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Kliger joins TV Guide Other shorts: Programming notes: Disney 'Camping' again Jul 8, 2009 Ex-Hachette man Kliger resurfaces at TV Guide Jack Kliger is back in the magazine business. The former Hachette Filipacchi chief executive officer, who was booted upstairs and later left the publisher last year, is succeeding Scott Crystal at TV Guide magazine. Kliger will be acting CEO of the publication, which has endured loads of turmoil amid an uncertain future over the past few months. OpenGate Capital acquired TV Guide from Macromedia a few months back, and Crystal clashed almost immediately with his new bosses over a consulting deal before leaving by mutual consent last month. Crystal, in a lawsuit filed this week demanding $2.67 million in payment, said he was stripped of financial control of the magazine after the consulting disagreement. Kliger becomes acting CEO of TV Guide, as well as a senior advisor to OpenGate. TV Guide has gone to a biweekly publication schedule this summer, four years after a radical overhaul that also saw the magazine drastically reduce its rate base. Programming notes: Disney ‘Camping’ again Disney Channel is returning to “Camp Rock.” The cable network this summer will begin production on “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam,” which will include original stars The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. The movie, which will air sometime next year, will feature a different director and writer from the original. Meanwhile, in other programming, Bravo has renewed “The Real Housewives of New York City” for a third season, after it averaged 1.44 million viewers 18-49 during season two. The network is looking for new housewives for the show, but it’s not yet known which cast members will be leaving. MTV is set to bring back “Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew” on Aug. 9, with the fourth season of the reality competition airing on Sunday nights. Starz will begin a fourth season of “Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up” on July 17 at 11 p.m., featuring 31 comics over 10 episodes. BBC America is returning two of its series next month: “Skins,” the dramedy about 17-year-olds, on Aug. 6 and “Top Gear,” the reality auto program, on Aug. 17. And the U.S. Olympic Committee next year will launch the U.S. Olympic Network following the 2010 Vancouver Games, which will aim to keep Olympic sports in the minds of viewers during non-Olympic years. The Printed Blog goes out of print Some would argue it was a doomed idea from the start: Launching a newspaper, any kind of newspaper, in the current advertising environment, much less one stocked with content readily available on the web. Indeed, yesterday The Printed Blog said it would shut down after only 16 issues. The Chicago-based paper launched in January, but by this month its founder had run out of money and failed to raise any more, despite numerous attempts. The paper, distributed at train stations in Chicago and San Francisco, consisted of blog posts reprinted with permission from the authors. The paper launched with a nest egg of $250,000. British doctors toast to ban on alcohol ads Here’s a sobering thought: Doctors in Britain want to ban alcohol advertising in the hopes that it will help curb drinking-related illnesses. That’s according to a resolution passed at the recent British Medical Association conference in Liverpool, where physicians argued the ban would also help reduce teenagers’ binge drinking and chronic alcoholism. The ban would include all media, but it’s somewhat controversial, as critics say that it would reduce Britain to a so-called “nanny state,” with the government overstepping the bounds of personal freedom. The British government already banned advertising in children’s shows in a similarly controversial decision. Online radio stations get new royalty plan Chalk up a win for web radio. The medium was threatened two years ago when the federal Copyright Royalty Board increased the rates that online radio outlets were to pay recording artists and labels. But yesterday SoundExchange, a nonprofit organization charged with tracking down royalties for copyright owners from digital radio, came to an agreement with internet radio companies radioIO, Digitally Imported and AccuRadio, and it’s expected Pandora Media will sign on as well. Under the deal, larger online radio companies will pay copyright owners up to 25 percent of revenue, while smaller companies will pay a percent of revenue or a percent of expenses. This deal differs from traditional terrestrial radio. AM and FM stations aren’t forced to pay royalty fees because airplay is considered free promotion for artists and labels. Traditional radio stations will, however, be on the hook for these new royalty rates for songs streamed online through their web sites.
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