Entertainment Industry
National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of September 8, 2008 (Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - Led by Sunday Night Football and America's Got Talent, it was another clean sweep for NBC, with a first-place finish in households, total viewers and the three key demos -- adults 18-49, adults 25-54 and adults 18-34 -- for the week of Sept. 8. Comparably, NBC has now finished first in total viewers and adults 18-49 for six consecutive weeks -- its longest winning streak in viewers since second quarter 2002 and in the demo since the summer of 2004. NBC was also up by margins of 11 to 35 percent in the five surveyed categories versus one year earlier. More »
TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest (Mediaweek.com)
Mediaweek.com - MyNetworkTV has announced that comedy/reality half-hour The Tony Rock Project, featuring the younger brother of comedian Chris Rock, will anchor Wednesdays at 8 p.m. effective on Oct. 8. That will lead-into relocated sitcom Under One Roof, followed by the reality driven World's Funniest Moments at 9 p.m. ET. More »
Google CEO says ready to move ahead on Yahoo deal (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc plans to move ahead with Yahoo Inc in implementing its advertising search deal and believes that rival Microsoft is behind plans to derail the deal, top executives of the Internet search leader said on Wednesday. More »
Fox and CBS say TV advertising holding up (Reuters)
Reuters - Advertisers are moving forward with deals they signed last spring for billions of dollars in television commercial time, and remain willing to pay top dollar for additional spots, two top media executives said on Wednesday. More »
Metallica hits No. 1, Jessica Simpson falters (Reuters)
Reuters - Metallica's first album in five years soared to No. 1 on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday, while Jessica Simpson's country debut and hip-hop icon LL Cool J's label swan song faltered. More »
WSJ online subscription revenue to rise: Murdoch (Reuters)
Reuters - News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said online subscription revenue at The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones could rise by $300 million a year over the next two to three years. More »
Times reporters sue Zell, seek ouster from board (Reuters)
Reuters - A group of current and former Los Angeles Times reporters sued their boss Sam Zell on Tuesday seeking to remove him and his close business associates from their parent company's board of directors. More »
Economic realities hamper Spanish-language media (Reuters)
Reuters - Spanish-language media is one of the hottest segments of the industry, right? More »
Ad agencies on Madison Ave feel Wall Street pain (Reuters)
Reuters - Just a few miles north of Wall Street, shockwaves from the financial crisis are reverberating through the advertising agencies of Madison Avenue. More »
McClatchy slashes 10 percent more jobs, cuts dividend (Reuters)
Reuters - McClatchy Co will slash 10 percent of its workforce for the second time this year and is cutting its dividend as the U.S. newspaper publisher struggles with punishing advertising revenue declines. More »