Officials may take legal action against a Philadelphia TV station whose sweeps stunt involved a sting operation that lured men to a house with the prospect of sex with children.
Insiders at American Media are saying there is heightened tension between Bonnie Fuller, the hard-charging editorial director of the company and her boss, CEO David Pecker.
Federal regulators will not impose what could have been multi-million dollar fines against the NBC television network or its affiliates in connection with an expected reversal of an earlier indecency decision, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Comcast Corp. is striking while the iron is hot. Soon after shareholders of Walt Disney Co. displayed their displeasure with Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Eisner by withholding 43% of votes cast for his reelection to the board, the cable operator said it seeks a meeting with independent board members to talk about merging.
While the jury deliberated the criminal case against Martha Stewart, the latest verdict in her media empire's performance seemed more certain: Analysts expect Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. to report its first annual loss when it releases financial results Thursday.
Mel Gibson stands to personally make more than $300 million for pursuing his Passion. At the close of its fifth day in theaters, the controversial The Passion of the Christ movie officially grossed $125.2 million, and industry experts anticipate that the international box office sales could hit $650 million by the end of its run.
Procter & Gamble has awarded English-language broadcast media buying in Canada to The Media Company after a review, the agency confirmed.
The Bush campaign on Wednesday announced the start of what may be the most expensive advertising campaign in presidential history, with commercials devised to erase months of Democratic attacks by portraying President Bush as a plain-spoken leader who steadied the nation after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The battle lines in the cutthroat industry known as telecommunications are about to blur even further as the nation's biggest telephone companies launch a long-promised counterattack against the cable TV industry, whose new phone services have been stealing away customers.
John Kerry's ex-girlfriend Emma Gilbey is now married to Bill Keller, the executive editor of the New York Times - and some wags are wondering whether Gilbey's romantic past will influence her husband's coverage of the candidate.