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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
News Shorts Good
start for NBC's 'Ellie' NBC Sports benches Williams, pending trial Conan
signs on for four more years at 'Late Night' 'The Job' repeats headed to
Comedy Central A portent of doom for
'Roswell'?
Web Shorts AOL
sued for thrusting goods upon users Original 'Canterbury Tales' published
online Hate groups using computer games to recruit Poll: The web helps
the feds fight crime South Korean skater drawing hordes to web
sites
People
Ralph Erardy named SVP and group publisher of
Women's Wear Daily; Colleen Wyse to associate publisher of Jane magazine
Thomas P. Losee Jr. dies at age 62 Rick Kemp appointed EVP and executive
creative director of J. Walter Thompson, Chicago Karla Eyerly promoted to
manager for advertiser marketing services at Arbitron; Julie Ellis named manager
for advertiser agency services Patrick Owens dies at age 72
Thursday, February 28,
2002
News Shorts Grammys
give CBS a narrow win Ex-Clinton advisers join rejiggered
'Crossfire' Alicia Keys and U2 come out on top at Grammys Goodwin dropped
from 'NewsHour' amid flap Doctors ask NBC to say no to liquor ads FT's
Thomson picked to edit The Times
Web Shorts Playboy
opens storefront on eBay MIT scientist builds robot war
correspondent Legal eagles create copyright site Surfers don't want to pay
for music downloads NNR: Personal finance sites are addictive
People
Linda Mason joins Condé Nast as VP of
strategic sales; Matthew Roberts named executive director of
marketing Charlie Taney rejoins Foote, Cone & Belding as vice
chairman Garret Vreeland appointed VP of national sales at LookSmart David
Hills named COO at About.com Sean Hannity signs multi-year contract extension
with Fox David Daniels named VP of sales at InSight
Telecommunications
Friday, March 1, 2002
News Shorts 'Survivor'
opener loses to 'Friends' Letterman talks to CBS. But what of
'Nightline'? Madden moves to 'MNF' as Miller exits Quelle surprise: Us No.
2, passed over, scoots Goodwin's seat on Pulitzer board questioned CBS
will air 9/11 documentary commercial-free
Web Shorts VP
unveils new FirstGov site NetRatings: Here comes the MLB EBay shutters its
Japanese auction site NY Times columnists' info open for hackers Wrestlers
lose domain name to wildlife
People
Johnathan Rodgers steps down as president of
Discovery Networks Tracey Wagner promoted to sales manager at National Cable
Communications David Rosenberg of Wall Street Journal Television News
dies Stephen Creet resigns as EVP and chief creative officer at Young &
Rubicam Rob Ingalls and David Moranville join Davis-Elen Advertising as
executive creative directors Spike Milligan dies at age 83
Monday, March 4, 2002
News Shorts A strong
Sunday night for Fox Will Letterman's leap leave Koppel in the
cold? ESPN's 'Brink' will give viewers a F***ing earful Tonya Harding vs.
Paula Jones on 'Celeb Boxing' Steamy scandal at Harvard Business
Review
Web Shorts MSN
tries again to lure AOL users Nerve.com: No free chat for you ESPN.com
shoved back under TV umbrella London’s Tate Gallery displays Turners
online Britney Spears email worm makes its way How Germany got its IP
groove back
People
Kathy Nicholas named advertising manager at
Time Los Angeles Jay Carr retiring as movie reviewer at The Boston Globe
Michael Murphy leaving as COO at the Financial Times Bobbie Battista
launching Atamira Communications Brian Dennehy to appear in CBS pilot
Jean Smart signs on for forthcoming NBC pilot
Tuesday, March 5, 2002
News Shorts CBS
edges out NBC in 18-49s Cokie and Sam dropped from 'This Week'? S.F.
