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  • April 2008

    • Couric's Not Only Thing Networks Should Toss

      BusinessWeek  |  Apr 15, 08 9:11 PM CDT

      Couric's Not Only Thing Networks Should Toss

      (Newser) - Evening network news, with or without Katie Couric aboard, is going nowhere, Ron Grover writes in BusinessWeek —then offers suggestions on what the TV giants should do to hook viewers: Make the news available on the viewers' time: Get big-name anchors on tape earlier, and put those newscasts online. More »

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      NBC  • CBS  • ABC  • Katie Couric  • Brian Williams  • network news  • Charles Gibson  • CBS Evening News  • Anderson Cooper

    • Trouble at CBS Runs Wide and Deep

      New York Times  |  Apr 14, 08 11:09 AM CDT

      Trouble at CBS Runs Wide and Deep

      (Newser) - With trouble plaguing most divisions of CBS, last week's flap over Katie Couric's contract was just one of the countless items on Les Moonves' to-do list, the New York Times reports. Ad sales are down industry-wide, Fox is on the tail of the prime-time division and gaining fast, and the radio division and online presence lag competitors. More »

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      CBS  • earnings reports  • Fox  • Katie Couric  • CBS News  • Leslie Moonves

    • Ferguson Overtakes Conan

      New York Times  |  Apr 10, 08 4:01 PM CDT

      Ferguson Overtakes Conan

      (Newser) - It appears the tides are changing for Conan O’Brien—well, sort of. Last week, and for the first time, the NBC late-night host was beaten in overall ratings by CBS rival Craig Ferguson, the New York Times reports. More »

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      television  • NBC  • CBS  • Conan O'Brien  • late night talk show  • demographics  • late night host  • Craig Ferguson

    • CBS May Dump Couric Early

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 9, 08 7:25 PM CDT

      CBS May Dump Couric Early

      (Newser) - CBS may part ways with "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric as soon as the January 2009 inauguration, and long before her contract expires in 2011, reports the Wall Street Journal , citing anonymous sources from both camps. Network executives are tired of all-time low ratings that began with the switch from Dan Rather to Couric in 2006—after an interim with Bob Schieffer, whose ratings Couric still hasn't bested, the Journal notes. More »

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      television  • media  • CBS  • Katie Couric  • news anchor  • TV ratings  • contract  • Larry King  • Nielsen Ratings  • television news  • CBS Evening News  • Dan Rather

    • CBS in Talks to Outsource News to CNN

      New York Times  |  Apr 8, 08 9:44 AM CDT

      CBS in Talks to Outsource News to CNN

      (Newser) - CBS, the network of Ed Murrow and Walter Cronkite that is widely credited with inventing television news, is considering outsourcing some of its news gathering activities to CNN, according to the New York Times. No deal is imminent but talks are reportedly taking place at the highest level at both networks. CBS denied negotiations were under way. More »

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      NBC  • CBS  • Time Warner  • CNN  • Katie Couric  • ABC News  • television news  • Today Show  • CBS News  • Good Morning America  • Dan Rather  • CBS Evening News  • TNS Media Intelligence

    • Web Videos May Be Ad Gold Mine

      USA Today  |  Apr 4, 08 3:12 PM CDT

      Web Videos May Be Ad Gold Mine

      (Newser) - TV networks, major news organizations, and independent producers are all scrambling to create Web videos that will let them snag a portion of the ad dollars flowing online. Ad spending on Internet videos will grow to $4.3 billion by 2011, say researchers—a 455% increase over today. "It's growing faster than any other advertising category," an NBC Universal exec tells USA Today . More »

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      Internet  • advertising  • NBC  • CBS  • online advertising  • Disney  • online videos  • video  • independent film  • LonelyGirl15

    • LA Billboards Off the Charts

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 3, 08 3:21 PM CDT

      LA Billboards Off the Charts

      (Newser) - Billboards are out of control in the City of Angels, Pat Morrison writes in the Los Angeles Times , and an industry with almost no accountability is again fighting city efforts at regulation. Giants Clear Channel and CBS Outdoor are throwing a "well-lawyered hissy-fit" against an effort to make the location and description of every billboard in LA public knowledge. More »

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      Los Angeles  • advertising  • CBS  • Clear Channel  • billboards  • city government

  • March 2008

    • Networks Rethink New Shows

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

      Networks Rethink New Shows

      (Newser) - 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

    • Supremes to Weigh On-Air Swearing

      Reuters  |  Mar 17, 08 1:11 PM CDT

      Supremes to Weigh On-Air Swearing

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court might take up a gavel in one hand and a bar of soap in the other next term, when it considers a case challenging the FCC’s “fleeting utterances” standards, it announced today. The FCC is appealing a lower-court ruling—which arose when Cher dropped an F-bomb during a 2002 Fox broadcast—that it has failed to “articulate a reasoned basis” for the rules. More »

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      television  • US Supreme Court  • FCC  • CBS  • Fox  • constitutionality  • Janet Jackson  • indecency  • profanity  • wardrobe malfunction  • swearing

    • Brit Behavin' in Sitcom Cameo

      People  |  Mar 13, 08 6:49 PM CDT

      Brit Behavin' in Sitcom Cameo

      (Newser) - Britney Spears is acting like a lady on the set of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother , her cast-mates report—and Spears is "having a blast" herself, she tells People . Spears arrived promptly for work at a Los Angeles studio early yesterday morning, then again this afternoon after keeping a scheduled visit with her two young sons, the mag adds. More »

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      Britney Spears  • CBS  • Jamie Spears  • Lynne Spears  • cameo  • sitcom  • How I Met Your Mother  • Josh Radnor

    • Spears Battles K-Fed Over $1M Legal Bill

      Reuters  |  Mar 11, 08 8:47 AM CDT

      Spears Battles K-Fed Over $1M Legal Bill

      (Newser) - Britney Spears is battling her ex over a $1 million legal bill related to the custody fight over their two sons. The court held off yesterday on ruling on the fees, and instead ordered Spears to stick to a $1,500-a-week spending limit, reports Reuters. Spears' attorney argued that the fees for both sides charged to Britney—who has been ordered to pay former hubby Kevin Federline's legal expenses—should be slashed to no more than $175,000. More »

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      celebrity  • Britney Spears  • CBS  • Kevin Federline  • custody  • Jamie Spears  • Lynne Spears

  • February 2008