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Archives 2002
Wednesday, January 2, 2002
News Shorts College
pigskin sweep for ABC '24' and 'Alias' nominated for Golden Globes NBC
plans 25th anniversary 'Roots' special Hey, hey, hey: It's 'Fat Albert' again
on UPN 'Frasier's' Leeves reups for three more years Judge stops EchoStar
from dropping ABC Family
Web Shorts 100,000
dot.com workers lost jobs last year Whither '02? Astrology and religion sites
are hot. AOL blocks admissions emails from Harvard Yahoo, not Monster,
will buy HotJobs.com MediaPort will establish online ad
marketplace
People Ted Turner signs new two-year contract with
AOL Time Warner to continue on as vice chairman Wayne Eadie named SVP of
research for the Magazine Publishers of America Jon Helmrich to head
International Broadcast Communications Tim Meadows joins the cast of NBC’s
midseason entry 'Leap of Faith' Charlie Dietz upped to CTO at Insight
Communications Co. Inc.
Thursday, January 3, 2002
News Shorts
'Lucy'
special loses to ABC bowl coverage NBC wins post-Sept. 11 evening news
fray Bill Gates steamed over film portraying his death USA orders full
season of 'The Dead Zone' Court TV fights for right to air terror
trial Baseball fans go to court over 'Priceless' ad
Web Shorts
NY
Times beefing up its online job section Feds put lid on faux anthrax cure-all
claims Online holiday shoppers were procrastinators Dirty-minded Charlotte
Church fan site shuttered Number of web sites slips slightly
People Rob Tuck upped to SVP of national sales at the
WB Kelly Apostolidis promoted to director of national media outreach at the
Advertising Council David Graves to step down from his position as SVP of
media, finance and leisure at Yahoo
Friday, January 4, 2002
News Shorts
ABC
pigskin edges out CBS MPA and Postal Service in rate hike truce VH1 plans
new talk show; so does MTV's Daly NBC readies 'Three's Company' tell
all Disney buys World Cup rights through 2006
Web Shorts AOL
stealthily raises ‘BYOA’ admission fee EUniverse network snaps up marketer
L90 MarketWatch.com to feature TheStreet.com news AOL mends Instant
Messenger security hole Heavy metal band Anthrax offers disease
info People
Tom Rutledge appointed president of the New
York metropolitan area for Cablevision Keith Olbermann to anchor 'Speaking of
Sports' and 'Speaking of Everything' for ABC Radio David Kenin tapped to run
programming for the Hallmark Channel Michael Bloom to executive producer and
showrunner for VH1’s upcoming late-night talk show Jason Biggs to guest star
on the WB's 'Off Centre' on Jan. 20
Monday, January 7, 2002
News Shorts
Film
awards tank for CBS on Saturday AMAs and Grammys fight over Michael Terror
suspect wants his trial televised Bison burger, anyone? Ted T.'s new
project Makeovers for 'Max Bickford,' 'Emma Brody' No NBC for many San
Franciscans
Web Shorts Pakistan:
India stopped Kashmir net access Windows XP problematic for AOL cable
service HGTV.com draws Rose Parade-related traffic Eisner: Disney’s net
side will turn profit in 2002 EBay misses $ goal for Sept. 11 victim
fund
People
Bill Holland named CEO of Bates
Southwest Mark Flinn named VP and Northeast regional sales director for
BusinessWeek; Paul Maraviglia to international advertising director Prominent
ad executive Thomas Parker Jones dead at the age of 59 Mark Holdreith
appointed retail group president of the marketing/media and retail division at
VNU Business Publications USA Laurie Goldberg upped to SVP of public
relations for the Cartoon Network Erich Linker appointed SVP of national
sales at Newspapers First Dan Aykroyd to host 'Dan Aykroyd’s Out There' for
the Sci Fi Channel
Wednesday, January 9, 2002
News
Shorts
Disappointing
debut for 'Imagine That' Daly's late-night start held up by contract
snafu Inside.com refugees land at the NY Times Whoopi Goldberg returns as
Oscars host Ex-Glamour editor lines up book and TV deals CNN's Zahn: Don't