Examiner goes tabloid in May Parole board nixes Amy's 'Celeb Boxing'
bout WB to 'Off Centre' writers: Cut some penises
Web Shorts Vatican
warns against online religion Slashdot: See big ads or pay to
participate Filmmaker Lynch starts an entertainment site Dot.com layoffs
at lowest level in two years Parade magazine rolls out web
edition
People
Ernest J. Renzulli appointed VP and publisher
of Robb Report Janet Schatz joins BusinessWeek TV as director of
sales Steve Doerr resigns as VP of news at NBC David Lawenda joins TNN as
SVP of ad sales; Steve Handler and Jim Gatto named ad sales directors Michael
Sileck joins TMP Worldwide as CFO Kellie Martin and Mario Van Peebles to
appear in new Lifetime pilot
Wednesday, March 6, 2002
News Shorts 'Ellie'
slips but still wins 18-49s in second outing Justice Dept. will review media
mergers RDA folds 50-plus title New Choices ABC: We're not dropping Sam
and Cokie Bond girl dons a bra for ABC viewers Grieving for Fluffy? Buy
her an obit
Web Shorts 'Feminist'
worm launched to fight sexism Yahoo Groups rendered inaccessible JMM
introduces online ad tools Cinemax airs original internet short Purple
dino Barney: don't screw with me online
People
Robert Levine to senior editor of Wired
magazine Christopher J. Nolan joins the Magazine Publishers of America as VP
and general counsel George L. Hawkey named manager of new business
development at Cable Scope Inc. Marcy Dill named marketing director of Sky
& Telescope magazine Dave Woodruff promoted to national automotive
director at Gruner + Jahr USA Hank Oster resigns as Adlink's EVP and
GM Bill Collier appointed VP of regional advertising sales for Premier Retail
Networks
Thursday, March 7, 2002
News Shorts Strong
Wednesday for NBC ABC takes 'The Chair' off the air Oscar ad time sold out
but prices down from '02 Clueless Fox taps humorist as Poundstone
pundit Carey, 'South Park' rapped for edgy jokes
Web Shorts Fox
movies will be hawked on Yahoo NYTimes.com strikes cartoon from
site Slate: We were suckered by fake diary entries Al Qaeda tries to
regroup via email Japanese dating sites attract criminal
element
People
Rich Jaroslovsky leaving as senior editor at
The Wall Street Journal Karen Ellis joins Deutsch as SVP and group creative
director Warren Jenson steps down as Amazon's CFO Scott Collins appointed
TV editor for The Hollywood Reporter Bob Gorrell named editorial cartoonist
for America Online News Channel Liz Koman joins Rainbow Advertising Sales
Corp. Jason Bateman and Nikki Cox to appear in NBC comedy pilot Mary
McCormack and Danny Nucci sign up for CBS pilots
Friday, March 8, 2002
News Shorts Slight
rebound for 'Survivor' but not enough ABC, CBS woo Dave with promo
power Vanilla Ice vs. Todd Bridges on 'Celeb Boxing' CBS hopes 'CSI' will
be next 'L&O' Legal tussle over judge's 'No TV' ruling
Web Shorts Yahoo:
Sorry, MapQuest, we’re making our own Gov’t Enron investigators pull site
offline Half a billion people use the net at home Sony is launching a
PlayStation 2 site Big online buy of books backfires on author
People
Carrie Fitzmaurice promoted to VP and
publisher of Entrepreneur magazine Lionel Barber named managing director of
the U.S. Financial Times; David Wighton named news editor N.R. Kleinfield and
Anne Hull to receive awards at American Society of Newspaper Editors
convention Walter Goodman dies at age 74 Jeff Lucas named president of ad
sales at USA Networks Janet Bustin appointed managing director of DDB Dallas;
Steve Sweitzer to executive creative director
Monday, March 11, 2002
News Shorts CBS
scores big with '9/11' Scandal-stained HBR editor steps down Oprah will
call it quits after 2005-06 season NBC marks 75th with casts from the
past ABC plans 'Phenomenon' remake
Web Shorts Space.com
chief takes large step out of there Study: Much online medical info
quacks Coming soon, maybe: ‘Dot.kids’ domains Dot.com dance of death hits
record low Online pornster whacks U.S. Army for $300k
People
L.A. Times editor John Carroll elected
chairman of the Pulitzer Prize board Anne Meara to appear on the new season
of HBO’s 'Sex and the City' Lloyd Scott named SVP at at Universal Studios
Networks John Ritter takes lead role in the ABC pilot '8 Simple
Rules'
Tuesday, March 12, 2002
News Shorts Celeb
'Fear Factor' walks away with 18-49s Mrs. Welch: Hit the road, Jack EW's
Seymore to run Time4Media? 'Sally Jessy Raphael' gets
cancelled Shareholders try to block RDA acquisition Which cable news
blowhards blow hardest?
Web Shorts Revealed:
AOL's Netscape is a cyber-snooper Yahoo will charge for GeoCities
services Sept. 11 fading from list of top search terms Screen-saver
project aids anthrax research Defectors eye life in mostly make-believe
Ladonia
People
Philip B. Dusenberry to retire as chairman of
Omnicom Group's BBDO North America in May Bob Allen, Patricia Aguirre, John
Cesa, and Alexander Fiske named account executives at National Cable
Communications DGA president Jack Shea resigns Melissa Gilbert elected
president of the Screen Actors Guild 'Weakest Link' host Anne Robinson to
guest star on NBC's 'Providence' on April 5 Elton John to appear on NBC's
'Last Call with Carson Daly' on March 29
Wednesday, March 13, 2002
News Shorts 'Ellie'
slips but still wins her slot Eisner to Koppel: We can work it out New
editor at Rodale's Organic Style Global '9/11' airing planned for
anniversary Nickelodeon orders five new series
Web Shorts ‘Dot.usa’
domain name scam gets shut down DoubleClick unloads its email list
business Earthlink will offer broadband via AT&T lines Cable net
access penetration increases, again Former web mega-advertiser NextCard cuts
staff
People
Kevin Gentzel named group advertising director
West of Forbes Magazine Group Former CBS-TV president Thomas F. Leahy dies at
age 64 Laura Dern to guest star on the March 28 episode of NBC’s 'The West
Wing' Mary Stuart Masterson joins the cast of the CBS drama pilot 'R.U.S./H.'
