Monthly Archives: July 2007
CBS – Cardigan Broadcasting Service
CBS News has decided to make some changes that could finally raise its perennially last-place morning program to a more competitive location in the ratings. The plan is to abandon the current format that lets Affiliate stations interrupt with local … Continue reading
Child labor should never be reality…
I would expect to read something like this in a novel by Dickens, but apparently it’s rather more recent… It seems CBS are so obsessed with the precious ‘bottom line,’ they decided to indulge in a little child labor. A … Continue reading
And here is the News…
Today’s New York Times relates the saddening story of how the effervescent Katie Couric has become the darling of Network news in every conceivable aspect. Except ratings. Now, numerous corporate knives are being eagerly prepped for revenge. Since joining the … Continue reading
Anybody care to Referee?
The New York Times reported yesterday that some of Hollywood’s highest-ranking suits are trying to cancel the time-honored system of paying residuals to Writers, Actors and Directors for the re-use of movies and TV shows after the first run. Their … Continue reading
Everybody Loves Blaming…
It’s just been announced that on July 9th, Paramount Pictures exceeded $1-billion in domestic ticket sales for the first six-months of 2007. This is the earliest they, or any major studio has ever achieved that feat. By this weekend they’ll … Continue reading
Those who do not learn from History…
Variety is reporting that only weeks after being fired, former NBC Entertainment President, Kevin Reilly, has been hired by Fox to do the same job for them instead. For the second time. On the upside, part of Mr. Reilly’s duties … Continue reading