call me sexy
Web Shorts DoubleClick
abandons ad-profiling service DaimlerChrysler ruffled over gay site
name No dot.coms filed for IPOs in 2001 MSN will use Overture paid
listings 17-year-old racked up $1 million in web scam People
Jon Chalon joins Spin magazine as
publisher Jack Wakshlag to chief research officer at Turner
Broadcasting John Failla to group president of performance, travel,
entertainment, and jewelry for VNU Expositions Kathryn Herrick to account
manager for the Midwest region at Sports Illustrated Women Bill Moyers named
anchor and executive editor for public television's 'Now with Bill Moyers' Alan Keyes to host 'Alan Keyes Is Making Sense' for
MSNBC
Thursday, January 10, 2002
News Shorts
Disappointing
debut for 'Imagine That' Hearst and Nike create Michael Jordan
magazine CNN/SI gets bulldozed for new AOL Sports 'Jordan,' 'Scrubs,'
'L&O: CI' make the cut at NBC Fox burns off 'The Tick,' keeps
'Pasadena' Oprah to Howard Stern: Don't use my clips
Web Shorts
Excite
hits a bump under new ownership New virus types can infect Flash
files Internet casino being named for Sammy Davis Jr. Revived Media Grok
wants subscription money
People Rob Tuck upped to SVP of national sales at the
WB Kelly Apostolidis promoted to director of national media outreach at the
Advertising Council David Graves to step down from his position as SVP of
media, finance and leisure at Yahoo
Friday, January 11, 2002
News Shorts
'Survivor'
finale off by a quarter Moonves: CBS won't take liquor dollars Report:
Talk has lost $55 million and counting Internet Week, tech biz trade, logs
off Brill sells Content subscriber list to Mother Jones
Web Shorts Forrester
will lay off 22 percent of its staff Dot.com reinvents itself as stripper
emporium Napster launches beta version of indie artists Pop singer
Aguilera to online pornsters: I'll sue Look out, Dell: MTV launches line of
PCs People
John Weiser to EVP at Columbia TriStar
Domestic Television Carl Dickens chosen as SVP for CMR’s Media Group Alan
Cohen to president of domestic theatrical marketing for Twentieth Century
Fox Jane Grenier promoted to associate publisher of creative services at
Gourmet magazine Michael Teicher to EVP of media sales at Warner Bros.
Domestic Television Distribution; Paul Montoya to SVP of business development
and media sales Stephanie Leifer takes over for Julie Glucksman as ABC's vice
president of comedy development David E. Easterly steps down from vice
chairman role at Cox Enterprises Inc. Dennis Hopper joins the cast of Fox's
'24' Alan Ball signs a new contract with HBO to continue executive producing
'Six Feet Under'
Monday, January 14, 2002
News
Shorts
Strong
start for 'The Chamber' ABC's Braun: We screwed up this season Schultz
steps down as Initiative CEO Strap in for 'The Chamber' vs. 'The
Chair' Mother Fang whacks Examiner editor Judge: OK to serve Osama papers
over TV
Web Shorts TheStreet.com
will sell new fee-based reports EBay and Yahoo: We’re not merging Japan
operations Hearst is restructuring its internet operations Hackers may
have hit DrudgeReport.com Unofficial AA owners win right to keep domain
name People
Pamela Wisne resigns as president of David E.
Kelley Prods. Keith Olbermann joins CNN as a contributor to 'NewsNight with
Aaron Brown' Chris Tucker to serve as host of the NAACP Image
Awards Christina Ricci to guest star on five episodes of Fox’s 'Ally McBeal'
Tuesday, January 15, 2002
News Shorts
'Fear
Factor' gaining for NBC Sports Illustrated editor takes a hike Colin
Powell agrees to MTV global chat Condé Nast snaps up Modern Bride for
$52M ABC picks up 'Jim,' 'Alias,' 'Wife & Kids' Low ratings? Blame it
on the sunshine
Web Shorts EBay
auctions off 'Survivor' props for AIDS charity ‘Dot.name’ internet suffixes
go live today Internet access device sales climb Holiday flicks draw
visitors to ticket-sales sites St.