Thursday, March 14, 2002
News Shorts 'Celebrity
Boxing' does the job for Fox Rosie: President Bush is wrong on gay
adoption Drexler tapped as new Optimedia CEO Sony settles over fake critic
shenanigan Ex-NY Post employee claims anti-Yankee bias
Web Shorts Dissed,
Arthur Andersen dumps TheStreet.com Radio PSAs will offer internet privacy
tips Silicon ceiling? Women are less wired at work. Federal gambling ban
may extend to web casinos Adobe sinks half a mil into Salon
People
Quinn Taylor to head of the motion pictures
for television and miniseries division at ABC Jon Yasuda, Kenneth Omura and
Greg Macabenta elected president, board secretary and board treasurer of the
executive board of the Asian American Advertising Federation Joie Chen to
join CBS News as a correspondent based in Washington
Friday, March 15, 2002
News Shorts Rosie's
'Primetime' chat dunks college basketball Andrea Thompson departs Headline
News Report: Jealous CBS rethinking liquor ad ban Hallmark Channel aims to
crack cable top 10 Things we like: Truman's give-em-hell
letter
Web Shorts HBO
sponsors NYTimes.com ‘Laramie’ section Yahoo cuts another big Hollywood
deal Is AOL out to ditch Microsoft Explorer? Could be. Google tests site
for chasing down news stories Je suis chic: French president chats
online
People
Laurette Hayden joins USA Network as SVP of
long-form programming Longtime Boston Globe editor Thomas Winship passes away
at the age of 81 Rena Sofer to appear on NBC’s 'Friends' in May
Monday, March 18, 2002
News Shorts Strong
Sunday for ABC with 18-49s Gloves come off in nasty Oscar race New toppers
at Infinity Radio and MTV Networks GQ big cheese Cooper gets smaller The
lowdown on Oscar's ad rules
Web Shorts March
Madness a slam dunk for web traffic Morpheus adds anti-piracy feature for
indie bands Ask Jeeves UK's user base posts 174% growth Pirated Oscar
nominees for sale on eBay Canadian site to put TV shows online
People
Former NBC chairman Pat Weaver passes away at
age of 93 Lara Flynn Boyle and Heather Locklear to appear on Fox’s 'Ally
McBeal' on April 22 James Cameron to direct the season finale of Fox’s 'Dark
Angel' Roger Cohen to foreign editor at The New York Times
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
News Shorts
Longer
'Fear Factor' takes 18-49s No Yankees for Cablevision as YES
launches Executive shuffle at Gemstar-TV Guide CBS broadcaster blows it
with profane doodle 'L&O' not guilty of inspiring Andrea Yates
Web Shorts AOL
Moviefone Oscars poll picks 'Rings' Expect lawsuits over FCC’s cable internet
ruling Florida homeowners: No porn in our backyard Warning: CIA web site
may be tailing you New ‘Star Wars’ gets high sign in 'sneak'
preview
People
Suzanne Ruffa joins Us magazine as
fashion/retail advertising director Adam Goldberg signs on to star in the
ABC/Touchstone drama pilot 'E.I.S'
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
News Shorts 'Richter'
debut leads Fox to an 18-49 win MSNBC's Matthews apologizes to Koppel,
Lehrer Post reporter fired for being tough on Disney? CNN struggles to
make Zahn investment pay NFL plan will eliminate weak 'MNF'
matchups
Web Shorts Terra
Lycos launches fee-based game service Sweeps: Coming soon to the
internet Merriam-Webster puts dictionary online for a fee CNN: You now
have to pay for streaming videos AOL's growth slows, even with signups
incentives
People
Anne Marie Kelly joins Mediamark Research Inc.
as VP of marketing and strategic planning Theresa Edy to VP of series
programming for Lifetime Television Holly Hunter signs on to narrate the USA
Network's 'Eco-Challenge: New Zealand' Molly Shannon to appear in several
episodes of HBO's 'Sex and the City'
Thursday, March 21, 2002
News Shorts 'Survivor,'
building strength, takes 18-49s Rumor: LeBlanc set to star in 'Friends'
spinoff Irate Rosie distances herself from anti-gay group Police bust up
Michael Moore book signing Speedy Gonzales MIA from Cartoon
Network
Web Shorts Global
web porn sting busts a dozen suspects Buggy software blocks some Yahoo
users 'Spider-Man' movie trailer will debut on the web Gov’t intensifies
Orbitz antitrust probe Online reference library from Oxford U.
