Mediaweek.com - -Ratings Breakdown:
CBS and NBC shared leadership on this typically dull pre-summer Friday, with CBS the most-watched network (70,000 viewers ahead of NBC), and NBC No. 1 in households and adults 18-49. Third overall was ABC, followed by the CW and Fox. With the exception of a two-hour edition of NBC's Dateline, ABC's 20/20 and Friday Night Smackdown! on the CW, repeats were the unfortunate observation. -- read full article
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:04:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - The three leading U.S. television
networks said on Monday they have concluded the bulk of their
prime-time advertising deals for the upcoming 2008-09 season
with prices for commercials running unexpectedly higher than
last year. -- read full article
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:17:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - Steven Spielberg aims to
raise more than $1 billion in third-party financing to reinvent
DreamWorks as a separate company that once again owns the
movies it makes.
Reuters - Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc
said on Monday it has no agenda regarding buying General
Electric Co's NBC Universal but it would consider the matter if
the unit came up for sale. -- read full article
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:33:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - Continuing her father's
legacy of fighting for musicians, Nancy Sinatra will urge
lawmakers Wednesday to approve legislation giving performers a
royalty for songs aired on traditional radio. -- read full article
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:19:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - Rock band AC/DC will sell its new
album only through Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the Wall Street Journal
reported on its website on Sunday, citing unnamed sources . -- read full article
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:52:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - Here's a big part of why
broadcast ratings are down: The number of television channels
that the average U.S. home receives has hit a record high of
119. -- read full article
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:34:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
AP - Leaders of Hollywood's second-largest actors union approved a new contract with studios that grants actors more money for Internet work — an issue that sparked a crippling writers strike this year.
AP - Leaders of Hollywood's second-largest actors union approved a new contract with studios that grants actors more money for Internet work — an issue that sparked a crippling writers strike this year.
Reuters - News Corp's Wall Street Journal plans
to stop carrying a daily opinion column provided by
Breakingviews.com, Hugo Dixon, the founder of the financial
news website, said on Friday. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:42:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
Reuters - Arguably the No. 1 item on record
labels' to-do list for the year is, "Establish variable pricing
for digital downloads." -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:44:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment Industry News