Pete Weekly will run Ironminds People
Steven P. Murphy upped to president and CEO of
Rodale Inc. Linda Sepp promoted to publisher of Fast Company John Miller
named co-anchor of ABC’s '20/20' Richard Hatem to write and co-executive
produce the pilot for ABC's 'Miracles' Paul Rostkowski to VP for Eastern
Region sales for Interep Interactive; Joshua Simkin England to VP of operations;
Sandie Milberg to VP of marketing
Wednesday, January 16,
2002
News Shorts
ABC's
'Chair' in strong debut Rumor: Hearst will drop Talk at the end of
March Larry King re-ups with CNN for $7M/year NBC Olympics spot is two ads
in one Showtime and MTV to launch gay cable channel
Web Shorts New
virus posing as a Microsoft software update DoubleClick beats fourth-quarter
expectations MSN: We're now up to 7.7 million users Lycos and Fox team up
for joint promotions Jailbirds of a feather click together at new
site People
Marla Newborn upped to VP of program operation
at USA Network Mary Hall promoted to SVP of research at the WB Jon Stewart
to host CBS's Grammy Awards for the second consecutive year Richard Lewis to
join the cast of the WB's '7th Heaven' for five episodes starting this
February Ted Koppel to receive the chairman's award at next week's annual
program conference of the National Association of Television Program
Executives Daniel Baldwin to star in the pilot for the WB’s
'Aces'
Thursday, January 17, 2002
News Shorts
Modest
start for ABC's 'The Job' It's official: Schultz retiring from
Initiative Case closed for Fox's 'The X-Files' Financial Times' U.S. chief
shuffled out WB reups 'Smallville,' 'Gilmore Girls,' 'Reba' Paul McCartney
will sing at the Super Bowl Poll: Americans like to stay in nights
Web Shorts
AOL
battles fraudulent InstaKiss sites Burger King starts internet bucks
program Free side of search engine NorthernLight goes dark WB email blitz
stirs confusion with faux summons Colleges put the Nuremberg Files
online
People Jeff Greenstein to serve as show runner for
NBC’s 'Will & Grace' along with executive producer Jhoni Marchinko for the
next two seasons Bill Burton chosen as the recipient of the Kevin B. Sweeney
Award by the Executive Committee of the Radio Advertising Bureau MTV talent
Serena Altschul joins CNN as a New York-based correspondent
Friday, January 18, 2002
News Shorts
'Friends'
tumbles 'Survivor' rehash FTC-Justice Dept. power swap nixed Regis says no
to syndie 'Millionaire' American Media holds off on Style 24/7 launch You
don't say: 'Chamber' player gets burned
Web Shorts Internet
traffic triples every year British Airways takeover ads on NYTimes.com New
'Wallace & Gromit' toons will be released online Homestore.com workers
sacked over accounting Enron employees take to eBay
People Arlene Manos named president of national
network advertising sales for the Rainbow Advertising Sales Corporation CBS
movie and miniseries division head Sunta Izzicupo to leave the network Andy
Richter to guest star on NBC’s 'Ed' on Feb. 6
Tuesday, January 22, 2002
News Shorts 'Fear
Factor' wins for NBC 'Sex' and 'Six' win top honors at Golden Globes On
second thought, NBC scraps 'Imagine That' Terrorist trial won't air, rules
judge Showtime readies two new series for summer Us picks 'Sexiest
Athletes' on ESPN
Web Shorts Enron
axed employees who griped online NetRatings and Jupiter carry on with
lawsuit Women outpacing men in getting wired Would-be shoe bomber left
email footprints EBay raises auction fees People
Katherine Graham, Charles D. Peebler Jr., Hal
Riney and John Smale elected to Advertising Hall of Fame Wendy Taylor
promoted to editor in chief of Ziff Davis Smart Business Kathy Riess named
financial director at Allure magazine John Weiser named EVP of Columbia
TriStar Domestic Television Carla Pennington chosen as executive producer of
upcoming talk show with Dr. Phil McGraw on Paramount Domestic TV Maura Dunbar
joins Hallmark Channel as SVP of original programming and development Stuart
Arnold leaves position as managing director of The Americas for the Financial
Times
Wednesday, January 23,
2002
News Shorts
Fox
tops on '70s Show' and '24' Connie Chung scoots ABC for CNN Tyson-Lewis
bout in doubt after impromptu brawl Turner and NBA seal six-year rights
deal Rush can hear again, thanks to implant Study: TV biggest factor in
childhood obesity
Web Shorts Netscape