Press
People
Dimitri Boylan to leave his post of acting
president and CEO of HotJobs at the end of the month Mashawn Nix joins
Tribune Entertainment as director of unscripted and reality programming and
development Ben Stiller to appear on the 100th episode of CBS’s 'King of
Queens'
Friday, March 22, 2002
News Shorts NBC's
Thursday dunks CBS's basketball Reader's Digest buys Reiman for $760
million UPN rids Tuesday of 'Random Years,' 'As If' Dave's dilemma brings
eyeballs to late night New on Fox: 'Search for a Playboy
Centerfold'
Web Shorts Yahoo:
You'll be paying for remote email access About.com guides file suit against
Primedia High-security defense job site cleared of spying Utah media to
governor: Email is public record WashPost and Capitals in cross-promo
deal
People
Jeanne Schwenk named publisher of Elle Girl
magazine Suzanne Kolb promoted to EVP of marketing at the WB Doug Miller
appointed sales director at Henninger Media Services Barry Watson leaving the
cast of the WB’s '7th Heaven' at the end of this season Andre Braugher joins
the cast of CBS’s pilot 'Hack' Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter to
star in the original HBO movie 'Live From Baghdad' Jake Tapper joins VH1 News
as an on-air reporter and host
Monday, March 25, 2002
News Shorts Academy
Awards sweep, no surprise A Beautiful night for 'Mind' and black
actors The curse strikes again? NBC benches 'Ellie' FCC won't rap ABC over
Victoria's Secret special Tom Green collects his Razzies in
person
Web Shorts AOL Time
Warner workers need not use AOL Log on to see the Mona Lisa and the
Louvre Google restores anti-Scientology web site Poetry Society loses site
to Viagra shill Internet worm masquerading as Clinton cartoon
People
Victoria Sanchez-Lincoln named fashion
director at Latina magazine Robert Altman to direct a series of promo spots
for E! Entertainment Television Roshumba Williams joins 'Entertainment
Tonight' as a correspondent
Tuesday, March 26, 2002
News Shorts CBS
wins Monday, but NBC's 'Fear' remains strong Judge rules Zahn did right by
Fox March Madness ratings up 10% through Sunday 'Celeb Boot Camp'? Fox is
working on it Claim: 'The PJs' stole my identity
Web Shorts Gov’t
sites purge weapons-related info Anti-Defamation League upgrades internet
filter Elderly Washington writer’s site lands him in jail Rebel fighters
devise web game to kill foes Newspaper marriage proposal pulls
thousands
People
Robert Luff named to the newly created
position of EVP and CTO at Nielsen Media Research David Sternberg to SVP and
GM of Fox Sports World and Fox Sports World Español Jeremy Piven to star in
UPN's drama pilot 'Twilight Zone'
Wednesday, March 27, 2002
News Shorts Fox
takes 18-49s, powered by 'Richter' Tyson-Lewis title fight set for June
8 Playboy plans 'Women of Enron' issue More job chops at MSNBC and
Oxygen Free subscription for newspaper box captive
Web Shorts Republican
Nat’l Committee evangelizes online Divorcing NASCAR driver Gordon fuels web
traffic Feds end eBay antitrust investigation ISPs and consumer groups sue
over cable net access rule AOL subsidiary enlists Google for web
searches
People
ABC Family president Maureen
Smith resigns Suzanne Lang named advertising director at Blender
magazine Cathy Weeden named VP and GM of the Sunshine Network Peter
Chernin, Tom Freston, John Hendricks, Robert Iger and Jamie Kellner to appear at
the 51st annual National Cable & Telecommunications Association show in New
Orleans Ted Turner to be presented the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' at the
Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association's 42nd Annual
Conference
Thursday, March 28, 2002
News Shorts NBC
wins 18-49s with its regular lineup Fox and CBS nix NFL's game swap
plan 'Ellie' may have a future at NBC after all A sign of things to come
for EW's Seymore? HBO brings back 'Band of Brothers' Study: Heavy TV
watchers prone to aggression
Web Shorts Online
travel bookings rise after 9/11 tumble Court: Napster must stay dark AOL
UK dumps established online brands Heaven’s Gate van is for sale on
eBay
People
Comedian Milton Berle passes away at the age
of 93 Angela Shapiro named president of the ABC Family Channel Frank R.
Garland joins Prime Point Media as SVP of sales and marketing Brenda Hurner,
Bob LeBlanc Jennifer Mamaril and Lori Seger-Ludington to account executives for
National Cable Communications British actor Dudley Moore dies at the age of
66 David Kudon and Greg Gajus named VPs of audience analysis for the new
corporate research group at Turner Broadcasting; Robin Thomas to VP of
forecasting and planning
Monday, April 1, 2002
News Shorts 'Commandments'
give ABC 18-49s-household wins Auditor: Penthouse might not make it this
year AOL TW lands at No. 37 on Fortune 500 Oprah declines White House's
