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NYT > Media & Advertising
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The Pundit Analyzing Obama? Some TV Upstart Named Rove:
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The bête noire of the Democrats has turned pundit, and his old nemeses do not always know what to make of it.
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In the Age of TiVo and Web Video, What Is Prime Time?:
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The missing six million viewers who were watching prime television last May and have disappeared this year are still watching, but on their own terms.
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Cablevision Offer Baffles Wall Street (Again):
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Wall Street is skeptical about why Cablevision wants to buy Newsday. But a deal is said to be imminent.
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Craig (of the List) Looks Beyond the Web:
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In the face of the expansion of the classified ads Web site Craigslist, its founder, Craig Newman, is capitalizing on his success to promote causes he holds dear.
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Advertising: Marketers Welcome Television’s Shift to a 52-Week Season:
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The writers’ strike this TV season was only the catalyst of the change to upfront week, when networks offer springtime previews of prime-time programs for the coming fall.
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It’s Official: Jimmy Fallon Is Next for ‘Late Night’:
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Jimmy Fallon, the former cast member of “Saturday Night Live,” is to be named the host of NBC’s “Late Night” talk show.
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PBS Revives a Show That Shines a Light on Reading:
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The 2009 version of “The Electric Company” is a weekly, more danceable version of its former daily self.
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McCain’s TV Preferences Emerge: Office Farce, Not Soap:
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Presidential candidates long ago learned the power of pop culture, but this year they seem to be leaning particularly hard on it.
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Citi’s New Slogan Is Said to Be Second Choice:
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Replacing a tagline that fizzled last year, Citigroup’s new slogan, “Citi Never sleeps”, had previously been scratched.
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Planning a Web Site, Publisher Buys a Harvard Alumni Magazine:
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Plans for 02138, a magazine for Harvard alumni, include expanding it into social networking and event sponsorship, and then duplicating the operation for each Ivy League school.
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The United States Open Changes Its Cable Home:
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ESPN and the Tennis Channel will start televising the United States Open starting next year through 2014.
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Playboy Has a Losing Quarter, and Its Chief Talks of Media Transformation:
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Playboy Enterprises reported that it had lost money in the first quarter of 2008, making it another casualty of the economic downturn and the squeeze between old media and new media.
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Fox Business Refines Lineup in Daytime:
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Changes to the lineup of the network, which was introduced in October, will affect almost every daytime hour.
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Production of a Movie Stops Over Funds to Pay Its Stars:
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Production was halted after producers of the film failed to keep sufficient funds to pay actors in a union-mandated account.
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GodTube, Where Networking Is More Spiritual Than Social:
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GodTube.com, a YouTube knockoff for the evangelical set, is a success with users and with investors as well.
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Accounts, People, Miscellany:
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News about advertising.
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News Corporation Withdraws Its Bid for Newsday:
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Cablevision appeared likely to prevail in the bidding for the newspaper after the News Corporation pulled out.
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Everybody’s Business: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up, or Can You?:
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In my heart, I would like my son to be a real-life counterpart of a character on my latest imaginary TV series brainchild: “The Hedges of Greenwich, Conn.”
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Suits: A Hurdle for TV: Wall Street Reality:
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The mortgage crisis has made it harder to find willing participants for “Wall Street Warriors,” a cable television show that documents the lives of traders, brokers, bankers and other financial professionals.
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From Places Unexpected, Support for the Press:
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Conservative voices offered perhaps the broadest defense of reporters’ rights during oral arguments in a case involving the refusal of a reporter to disclose sources.
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You’ve Seen the YouTube Video; Now Try the Documentary:
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Only after “Battle of Kruger” — an eight-minute African safari video — became one of the most popular videos in YouTube’s history did the television buyers come calling.
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Times Publisher and His Wife Separate:
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Arthur Sulzberger Jr., chairman of The New York Times Company, and his wife, Gail Gregg, a painter and writer, said the decision to end their marriage was amicable.
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Business Briefing | Earnings: Asset Sales Bolster Clear Channel’s Earnings:
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The radio and outdoor advertising company reported higher first-quarter earnings on asset sales, but operating results were flat, reflecting weak demand for radio advertising.
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Months of Talks End in New Contract for ABC’s President:
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The Walt Disney Company signed the president of ABC Entertainment, Stephen McPherson, to a new contract, signaling confidence in the maverick executive’s ability to deliver new hits.
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To Reduce Costs, Warner Brothers Closing 2 Film Divisions:
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The company said closing Picturehouse and Warner Independent Pictures was a cost-cutting move rooted in the changing economics of the specialty film business.
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Advertising: In a Weak Economy, Quirky Restaurant Ads Yield to Tried and True:
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Applebee’s and Wendy’s have opted for a more recession-proof approach: glamour shots of food.
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Cablevision Reports Wider Loss:
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Cablevision Systems reported a wider deficit for its first quarter on Thursday on losses from derivative contracts.
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Revenue Rises at Liberty Media:
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Liberty Media’s first-quarter revenue rose in all three of its business units, which include QVC and Starz television channels and a stake in DirecTV, the company said.
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Warner Music Loss:
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The Warner Music Group suspended dividends Thursday after reporting that higher costs and a shift to digital music resulted in a wider second-quarter loss.
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The Media Equation: A Knock in the Night in Phoenix:
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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.
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