Even as infomercials he hosted aired on local stations across the country this morning, the cable news channels were reporting on the death of pitchman Billy Mays.
50-year-old Mays was found unresponsive by his wife in his Tampa home this morning. Mays was on board a US Airways flight yesterday that made an emergency landing [...]
Archive for June, 2009
TV Pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead in His Tampa Home
Posted in News on June 28, 2009 | Comments Off
Actor Screw-Ups on Social Networking Sites
Posted in News on June 28, 2009 | Comments Off
Being a Twit on Twitter, A Farce on Facebook, A Loon on LinkedIn and a Moron on MySpace.
"Kevin Kemperer is doin’ Brittany in the hot tub."
Sadly the only thing fictional about the sentence prior, pulled from a Facebook status, is the user’s name; Kevin Kemperer. His "doin’ Brittany in the hot tub," whether [...]
CBS Launches Leno Counterattack
Posted in News on June 28, 2009 | Comments Off
Offers affiliates "Project L.E.N.O." to thwart Jay
By Michael Malone — Broadcasting & Cable
CBS sees opportunity when the 10 p.m. The Jay Leno Show debuts on NBC in the fall, and is looking to maximize it with what it calls "an aggressive, multi-tiered local market campaign" to boost its affiliates’ performance at 10-and in [...]
All-Time Lows for CBS and ABC Evening Newscasts
Posted in News on June 23, 2009 | Comments Off
TVNewser has learned the CBS Evening News has once again set an all-time low last week with 4.89 million Total Viewers and 1.42 million A25-54 viewers. But it was also the lowest (since records began in the 1991-’92 season) for ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson. The Gibson program drew 6.42 million Total Viewers and [...]
CBS Getting Tough – Perhaps a Sign of Things to Come
Posted in News on June 21, 2009 | Comments Off
CBS lawsuit over failure to pay bills may be precursor as stations struggle
In what could be the first of more such lawsuits to come in the syndication world, CBS Television Distribution last week filed suit against Global Broadcasting, owner of WLNE Providence, alleging that it failed to pay license fees on CTD-distributed shows [...]
CBS TV Distribution Sues Global Broadcasting For 5 Million Dollars
Posted in News on June 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Global’s WLNE Providence airs five CTD shows
CBS Television Distribution is suing Global Broadcasting, owner of WLNE Providence, for failing to pay nearly $2.2 million in license fees on such CTD-distributed shows as Dr. Phil, Inside Edition, Rachael Ray, The Insider and Entertainment Tonight.
According to the complaint, filed Monday at the Los Angeles County [...]
ABC Finalizes Reorganization
Posted in News on June 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Integrated business and operational arms of ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios
ABC announced its long-expected final re-organizational structure Thursday integrating business and operational arms of ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios. The re-organization, which began back in January when network chief Stephen McPherson assumed oversight of the studio from Mark Pedowitz, is in line with [...]
Reports: Walter Cronkite gravely ill
Posted in News on June 21, 2009 | Comments Off
CBS is not commenting on newsman’s health
CBS isn’t commenting on reports that veteran newsman Walter Cronkite is gravely ill.
The 92-year-old former anchor of "The CBS Evening News," who has been ailing for some time, has reportedly taken a turn for the worse, according to TVNewser and other online sites.
CBS News spokesman [...]
PBS Makes More Cuts
Posted in News on June 12, 2009 | Comments Off
Staff cutbacks, salary reductions in effort to close $3.4 million budget deficit
By John Eggerton — Broadcasting & Cable
The Public Broadcasting Service Thursday instituted new staff cutbacks, as well as temporary reductions in salaries and benefits.
It is all part of trying to close a $3.4 million budget deficit in 2010, according to a PBS [...]
ABC News Launches Digital Research Center – Eight Jobs Cut
Posted in News on June 7, 2009 | Comments Off
WebNewser has learned ABC News is shuttering its current news research library and converting it to a digital research center.
The move will mean the loss of eight jobs. In email to staff, obtained by WebNewser, news president David Westin writes, "Today, many of the research tools we use are available online. Our extensive, hard [...]