Afghanistan invite Greek politicians move to ban reality TV
Web Shorts Yahoo
will share private data Netscape browser penetration sinks to new low Net
users buying digital cameras North Korea dabbles in internet gambling
biz NYTimes.com job section traffic doubles
People
Justin Barocas promoted to media director at
Wieden+Kennedy Film director Billy Wilder died last Wednesday at the age of
95 Maria Baugh named executive editor at In Style CNN newsman Ed Turner
passes away at the age of 66 John Nogawski named president of Paramount
Domestic Television Roger Ogden elected chairman of the NBC
affiliate-advisory board
Tuesday, April 2, 2002
News Shorts College
hoopsters give CBS an easy win Phil Donohue in talks to join MSNBC
lineup Blow book tells of JFK Jr.'s last days MTV loads up on new reality
shows Anniversary mania for NBC and CBS
Web Shorts Dot.com
job cuts back on the rise Online tax preparation is slow to catch on April
Fool’s Day story sinks Canadian dollar Another Fool’s prank: Pigeons power
Google Ad Age buys ad-archiver AdCritic.com
People
Randy Bondar named account manager for radio
sales services at Arbitron Inc. Kelly Konis White appointed director of
marketing at Business 2.0 Clay Steely promoted to VP of engineering at ABC
Radio David Caruso to star in CBS’s 'CSI' spinoff 'CSI: Miami' Sandra
Bullock to guest star on ABC’s midseason family comedy 'George Lopez' on April
10
Wednesday, April 3, 2002
News Shorts 'Watching
Ellie' pulls late crowd News shows retain post-Sept. 11 gains Israel
threatens CNN and NBC with legal action Fox axes 'Embassy'; UPN drops 'Race'
and 'Roof' Costas inks expanded deal with HBO
Web Shorts
Son
auctions his mother's love online Family’s activities will be webcast from
Harrod’s Sayonara, Pokémon: Cartoon fades in popularity America’s Most
Wired: Bay Area, Austin, Boston Coming soon, ads on browser toolbars
People
Brian Gallagher to take over as executive
editor of USA Today on June 1 Reba Talmonn named domain manager at Direct
Mail Services David Lucoff named VP of affiliate sales for Fox Sports Net
Florida Susan Sarandon to star in the Sci Fi Channel's six-hour miniseries
'Children of Dune'
Thursday, April 4, 2002
News Shorts Not
a good night for new comedies Fences mended, Grammys come home to
NYC Liquor makers rally after NBC flip-flop 'X-Files' and more on the Sci
Fi Channel Trump seeks a home for beauty pageants
Web Shorts Chicago
Tribune: Register if you want to read Opening day of baseball swamps
MLB.com Google now has a rival in goosed-up Teoma C-SPAN posts Nixon tapes
online
People
Jane Byram joins Kolar Advertising &
Marketing as media director Lisa Fazio to beauty director at People
magazine John Baisley named president of Panasonic Broadcast & Television
Systems Charles C. Smith appointed VP of operations at Tacoda Systems
Inc.
Friday, April 5, 2002
News Shorts Killer
'ER' swamps CBS Rukeyser teases new show on 'Larry King' Powell Doctrine
aims to speed DTV rollout CBS looking to double Dave's face time Dennis
takes Blender up to 10 times a year WB purges three shows, including 'Rock
Star'
Web Shorts AOL wins
one against spamsters Web users grow less keen on gov’t snooping Dot.com
deaths declined in first quarter Yahoo strikes its invite site Queen Mum
memorial web site packs ’em in
People
Matt Stone upped to executive editor of Motor
Trend; Larry Crane to art director Jeff Smith promoted to president and CEO
of marketing and advertising firm Fellers Arem Duplessis named design
director at Spin magazine Joe Franzetta joins GoldPocket Interactive as SVP
of corporate development and strategic partnerships Cary Goss named director
of business development at design firm Otherwise Inc.
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
News Shorts NBC's
'Fear Factor' picks up while CBS falters CNN stop date set for May 15 'Sex
and the City' makes way for baby Read it and weep: Oprah halts book
club Leno: Why can't Letterman make nice?
Web Shorts
Yahoo
introduces pay-to-play gaming NYTimes.com pairs up with BBC to offer
audio Providence mayor holds journos' URLs hostage Bertelsmann to snap up
the rest of Napster Tiger Woods auctions exclusive round of golf
People
Marc Goldstein to CEO of MindShare North
America George Shirk to step down as editor in chief at Wired News Stephen
Jacoby to associate publisher of marketing at In Style Michael J. Levine
named COO of the new sport and entertainment division at Van Wagner
Communications Prominent TV producer Roy Huggins passed away last Wednesday
at the age of 87
Wednesday, April 10, 2002
News Shorts NBC's
'Ellie' just muddles through ABC commits to two more years of
'Nightline' Kmart yanks Globe issue with Martha exposé Cablevision
customers take (class) action Lou rides again: Rukeyser in new CNBC
show
Web Shorts Google
hit with patent-infringement suit EBay looking into nine-hour blackout St.