sues Microsoft, seeking antitrust damages Yahoo introduces pay-for-search
service Enlisting idle computers in search for ’thrax cure Pope: The
internet rules, but it needs more rules St. Louis portal chops staff as head
resigns
People Eileen McCarthy promoted to marketing director at Inc and Fast
Company Adi Ignatius and Priscilla Painton promoted to executive editors at
Time; Howard Chua-Eoan to news director Hugh Hefner and Richard Smith to
receive the 2001 Henry Johnson Fisher Award Charles Thurston named president
of advertising sales at Comcast Cable Communications Michael Howard, Cameron
Hutton, J.R. McCabe Jr. and Bill Trotter promoted to SVPs at Studios USA
Domestic Television Pat Summerall of the Fox Network ending broadcasting
partnership with John Madden Martin Sheen to guest star on ABC's 'Spin
City'
Thursday, January 24, 2002
News Shorts
Strong
start for 'That '80's Show' Fortune writer: Levin was forced to step
down Lifetime exec will head up UPN Moses, Jesus, Rudy: A biopic for
Hizzoner Russians lose lone indie TV station
Web Shorts Yahoo
and Compaq hit the rails with onboard service Los Angeles suburb banning new
net cafes Online auction fraud among top FTC complaints Is Hell freezing
over? Amazon turns first profit. Dutch prince's online chat hampered by
hackers People
Susan C. Hunyor named account manager at
BusinessWeek Jonathan Hendriksen named vice president of sales and operations
for ValueClick International Andrea Rosengarten promoted to editor/managing
editor of Jane Paul E. Steiger and Katharine Graham to receive National Press
Foundation awards
Friday, January 25, 2002
News Shorts NBC
rolls over competitors Rumor: Fox wants Conan for its own late show WSJ
terrorism reporter missing in Pakistan New FTC plan limits unwanted phone
pitches Court TV won't fight TV ban on Moussaoui trial UPN benches
'Roswell' in March Web Shorts
Microsoft
shutting down UltimateTV unit Salon says it has 35,000 paying
subscribers Never-ending Napster lawsuit is on hiatus Researchers use
email to test six degrees theory *NSync ends MSN deal to shill for
AOL
People Chase Carey resigns from News Corp. and Sky
Global Networks David Charmatz named SVP at Starz Encore Group Jack Welch
joins CNBC as commentator Sigourney Weaver to guest star on Fox's 'Futurama' Michael Sigman to step down as president of the L.A.
Weekly
Monday, January 28, 2002
News Shorts
Fox
sweeps Sunday on NFC game WSJ reporter kidnapped by Pakistani group UPN
shakeup continues in reorg 'Philly' star Delaney picked up for DUI Regis
it ain't: 'Who Wants to Be a Playmate'
Web Shorts FindWhat
fights Overture over search technology Grandson fined for citing Nazi
grandfather online Golden Globes pump up EOnline.com traffic UK group:
Stay off the web for a day Yes, even email death threats are
illegal People
Garry Hart upped to president of Paramount
Television Production; Joel Berman named president of Paramount Worldwide
Television Distribution Brian Graden promoted to newly created position of
president of entertainment at MTV Steve MacDonald promoted to SVP and general
sales manager at Twentieth Television Louis Cona named VP and publisher of
Condé Nast's Vanity Fair Alexandra Golinkin promoted to VP and publisher of
Lucky Brenda Saget upped to VP and publisher of House & Garden
Tuesday, January 29, 2002
News
Shorts
Rosy
#s for ABC's 'Rose Red' NBC: Conan's staying right here, thanks Discovery,
IDG among Fortune's best employers New BBC reality show raises ethical
questions CBS curtails its order for 'Ellen' to 18 shows Coming this fall:
New Rupert Murdoch bio
Web Shorts Study:
Congressional web sites are crummy SEC posts fake site to advise against
fraud Vocal armchair sports fans find an outlet Worm by Russian teen
deceives with party message Prof battles La Guardia Community College
online People
Kelly Smith Tunney and Tom Brettingen
appointed VPs at The Associated Press Amy Introcaso-Davis named VP of
production and development at Bravo Networks Charles McKeown named publisher
of Editor and Publisher
Wednesday, January 30,
2002
News Shorts
Rosy
#'s for ABC's 'Rose Red' Fox News beats out CNN in January
ratings Officials put the kibosh on Tyson-Lewis fight Fox evacuates 'The
Chamber' Study: Raunch a-plenty on basic cable
Web Shorts Google:
We’re not running pop-ups, ever TheStreet.com partners with Yahoo
Finance New WSJ.com design is glitch-plagued New Line strikes online
