The Big Bad Business of Television
I just loved the following taken from a "trade report": NBC replaced scripted series with talk show host Jay Leno in its Monday to Friday 10 p.m. tim...
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How MSNBC Can Rule Cable News
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media
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If I were to walk the mile from where I live to the studio and take the reins, I would at least threaten to cut out the tongue of any TV host who dares interrupt anyone else.
Why Cable Will Survive The Market Meltdown
Wired | Posted 09.16.2008 | Business
Cable looks like a decent place to park your money in the event of a catastrophic market meltdown. The logic is this: People like TV. They don't want ...
Cable TV Should Be Ashamed
Rusty Russell | Posted 09.11.2008 | Home
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Cable TV fails to do its job: report on and analyze the candidates' policies. It's like they think we only care about lipstick. Viewers are left completely unaware of dozens of serious issues that dramatically impact enormous swaths of the population.
Raising The Bar: 7.7 Million Viewers — On Cable?
New York Post | Michael Starr | Posted 09.03.2008 | Media
I don't know what they're doing over there at TNT - but they're definitely doing something right. Monday's premiere of TNT's new legal drama, "Raisin...
Summer Of Cable, Part II: Record Viewership Again In Summer 2008
Hollywood Reporter | Kimberly Nordyke | Posted 08.21.2008 | Media
It's been another good summer for cable. Summer 2008 may not have generated as many ratings headlines for cable as last year, when Disney Channel's "...
Cable Ad Recession Coming: Analyst
Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 08.12.2008 | Media
The ad recession that's devastated newspapers and now, local tv, has yet to hit cable TV. But that's about to change, according to research firm SNL K...
Network TV Profits Would Probably Increase With Nudity And Swear Words
AP, Epicenter | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business
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This week has been a week of confirming what analysts had expected about Rupert Murdoch: he's making money -- but not really on TV. Chairman and Chie...
Cable TV Prices Keep On Rising
New York Times | MATT RICHTEL | Posted 05.24.2008 | Business
Americans discouraged by higher gas prices and airline fares may decide to spend more vacation time at home, perhaps watching television. But that, t...
Coincidence of Martin Luther King and Imus Anniversaries Brings Surprisingly Bitter Thoughts About Media
Eric Deggans | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics
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The continuing battle over issues like the words of Rev. Jeremiah Wright suggests to me that our soundbite-focused media culture isn't well suited to the serious, complex debate we need to have on race in America.
SpitzerFest: Let the Good Times Roll!
Tom Alderman | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media
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The media gods were certainly smiling on all newsies when the NY Governor stepped up to the microphones this week -- then stepped down from office.
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