 2008 "Ellies" drew 1,964 entries from 333 print and online magazines. Here's photos of some of the winners, and the celebrity presenters.