‘Goldmember’ references After 4Q loss, layoffs loom for
Citysearch People
Evan Messinger named SVP of sales development
and marketing at Univision Communications Danielle Gelber named VP of
original programming at Showtime Networks Aaron Ashe appointed political
sales manager at National Cable Communications Genevieve Fernandez and Angel
Linares named deputy managing editors at People en Español Burt Reynolds to
guest star on upcoming episode of 'The X-Files'
Thursday, January 31, 2002
News
Shorts
NBC
in strong Wednesday performance Kidnappers threaten to kill WSJ
reporter White House buys Bowl time for anti-drug spots UPN axes 20% of
staff in merge with CBS 'Survivor 4' finale won't take on 'Friends' Study:
Women and minority TV directors are few
Web Shorts ‘Dot.coop’
domain registrations commence Bush puts kid version of speech
online Salon: Maybe some day we’ll do a print thing WeatherBug.com
launches pick-your-own ads IVillage toys with subscription
fees
People John Gruber upped to CFO at Wenner Media;
Timothy Walsh to VP of corporate finance Jan Studin appointed VP and
publisher of G+J's Parents Group; Sharon Summer and Mary Jo Romeo leave G+J
USA John McCarus named advertising director of Travel + Leisure Jill
Kirschenbaum appointed editor of Working Mother magazine Dana Sergenian named
luxury goods director at Gourmet magazine The Gloedester hot-foots it to
Cable World from Media Week Jim Ramo named CEO of Movielink
Friday, February 1, 2002
News Shorts
NBC in
'Friends' sweep Report: Sumner won't re-up Mel in 2003 WSJ reporter's
captors' identity puzzles police Official? Galotti gets GQ publisher job
today Letterman marks 20 years in late night ABC picks pilots for the
post-'Millionaire' era
Web Shorts SuperBowl.com
traffic up in advance of game Judge: Hyperlinks not valid for domain name
disputes Sotheby’s migrates online services to eBay FTC and Truste get
deputized as spaminators Money site Motley Fool to charge for
boards
People
Greg Mitchell promoted to editor of Editor
& Publisher Brian Moran appointed editor of Mediaweek Michael Keaton
to guest star on 'Frasier'
Monday, February 4, 2002
News Shorts
Fox
stomps with Super Bowl Sassa set to leave NBC in June WSJ reporter
believed alive, despite scares CNN and Al-Jazeera break over new Osama
tape MSNBC's Matthews: Fox News is soooo great
Web Shorts World
Economic Forum web site forced offline Priceline and eBay in travel-selling
deal British ISP gets hacked to death KaZaA snubs court order to halt
music downloads More than half of Americans are online People
Brian Tierney to become founder and chairman
at Tierney Communications; Scott Franks promoted to CEO Luke Hayman named
creative director of Travel + Leisure magazine Francis Coombs promoted to
managing editor of the Washington Times
Tuesday, February 5, 2002
News Shorts
NBC
and Fox edge out CBS Murdoch plots to ice Echostar/DirecTV merger Maxim
cat joke angers animal rights crowd HBO and NBC will air Matthew Shepard
tele-pics 'Sopranos' star Iler declines plea bargain deal
Web Shorts No
surprise here, tax sites are hoppin’ Kids' new favorite toy: the
web Playboy Playmate wins domain-name case Dial-up connections are getting
slower Russian monks busted for spamming People
Ron Arnold named SVP and group creative
director at Saatchi & Saatchi Peter King Hunsinger to become president of
Condé Nast's new bridal division Jim Beall and Dave Bird named marketing
managers at National Cable Communications Jana Bennett named to top post at
BBC Television Gene DeWitt appointed president of The Syndicated Network
Television Association Kevin Lavalla joins Communications Equity Associates
LLC
Wednesday, February 6,
2002
News Shorts
'Frasier'
proposal wins night for NBC 'Friends' actors want $1.25M per show to
return TiVo and Britney: A winning combination? CBS will air WTC
documentary in March Bush budget fines b'casters for analog
spectrum
Web Shorts Search
engines sued over paid search placement Weekly World News: Don’t log on, buy
our rag Earthlink offering ‘Star Trek’ ISP service Texas rock stations in
domain-name war EBay CEO gives Princeton $30M for swank dorm People
Erin
Lempriere and Jacelyn Swanson promoted to director of current series programs at
NBC Evan
Sternschein named SVP of national advertising sales for Discovery
Networks Arthel Neville tapped as host of CNN's 'TalkBack Live' Its'
