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  • June 2008

    • Where Will Jay Go After Tonight ?

      newser  |  Hollywood Reporter  |  Jun 28, 08 6:37 AM CDT

      Where Will Jay Go After Tonight ?

      Jay Leno might be losing his beloved "Tonight Show," writes the Hollywood Reporter , but the host still has a ratings punch and an enviable set of options (in decreasing order of probability): Take ABC’s 11:30pm-12:30am slot, displacing Nightline and Jimmy Kimmel Live and competing with Letterman and O’Brien. Launch a show on Fox at 11 or 11:30pm—Fox doesn’t currently run late-night shows, but could use Leno’s brand to push into the new territory. Sony Pictures TV puts Leno’s Tonight Show into syndication, which could eventually lead to another late-night gig. More »

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      NBC  • CBS  • ABC  • news  • Jay Leno  • David Letterman  • Conan O'Brien  • late night talk show  • Tonight Show  • late night host  • Jimmy Kimmel  • stand up comedy  • network TV

    • Minutes Dwindle for Networks' War Coverage

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 23, 08 1:45 PM CDT

      Minutes Dwindle for Networks' War Coverage

      Middle East correspondents are struggling to get stories on the nightly news as TV networks scale back war coverage, the New York Times reports. With violence in Iraq declining and the US public tiring of an open-ended conflict, network execs have focused on hot topics like the contentious presidential primaries. Keeping, and securing, bureaus in violent areas is also quite costly. More »

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      Iraq war  • business  • NBC  • CBS  • ABC  • Afghanistan war  • media coverage  • network news  • reporting

    • Not Just iPhone—iRadio!

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 13, 08 9:00 PM CDT

      Not Just iPhone&mdash;iRadio!

      Apple’s new iPhone will provide free, CD-quality radio from 200 stations in 25 genres—even if that does cut into iTunes' music business, Saul Hansell blogs in the New York Times . But Apple knows that it will "fare best if it makes the iPhone as useful as possible, and that means exploiting the device’s ability to stream music, talk and video." More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • CBS  • radio  • AOL  • AT&T  • iPhone applications  • streaming content

  • May 2008

    • Networks Will Partner For Cancer Telethon

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 27, 08 4:10 PM CDT

      Networks Will Partner For Cancer Telethon

      ABC, CBS and NBC have decided to work together to fight cancer, the New York Times reports. Each network's lead news anchor will appear on a Sept. 5 telethon broadcast on all three channels simultaneously. The principles—CBS's Katie Couric, NBC's Brian Williams and ABC's Charlie Gibson—have all lost immediate relatives to cancer. More »

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      cancer  • NBC  • CBS  • cancer research  • ABC  • Katie Couric  • Brian Williams  • television news  • network news  • Charles Gibson

    • Network TV Records Worst Ratings Ever

      newser  |  Variety  |  May 21, 08 11:25 AM CDT

      Network TV Records Worst Ratings Ever

      With just a few days left in the 2007-'08 TV season, Fox is set to take the ratings belt from five-time winner CBS. But it’ll be something of a hollow victory, because network TV on the whole recorded its worst year ever, Variety reports. Among the top five networks, audiences fell 7%, and the coveted 18-49 demographic fell 10%. More »

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      television  • CBS  • Fox  • Nielsen Ratings  • network television  • TV ratings  • Fox network

    • Last Chance for Gossip Girl Network?

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 16, 08 3:33 AM CDT

      Last Chance for Gossip Girl Network?

      A ratings dip is threatening the CW network, sparking chatter that the newbie operation might not make it past year three, the Wall Street Journal reports. Despite the buzz about its racy teen drama Gossip Girl, CW has lost 28% of its young adult target audience. A critical problem is that younger viewers tend to watch shows like Gossip Girl on the internet rather than TV, which bites into ad dollars. More »

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      television  • CBS  • Nielsen Ratings  • Gossip Girl

    • Stocks Rise on Deals, Lower Oil

      newser  |  MarketWatch  |  May 15, 08 3:24 PM CDT

      Stocks Rise on Deals, Lower Oil

      Stocks rose for the fourth consecutive day today as deal-making buzz from Internet firms and a Tiffany’s-led retail rally offset a rise in weekly jobless claims and contraction in New York- and Philadelphia-region manufacturing, MarketWatch reports. The Dow rose 94.28, closing at 12,992.66, while the S&P 500 climbed 14.91 to settle at 1,423.75. The Nasdaq gained 37.03, to 2,533.73. More »

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      S&P 500  • Nasdaq  • Dow Jones Industrial Average  • CBS  • IAC  • CNET  • Tiffany's

    • CBS Shells Out $1.8B to Buy CNET

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 15, 08 8:33 AM CDT

      CBS Shells Out $1.8B to Buy CNET

      CBS has agreed to buy CNET for $1.8 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports. The merger comes just as CNET was facing a full-scale shareholder revolt. Now, those investors are getting $11.50 a share, a price the stock hasn’t touched in two years and a 45% premium on yesterday’s close. Those shares immediately soared to $11.30 in premarket trading. More »

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      Internet  • mergers and acquisitions  • CBS  • hedge fund  • investors  • Leslie Moonves  • CNET

    • TV Writer's Real Genius May Lie in the Fine Print

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 14, 08 4:03 PM CDT

      TV Writer's Real Genius May Lie in the Fine Print

      Television viewers are familiar with "vanity cards," the industry term for images crediting a production company at a show's end. But the cards at two CBS sitcoms are different: Producer Chuck Lorre uses the instant of screen time for a changing public diary, the Wall Street Journal reports. Impossible to read at first, they become legible when paused on a digital recorder. More »

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      television  • CBS  • CBS television stations

    • Forget Video: Radio Killed the Radio Star

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 3, 08 5:25 PM CDT

      Forget Video: Radio Killed the Radio Star

      With Howard Stern gone and Don Imus chastened, today's commercial radio is fighting to be heard, the Wall Street Journal reports. What's more, consolidation is depriving stations of a local touch and squelching chances for would-be stars. Plus there aren’t as many “heirs apparent,” said one analyst, “and there used to be.” One new gabber, Adam Carolla, discovered just how vexing post-Stern radio life can be. More »

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      CBS  • radio  • Don Imus  • Sirius  • talk radio  • Howard Stern

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Networks Rethink New Shows

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 31, 08 6:03 PM CDT

      Networks Rethink New Shows

      Networks are rethinking how they develop new TV shows after the writers strike, the Wall Street Journal reports. NBC is switching to a staggered debut schedule, and many networks are shying away from traditional, expensive pilots. With fewer chances to test-drive possible shows, networks are sticking especially closely to trusted concepts and remakes of previous hits. More »

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      television  • NBC  • CBS  • Fox  • pilots  • Christian Slater

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