Viacom Extends COO Thomas Dooley’s Contract Through 2018
Viacom said it has extended the employment contract of its chief operating officer, Thomas Dooley, through the end of 2018, putting aside recent speculation about the near-term future of the…
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MSNBC Gets New Daytime Programming Chief
A new executive will take the reins of MSNBC’s daytime schedule, which had become increasingly focused on up-to-the-minute headlines. In a move that further blurs the lines between NBCUniversal’s…
NBC Mulls Changes to 9 a.m. Hour of ‘Today’
NBC is feeling its oats in the morning. Having stabilized the performance of the first two hours of its long-running "Today" show after that flagship program lost standing to ABC rival "Good Morning …
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Megyn Kelly to Host Primetime Special on Fox Broadcasting
Megyn Kelly will, for at least an hour, jump from Fox News Channel to Fox prime time. The Fox News anchor, whose stature has grown during the most recent election cycle as she has tangled with…
Fox Ready to Do TV Ad Deals Without Traditional Nielsen Guarantees
Fox is joining the parade of TV companies testing the market to see if Madison Avenue is ready to do some deals without relying on that old standby, TV-audience measurement from Nielsen, The Fox…
Meredith Corp. Strikes Digital-Video Pact With Unconventional Studios
Meredith Corp. which owns magazines ranging from “Shape” to “Martha Stewart Living,” wants to make the publications come more alive in the digital space. To do so, it will add a steady stream of…
Viacom Shareholders Vote To Re-Elect Company’s Board
A majority of shareholders in Viacom Inc., the media company that has been under intense scrutiny of late, agreed to re-elect the New York concern’s board of directors at an annual meeting held…
Fox Business Network Picks Up ‘Wall Street Week’
“Wall Street Week,” the venerable business-news program that aired for more than three decades on PBS, is back — on Fox Business Network. The 21st Century Fox-owned outlet said that it would launch…
Upfront 2016: TV Networks May Gain Upper Hand For First Time In Years
After years of difficulty, TV is tuning in something it hasn't had in a long time: pricing power. In the weeks to come, advertisers are likely to hear about new Thursday-night football games on NBC…
Ariana Grande Drops Unexpected Profanity Into ‘SNL’ Monologue
Singer and actress Ariana Grande surprised the “Saturday Night Live” audience and crew with an unexpected profanity during her monologue on the program, a slip that in the past has…
TV’s Superheroes Grapple With Product Placement
Green Arrow, the Atom and the Flash have trounced supervillains, saved countless lives and brought relative peace to their world. Now there's a new task they are slowly accomplishing: Keeping…