official: Galotti to VP and publisher of GQ Ewald Walgenbach named to the
newly created position of COO for Bertelsmann AG
Thursday, February 7, 2002
News Shorts
NBC
stomps with Wednesday night lineup WSJ's Pearl believed alive; prime suspect
ID'd Van Susteren pulls eye-popping #s in Fox debut Family groups lash out
at 'Boston Public' Twisted Sister star sings praises of MSNBC
Web Shorts Faux
eBay email socks the gullible Vivendi launches online video
business Dot.com deaths slowed down last month EUniverse’s L90 acquisition
will be delayed Google dabbles in paid search services
People Annette Cerbone named SVP and director of
national broadcast at Universal McCann Cheryl Lucanegro appointed SVP of
advertising sales at Salon Media Group Diane Donohue promoted to SVP of
advertising sales at A&E Television Networks Mitch Burg to join
Broadstreet Entertainment Susan L. Taylor to be inducted into the American
Society of Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame Laura Bush to make guest appearance
on NBC's 'The Olympic Tonight Show with Jay Leno'
Friday, February 8, 2002
News Shorts
Another
'Friends' ratings romp Item: Us Weekly shopping for an editor NBC hosts
Olympics bash for Games-less SF-ers Mistress in tow, Bryant Gumbel heads for
the altar Slimmed-down Oxygen sheds another 5 percent
Web Shorts NPR
won’t post heated Simmons-Gross talk FuckedCompany.com sells e-commerce
tools Rock band launches computer game on web site ABC News cuts off
Yahoo’s video Emails soothed people after Sept. 11 People
Will J. Wright appointed executive producer of
BET Nightly News Joyce Parente named marketing director of National
Geographic Adventure magazine Sam Paisley named president of ValueClick
Media Paul Beck appointed VP of sales at Bigfoot Interactive; John Mathew to
VP of operations Steve Soldano resigns as president and COO of Publicis and
Cordiant Communications' Optimedia U.S. Nancy Travis to guest star on CBS's
'Becker'
Monday February 11, 2002
News Shorts NBC's
strong Sunday night BizWeek and USA Today team up 'Felicity' will conclude
with commencement A new way to assess the cost of talking heads PVR
opponents go for the kill in court Web Shorts
Study:
High-speed net access is burgeoning Enviro-techies to AOL: Keep your darn
CDs 24/7 sues rival ValueClick in patent snitfest The taxman cometh:
Traffic soars to IRS.gov Guv'ment yanks noose on online bank
NextBank
People Jay Bertram appointed president of
TBWA/Chiat/Day in Toronto Rich Ross named to newly created post of president
of entertainment at the Disney Channel Larry Glick promoted to regional
advertising director at T&L Golf; Craig Pavia to New York sales
manager Jonathan P. Wolman named SVP at the Associated Press Rich
Jaroslovsky given 2002 Outstanding Individual Achievement EPpy Award
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
News Shorts
Another
NBC Olympics sweep 'Friends' stars sign for season nine Suspect caught,
cops expect Pearl's release ABC dumps Monday 'Millionaire' in
revamp 'Fellowship' tops in Oscar nominations Rumor mill has Rosie coming
out any day now
Web Shorts LATimes.com
ranked best newspaper site Ooooops, CNN forgets to pay German site
fee Yahoo gives FTD ad room to bloom Longtime free site Netsurfer starts
charging Economy.com thrives amid recession
People Lance Ford promoted to EVP of publishing at
Maxim magazine; Andy Clerkson to GM at Maxim; Mark MacDonald to GM at
Stuff Michael Kinsley leaving as editor of Slate magazine Laura Klein
promoted to VP and publisher at Woman's Day John Carroll named president and
CEO of Upside magazine Will Schenck appointed advertising director for Vanity
Fair Michael Biard promoted to VP of national accounts for Fox Cable Networks
Group Brian Donion named VP and general manager of iVillage
Television Halle Berry to guest star on Fox's 'The Bernie Mac
Show'
Wednesday, February 13,
2002
News Shorts
Olympics
still tops but easing Marv Albert in talks to call NBA shots for ABC Fox
taps Kelley for another lawyer show Finance reform sparks fear, loathing in
b'casters E! will air next-day repeats of NBC's 'Last Call' Love in the
Holy Land? A personals puzzler
Web Shorts MSN
signs up Overture search technology NPR’s Gross swamped with KISS
email Airlines hanker for high-speed in-flight net access ‘Dot.us’ domains
hitting market soon IVillage.com snaps up Promotions.com People
