- Not Kid's Play: Cartoon Net Grabs Adult Ads
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 22, 2007
The $850 million kids' TV ad dance is about to start ...
- At ABC, 'Grey's Anatomy' Ready To Do Additional Operating
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 22, 2007
ABC now thinks it has found its "CSI," its "Law & Orde ...
- Changing Partners: Viacom Wants Joost To Distribute Its Shows Online
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Move over, YouTube. Positioning itself as the next wave of TV digit ...
- Pricing Oscar: Big Budgets, But Indies May Steal Show
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 21, 2007
High advertising expenditures may give a movie big Oscar nominations and awards--b ...
- February's TV Picture: Some Disappointments, One Head-scratching Success
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 21, 2007
February is the time of year in the TV season when prognosticato ...
- Teaching TV Violence: Where Do You Draw -- Or Fire -- The Line?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Some U.S. Army generals are having a problem with all-too-graphic scenes ...
- Daytona 500 Puts Ad Revs In High Gear
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 19, 2007
Daytona 500 ad revenues are in high gear. It is another early-seas ...
- Sweeps Saga: ABC, CBS Score On Thursdays
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 19, 2007
Closing in on the final weeks of the sweeps period, both A ...
- Sports-Branded Entertainment Races, Looks To Avoid Crashing
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 19, 2007
During the final moments of the Daytona 500, with Mark Martin ...
- Digital Rules: NBC Taps Top Digital Exec To Head All Ad Sales
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, David Goetzl - Friday, February 16, 2007
In the strongest signal yet that NBC Universal is fiercely committed ...
- Nielsen: DVR Usage Close To Air Date Scores Viewers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 16, 2007
It's all in the playback. Nielsen Media Research told clients at i ...
- 'Lost' Not Found: Ratings Solid, But Drop Noted
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 16, 2007
Hit the panic button in the hatch, or what's left of i ...
- Laughing At The News, Fox-style
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 16, 2007
Fox News Channel says it's going comedy. Too late -- I've alrea ...
- Oscar Advertisers Keep Coming Back For More
Marketing Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 15, 2007
[Media] Advertisers buying time in the Oscar broadcast continue to be repe ...
- Strong Scatter Makes Network Sales Hearts Pitter Patter
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 15, 2007
TV's second-quarter advertising market--always a harbinger of possible forthcoming upfront activity--seems ...
- Paved With Gold: Oscar Advertisers Keep Coming Back
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 15, 2007
TV advertisers that buy time in the Oscar broadcast continue to ...
- The Real Bottom Line For Streaming Video
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 15, 2007
What's your average cable or broadcast network really pulling in advertising-wise f ...
- NASCAR Drives Marketing: Web Spots Run Before Daytona 500
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 14, 2007
NASCAR, the second-highest TV-rated sport next to the NFL, is back th ...
- CBS Scores With 'Rules,' Fox Rules With '24'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 14, 2007
CBS is breaking the rule that launching a traditional sitcom needs lo ...
- BBC America: Looking To Bust Out
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 14, 2007
You always had to wonder why the BBC wasn't a bigger de ...
- Covering All Bases: CBS RIOT Sells Cross-Platform
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 13, 2007
CBS has announced the creation of a locally targeted cross-platform ad-selling divisi ...
- Viacom Cuts 250 Jobs From MTV Nets
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Viacom Inc. announced it is laying off hundreds of employees--adding to t ...
- Sing Out: CBS Sees 20% Ratings Rise In Grammys
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 13, 2007
CBS hit a high note Sunday night--"49th Grammy Awards" were up mo ...
- MTV Dismisses 250 Staffers, San Diego Chargers Fire One
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 13, 2007
The TV business is just like football: Tackling and blocking is necessa ...
- Cartoon Network Exec Resigns In Wake Of Boston Brouhaha
Marketing Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 12, 2007
[Entertainment] The fallout over guerrilla marketing efforts in Boston for "Aqua Te ...
- Biking Accident: Discovery Nixes Cycling Sponsorship
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 12, 2007
There is more fallout from the firing of Discovery Networks' President Bil ...
- Cartoon Net EVP Resigns Over Marketing Snafu
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 12, 2007
The fallout over Cartoon Network's guerrilla-marketing efforts for "Aqua Teen Hunger Forc ...
- ABC Owns Thursday, Fox Continues To Struggle
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 12, 2007
It's the oldest reality show, but "Survivor: Fuji" still scores for CB ...
- Pay-Per-View: The TV Business That Time Almost Forgot
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 12, 2007
In an age of new digital video venues, the almost forgotten ...
- The Good News: Tribune's 4Q Profits Rose 81%
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, February 9, 2007
Tribune Co.'s future ownership may be up in the air, but t ...