Paul TV station offers online video-on-demand Ameritrade scoops up rival
brokerage Datek No more NetRadio: The company dissolves
People
Daniel Finnigan appointed head of
HotJobs.com Bob Brienza named VP of network programming at CNN/U.S. Dorian
Gregory signs on to co-host NBC's nationally syndicated talk show 'The Other
Half'
Thursday, April 11, 2002
News Shorts 'Greg
the Bunny' slips, 'Lopez' inches up Advertisers edge away from FX's 'The
Shield' FCC greenlights NBC's Telemundo buy Bush team sits out 'West Wing'
special Fox's sexy Greta asks Ozzy to White House gala
Web Shorts NetRatings
buys AdRelevance from Jupiter Yahoo offers customer service 900
number FBI: Internet scams lead consumer complaints 'Elvis' wins, tobacco
loses in domain disputes Wireless net users like streamlined, fast
content
People
Stephen M. Swad named EVP of finance and
administration for Turner Entertainment Group Martha McCully named executive
editor at In Style Matt Bai named national affairs correspondent for Rolling
Stone magazine Kevin Aiken promoted to director of sales development and
advertising research for the Organic Living Group Josh Quittner appointed
editor of Business 2.0 magazine Patrick Tyler named chief correspondent at
The New York Times Alice D. Domar, Ph.D., signs on as columnist and
contributor at Health magazine Ben Hurowitz named senior account manager for
Guideposts magazine Tom Toles chosen as the cartoonist for The Washington
Post Natasha Henstridge to star in the new NBC action series 'She
Spies'
Friday, April 12, 2002
News Shorts Weak
'Survivor' can't beat 'Friends' reruns Report: Inc. browsing for a new editor
in chief AOL TW's share price dives to new low ABC takes another turn with
'The Bachelor' Lawsuit over 'Spider-Man' billboard switcheroo
Web Shorts Authors
Guild fights Amazon's used book policy Lawmakers go ahead with kids.us
domain Guccione: Web porn undermines Penthouse sales Dot.com ads ride
again on television S. Dakota posts public schoolers' grades
online
People
James de Castro named president of the
interactive services unit at AOL Time Warner Maria Celeste Arraras signs on
as anchor for 'Al Rojo Vivo' on Telemundo
Monday April 15, 2002
News Shorts Fox
takes Sunday night Whoopi 'Squares' off after salary dispute Fox orders
another season of 'Bernie Mac' 'The Simpsons' apologizes to Rio de
Janeiro The future of out-of-home: butterfly ads?
Web Shorts Yahoo
users unhappy about new privacy rules Napster lays off one-third of
staff Porn site swipes Scottish parliament name ETrade strikes back,
buying Tradescape Online dating service exclusively for twins
People
Jami Opinsky to the newly created position of
associate publisher of the Parents Group at G+J USA Jim McCabe named national
advertising director of Fast Company Matt Mastrangelo to national ad director
at Rolling Stone James Caan to star in an untitled pilot for Fox from Studios
USA
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
News Shorts 'Ally
McBeal' returns to chilly reception Study: Most top shows still don't cross
over Ratings down for Tiger-dominated Masters Fox News adopts new term,
'homicide bomber' Discovery seeks to eliminate credit crawl Irish
partisans give reality TV a chance
Web Shorts Amazon
to Author's Guild: Drop dead Travel boosts overall online retail in
Q1 Ashcroft: How 'bout a web terrorist databank? Comics on the web at a
buck a month
People
Jeff Shell named co-president and COO at
Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. Patricia Nuñez Strid and Jackie O’Hare
named beauty directors at Allure magazine Mark Harmon to guest star on NBC’s
'The West Wing' for four episodes starting May 1 Mia Farrow to appear in
CBS's comedy pilot 'Julie Lydecker'
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
News Shorts 'Watching
Ellie' edges out 'Richter' Zenith: Ad spending down 1.9 percent this
year An end in sight for Nick's 'SpongeBob'? Burnett plots all-star
edition of 'Survivor' Report: Tina B. anxious to scoot Miramax Comedy
Central picks up 'Glick' and 'Geeks'
Web Shorts EarthLink
may chop cost of high-speed access Study: Consumers don't trust
e-commerce Internet bullies hector online kids Most searched-for terms:
Lotto, taxes, flicks
People
Laurie Zaks named SVP of current programs at
UPN Carolyn Kremins named group publisher at The Week; Jamie Hooper to group
publisher at Maxim Lindsey P. Draves to GM of Multimedia Audience Research
Systems Anne Hunter to director of sales at Tacoda Systems Eric DeRise
joins Interep Interactive’s Cybereps as VP of sales Susan Cuccinello promoted
to SVP of research at the Television Bureau of Advertising Jack Bedell named
SVP of business development for the precision marketing services division at
CMR Michelle Castle to head the new Detroit sales office of the Hallmark
Channel Actor Robert Urich passes away at the age of 55 Forest Whitaker to