Jerry Roberts exits as VP and managing editor
of the San Francisco Chronicle Peter Price named president of National
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Marjorie Scardino to be given the
title of Dame Marty Toole promoted to national team sales manager at National
Cable Communications; Pat Baughman and Chad Hoker to account executives Ira
Rubenstein named SVP of Sony Pictures Integrated Network Brendan Fraser to
guest star on NBC's 'Scrubs'
Thursday, February 14,
2002
News Shorts
Wednesday
Olympics slip a tad House passes finance reform, minus
discounts Kidnapping suspect: WSJ's Pearl is dead Report: Us in talks with
Glamour gal Fuller Turner apologizes for whatever he said this time Fox
puts 'Futurama' order on hold
Web Shorts
Enron’s
old networks are spewing spam Comcast: We're mending our Big Brother
ways Hey Alanis, you have a radio station ‘X-Files’ fans can insert their
names in credits Stink over charitable use of idle computers
People Kenneth Bronfin named president of Hearst
Interactive Media Dean Valentine reported to have settled lawsuit against
UPN Jorge Delgado appointed president and GM of Univision's KMEX-TV and
TeleFutura's KFTR-TV; Augustine Martinez named Eastern regional VP John Libro
named director of sales and marketing at DornaUSA VP Dick Cheney to appear on
NBC's 'Olympic Tonight Show with Jay Leno' Singer and narrator Waylon
Jennings dies at age 64 Actor Guy Stockwell dies at age 68
Friday, February 15, 2002
News Shorts
Another
slight Olympics viewing dip Claim: WSJ's Pearl killed in escape
attempt Viacom fights suit by 'time machine' whistleblower GQ turns L.A.
bar into advertisers' paradise
Web Shorts Amazon.com
introduces wedding registry Marriage proposed and accepted on
Slashdot Free online cards trump fee-based greetings NextCard shutdown
squeezes web sites Freedom in Afghanistan brings-what
else-porno! People
Geoffrey Dodge appointed VP, advertising
director and associate publisher for BusinessWeek Melinda McLaughlin promoted
to VP of research and sales strategy at A&E Television Networks Ken Kaess
and James R. Heekin nominated to the board of the American Association of
Advertising Agencies Matthew Perry to guest star on Fox's 'Ally McBeal'
Tuesday, February 19, 2002
News Shorts Olympics
slip on Monday Who will take up the pencil at People? Daytona 500 sets
ratings record for NBC Britney Spears vamps it up on 'Sex and the
City' 'Fear Factor' contestant chokes on cow's eye
Web Shorts Online
Holocaust memorial opens virtual doors Salvation Army to pin-up Sarah Jane:
Oh, stop Texas GOP: Don’t mock us as Enron stooges Pair-skating dustup
boosts Olympic web traffic RealNetworks adds NASCAR to RealOne
slate
People
Howard K. Smith dead at age 87 Brad
Westermann promoted to SVP of national advertising sales at A&E Television
Networks Richard Cook promoted to chairman of Walt Disney Studios Richard
Tunkel named manager of new business development for TV, cable and multimedia
services at Arbitron Pat Wechsler appointed editor in chief of Treasury &
Risk Management magazine Richard J.V. Johnson to retire as chairman of the
Houston Chronicle Narda Zacchino named assistant executive editor of the San
Francisco Chronicle; Kenn Altine to associate managing editor Allison Janney
to guest star on 'Frasier'
Wednesday, February 20,
2002
News Shorts Kwan
delivers NBC a big Olympic bump Piercing pop quiz proves costly for
'Survivor' Rosie's 'I'm gay' moment on 'Primetime Thursday' More info on
the New York Sun Study: Watching TV is addictive, for real
Web Shorts FTC
axes Jupiter MM NetRatings merger Love beats sports as Lycos search
term Survey reveals public anxiety over privacy Popcorn maker blasted for
breaching kid privacy Coffers emptying, Garageband.com shuts
down
People
R.W. Apple named associate editor of The New
York Times Sid Bedingfield promoted to newly created position of executive
editor of CNN News Group; Teya Ryan to EVP and GM Rob Pellizzi upped to SVP
of consumer, promotional and advertising sales marketing for TV Land and Nick at
Nite Nick Garramone promoted to VP of eBusiness at National Cable
Communications Steve Rosenberg to head a combined syndication studio at
Vivendi Universal Crystal Holmes appointed EVP of sales at Monster Michael
John D'Alessio named director of business development and strategy at
Interference Inc.
