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NBC Hits $1B in Olympic Ad Sales
NBC said it reached its stated goal of $1 billion in advertising sales for the Beijing Olympic Games, with the announcement coming one day prior to the Opening Ceremonies.
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Larry Honig: Op-Ed
It's a general problem that I call 'clericalism'. It's the tendency to only talk to people in your club. It has the power to cloud minds, and it's leading a lot of media-biz managers to misread what the Google/YouTube deal, a significant nod to the open-sourcing of content, is all about.
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Rupert’s Gambit
By J. Max Robins
You can count on one hand the number of media moguls you bet against at your own risk. Atop the list is doubtless News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch, who last week cemented his standing by locking down the $5 billion-plus purchase of Dow Jones and its centerpiece, the Wall Street Journal. In the wake of that acquisition, bookmakers certainly shifted the over/under for Murdoch, and cronies Roger ...
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Broadcasters Cry Foul on HD Squeeze
By John Eggerton
In an economy that is putting more lines of worry on broadcasters' faces than there are of resolution on an HDTV set, picture clarity could become a critical selling point and a path to differentiate channels in a way never seen in the analog age, broadcasters say. That's why some of those broadcasters are now smarting even more over last fall's FCC decision allowing cable operators to compress...
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Syndication & Distribution
- EXCLUSIVE: Tyra Banks' Talk Show Shifting From Syndication To CW
CW to air double runs from 3 pm - 5 pm beginning in September - Debmar-Mercury Acquires E!’s 'True Hollywood Story'
Will sell to stations as a one-hour strip starting as early as next fall - Memorial Service Planned For Matthew Rodriguez
Twentieth Television exec passed away Nov. 14 after brief bout with cancer - BBC Launches First Spanish-Language Channel In U.S.
CBeebies, a channel targeting preschoolers enters U.S. market via DISH Network carriage deal. - ComCorp. Fires Back At Baja Broadband
Responds to retransmission consent negotiation complaint with one of its own. - Syndication Ratings: 'Legend Of The Seeker' Performing Well
"Doctors," "Deal or No Deal" saw gains in the first full week of November sweeps - Exclusive: 'Criminal Minds,' 'Numb3rs' Find Syndie Homes
CBS crime procedurals step up to replace CSI block on CBS, Gannett, Belo and other station groups. - CBS College Sports Adding 4 Million Subs
Network inks new deals with Verizon Fios, Comcast and Brighthouse Networks. - If 'Oprah' Goes, Time Slot War Starts
Syndicators, stations ponder life without The Oprah Winfrey Show and whether to fill her plum slot with news or first-run programming. - Roxanne Modjallal Promoted at WBDTD
Takes on newly created position of senior VP of finance