serve as the host for UPN's new version of 'The Twilight Zone' Patricia
Richardson to star in the Lifetime Network’s drama 'Strong
Medicine'
Thursday, April 18, 2002
News Shorts Viewers
stay away in droves Stephanopoulos will go solo on 'This Week' Osbournes
balk at doing more 'Osbournes' Super stripper and giant rat: TNN's new 'toons
Web Shorts Web
reality contest lets users rule contestants AOL releases Netscape with
CompuServe As summer nears, travel site traffic surges Middle East
flare-up leads to web defacements Two-thirds of Europeans will be wired by
'06
People
Hilary A. Schneider named president and CEO of
Knight Ridder Digital David Moore becomes chairman of 24/7 Real Media’s board
of directors Rachel Friedberg named a senior media planner at CARAT Greg
Messina named New York advertising sales manager for the Organic Living
Group Bob derBoghossian, Doug Gesiorski and Jeremy Pellegrini named account
executives at National Cable Communications Tom Selleck to star in and
executive produce an adaptation of Warner Schaefer’s 'Monte
Walsh'
Friday, April 19, 2002
News Shorts Repeating
NBC tops CBS Robert Blake arrested in murder case TV group boos
Discovery's no-credits plan Canal Plus axing sparks anti-Vivendi
protests Christy and SAG settle over benefit claims
Web Shorts IAB
signs up likes of Google and eBay Wait, no, vandalism to Israeli sites isn’t
up U.S. DSL growth lags rest of the world Online life for 'Lord of the
Rings' extra Lining up for 'Attack of the Clones,' web-style
People
Christina Norman upped to EVP and GM of
VH1 Laura Nathanson named EVP for the sales and marketing department ABC
Family & Kids Paul Condolora named VP and GM of new media at the Cartoon
Network Mark Addy to star as Jackie Gleason in CBS’s two-hour biopic on the
'Honeymooners' icon Courtney Thorne-Smith and Lisa Nicole Carson to return
for the final episode of Fox’s 'Ally McBeal'
Monday, April 22,
2002
News Shorts Fox
claims Sunday night Court TV seeks access to Robert Blake trial 'Once
& Again' fans hold out hope of renewal NY Sun finds an unlikely foe in
Rupe's Post 'Friends' star ordered to hand over topless pics PBS chief
battles Rukeyser insurgency
Web
Shorts Yodel me
this: 'Yahoo-oooo' yodeler sues Yahoo dumps Career Builder AltaVista and
Google cut RR sabotage links Maryland: We've web-savvier than all of
you Dress-up Kylie Minogue web site draws fans People
Dee Nolan appointed editor-at-large of
Time Inc. Jim Moloshok named SVP of media, information and finance at
Yahoo Thomas McCluskey promoted to VP and and publisher of Biography
magazine Gretchen Mol and Kathleen Robertson join the in-development David E.
Kelley dramedy 'Girls Club' for Fox
Tuesday, April 23,
2002
News Shorts 'Bachelor'
tops the night AOL appoints new head of ad sales Rukeyser debut boosts
CNBC's #s big time Retiring Rosie will host 'Survivor' reunion
Web
Shorts Google
launches live-expert advice site Awaiting the cash flow from 'Eve' online
game Sri Lanka's prez publishes personal site Despite barriers, China's #
2 in home net use Disputed Abercrombie T-shirts on eBay
People Bob McCauley to president of
Adlink Janett Kennedy Haas joins the Forbes.com New York sales team as an
account manager Bob Maund to VP of sales at BusinessWeek for the Western
region Craig Kilborn signs on to host 'The Late Late Show' for two more years
for CBS Jeffrey Toobin named the new legal analyst for CNN
Wednesday, April 24,
2002
News Shorts 'Watching
Ellie' hits new low 'Sopranos' teen cops to mugging Blake arrest yields
ratings and rivalry for CNN Maxim: Nobody will know but your
pharmacist TNT, Johnson & Johnson in programming deal
Web Shorts
On
the online auction block: Pelé soccer shirt Actor Urich's death tops Blake's
arrest Yahoo and its yodeler settle out of court Oops: Surfers unearth
Reagan obit Yahoo Brazil offers free internet access
People Advertising pioneer Jay Chiat passed
away Tuesday at the age of 70 Carl Benson named Midwest advertising manager
for the Reader’s Digest Home Improvement Group Jane Burdon joins Real Simple
as home editor Robin Roberts newsreader for ABC’s 'Good Morning
America' New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman to host quarterly specials
for the Discovery Channel
Thursday, April 25,
2002
News
Shorts 'Law
& Order' wins Wednesday for NBC Myers: Cable up, broadcast down in the
upfront ABC asks Jennings to make do with less $ A bittersweet sendoff for
Sally Jessy Raphael Report: Vieira tagged for syndie 'Millionaire'
job
Web
Shorts NYTimes.com
peddles premium video clips 'Dot.us' domain goes live FTC slams door on
free game console spam Cops lose surfing privileges for ogling
porn Insidious virus isn't really from you
People Greg Stuart named chief of the
Interactive Advertising Bureau Wil Allmendinger upped to VP of affiliate
sales for the TV publishing division at Tribune Media Services James H.