Thursday, February 21,
2002
News Shorts
U.S.
medal wins another boost for NBC A&E cancels much-praised '100 Centre
Street' Goldman denies plans to create magazine unit Executive shakeup at
Infinity Broadcasting Computer code for good and evil on '24'?
Web Shorts AltaVista
dumps free email services MSN: Our traffic’s growing faster than
yours Consumers spent $10 billion online in 4Q For sale on eBay: Advice
from sellers Taiwanese film rental site is shut down
People
Carl Portale retiring from Hachette as SVP and
Elle Group publishing director Gina Garraubo joins Oxygen as EVP of
advertising sales and marketing WSJ's Alan Murray named Washington bureau
chief of CNBC's business news channel Tom McGrath to president of Viacom
Entertainment Group's Paramount Enterprises Alex Coletti named MTV2 executive
in charge of programming and production Jason Young appointed SVP and GM of
Ziff Davis Internet
Friday February 22, 2002
News Shorts Hughes'
gold gives NBC its second-highest night Officials: Video shows WSJ's Pearl is
dead 'Amazing Race 2' gets second airing on UPN Condit's wife hits Nat'l
Enquirer with libel suit ABC plans reality series on anti-terror
troops
Web Shorts Web
surfers land at travel sites in droves For a limited time, MGM OKs movie
downloads Yahoo by Phone now voice-activated Windows Media Player is
watching you Royalty system set for online tunes
People
Punch Sulzberger retires from The New York
Times board Peter Stothard resigns as editor of London's The Times Former
Boston Globe publisher William Davis Taylor dies at age 93 Jeff Lehman
appointed SVP of sales and chief revenue officer at AltaVista Steven Gross
named U.S. VP of marketing at Terra Lycos Mary Silverman upped to SVP of
programming at Court TV Jane Fritsch named assistant bureau chief of The
Associated Press in Chicago
Monday, February 25, 2002
News Shorts Strong
finale for Olympics ABC's 'The View' finds a new vista at A&E Ex-NBA
star Williams surrenders to cops CBS's 'Wolf Lake' headed to UPN Pat
Robertson: Muslims want to destroy us Next up: Reality TV, Red
Cross-style
Web Shorts Afghan
web site: Hey, this just in from bin Laden NYC legal big castigates eBay for
Sept. 11 items Angry South Korean emails clog Olympic server Defunct pix
site may ask $s to get back old files Dueling sites for same Minn.-St. Paul
TV station
People
Animator Chuck Jones dies Actor John Thaw dies at age
60 Peter Goldman named VP of sales and marketing at Dynamics
Direct Roberto Orci to exit La Agencia de Orci & Asociados Richard B.
Edler dies at age 58
Tuesday, February 26, 2002
Expect
little pluck from hockey's puck Sports TV: It's unlikely Olympic gold
will boost NHL viewing
News Shorts CBS
takes back Monday night 'West Wing's' Sorkin: The media drool for
Bush Report: Disney wooing Costas from NBC Holdout 'Malcolm' mom forces
shutdown 'Rosie O'Donnell' boob-flashing mystery solved
Web Shorts CNN
big says online news fees are inevitable ElleGirl.com offers instant
messaging for teens The Shat is back, shilling for Priceline Virgin
shutters its money-losing portal Lycos will charge for prominent search
results
People
Carol A. Smith named SVP and Elle Group
publishing director at Hachette Filipacchi Kate Rodler named Northwest
regional advertising manager for Fast Company Bela Bajaria promoted to SVP of
movies and miniseries at CBS Lachlan Murdoch to head up TV operations at Fox
TV David Goldhill named COO of USA Entertainment Jasmine Alexander
appointed SVP of sales planning and analysis at Ziff Davis Media Bari
Goldsmith joins Deutsch as associate director
Wednesday, February 27,
2002
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