Rosenfield named to the board of advisors at EyeWonder Inc. Stephen Zito to
executive producer and showrunner for CBS’s 'CSI: Miami' Alex Star to create
a new Ideas section in the Sunday section of the Boston Globe
Friday, April 26,
2002
News
Shorts Strong
'Bachelor' Finale No proposal on 'Bachelor' series finale European
satellite company plans U.S. service Prosecutors won't seek death sentence
for Blake Coming to TV: dodgeball and other childish
things Web Shorts
Pinup
Anderson triumphs over web pornster Online music swappers buy more
music Report: Chinese military looking to hack U.S. Large college towns
have highest net use Cambodia’s king sets up a web site
People Daniel Rosensweig appointed COO at
Yahoo Cynthia Ponce promoted to EVP and general sales manager at ABC’s sales;
John Caruso and Gary Montanus upped to SVPs Joseph Steuer named deputy editor
at Us Weekly; Kelli Delany to fashion director; Veronica Hinman to beauty
director Henry Winkler and Michael Levitt named executive producers for
'Hollywood Squares'
Monday April 29, 2002
News Shorts 'Dead'
wins over 'Sense' New 'Sex and the City' season will be shorter NAB suit:
Ban on issue ads is unconstitutional Fourth Brit 'Millionaire' suspect
arrested Penthouse: We've got Anna in the buff, honest
Web
Shorts Overture
and Yahoo renew their ties Raunchy emails lead to firing of six
workers U.S. government ranks No. 3 in e-services Slide in # of dot.nets,
dot.coms and dot.orgs WSJ peddles original ‘hedcuts’ on
eBay People
Robin Kent promoted to chairman and CEO
of Universal McCann Worldwide Alan Cohen resigns from his post as president
of domestic marketing for Twentieth Century Fox Rona Fairhead appointed CFO
at Pearson Lauren Ramsby named the Sunday editor of the New York
Post
Tuesday April 30, 2002
News Shorts Poor
showing for 'Gilda' Golin being eyed for Rolling Stone job? At long last,
Deep Throat revealed on Salon Coming: Reality TV, Puffy-style Fox's
special ops expert exposed as a fraud
Web
Shorts Fox
backs out of Movies.com deal World Cup highlights will be webcast Native
American nations get own net suffixes Webby Award nominees are
unveiled Lara Croft suit goes to auction
People Jacob Weisberg to editor of
Slate Gail Belsky to executive editor at Working Mother; Christine L. Ford to
managing editor 'Will & Grace' star Sean Hayes to play Jerry Lewis in the
upcoming CBS biopic 'Martin & Lewis'
Wednesday May 1, 2002
News Shorts Rising
'Dead' bumps 'That 70s Show' MPT names co-host for new 'Wall Street
Week' Fox's Greta settles for second place Revamped FT.com will charge for
primo stuff Discovery offers producers two options for credits
Web
Shorts NYTimes
email digest carries Klez viral cargo Now, the complete Hemingway library
online Ticket-seller Fandango sues AOL's Moviefone Kenya coffee auction
comes to the internet Deep web interest in the late Linda
Lovelace People
Advertising veteran Jack Jadick
dies Dan Rather to stay at CBS News through 2006 Chris Smith named VP of
sales for the Western region for NBC Enterprises Paul Benjou named director
of client services at AdWare Systems 'Everybody Loves Raymond' actor Brad
Garrett to star as Jackie Gleason in the biopic for CBS Deborah Norville
reups with King World Productions as anchor of 'Inside Edition' Glenn Close
and Patrick Stewart to star in a remake of 'The Lion in Winter' for
Showtime
Thursday May 2, 2002
News Shorts NBC
tops with regular shows Coming to NBC: 'The Bill Clinton Show'? 'Today's'
Lauer re-ups for an un-Katie-like sum Report: Cable nets won't touch Saudi
image ads 'I Want a Husband' leads Fox reality charge
Web
Shorts AOL
will use Google's search technology Miller Beer in domain tiff with Miller
family Webcasters go mum to protest royalties Kmart's Bluelight.com
expands its services Pop performer Minogue in live
webcast
People Marla Goldstein appointed VP and group
media director at MediaVest Jeff Cohen named the editor of the Houston
Chronicle Marcy Ross to SVP of current programming at Fox Broadcasting
Co. Jason Wagenheim to associate publisher at Blender magazine; Andrea Parr
to associate marketing director Steve Schwaid named VP of news programming
for the NBC Television Stations Division Suzanne Malveaux joins CNN as a
correspondent in the White House unit Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Cris
Collinsworth to call the football plays for Fox Sports
Friday May 3, 2002
News Shorts 'Survivor'
sinks to its lowest Big bucks for two more years of 'Osbournes' Coming,
the O'Reilly vs. Rush showdown Forget that report about end of
'Simpsons' Animal group: California cows aren't so happy
Web
Shorts BBC
launches its own search engine Melissa virus writer gets 20 months in
clink Online reality contest changes players' lives Congress: Filters
don't keep porn from kids 'Spider-Man' props auctioned off on
eBay
People Chris Kager joins MGM/NBC Media Sales
Group as president Regina DiMartino to SVP of marketing, advertising and
promotion for ABC Family Joe DiSalvo upped to president of domestic
television sales at King World Productions Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jack
Black to host the MTV Movie Awards Jon Pollack, Judd Pillot and John Peaslee
named showrunners for NBC’s 'Just Shoot Me' Frédéric Fekkai joins In Style
magazine as contributing editor
Monday, May 6, 2002
News
Shorts Big
turnout for NBC's 75th Maher's 'Incorrect' fill-in: Jimmy Kimmel? Court:
ReplayTV must track viewer usage FT America gets a new top honcho Longtime
editor scoots Worth magazine Coming from the WB this fall:
'Everwood'
Web
Shorts TiVo
integrates AOL features into box Internet audience expands a
little 'Nu-metal' band's fans threaten knitting group Belo: Don't link
straight to Dallas News stories Music-swappers are likely to buy
music People
Joycelyn Winnecke to associate managing
editor for national news at the Chicago Tribune 'SNL's' Tracy Morgan to star
in his own one-hour special for Comedy Central Tom Wilkinson and Jessica
Lange to topline the HBO feature 'Normal'
Tuesday, May 7,
2002
News Shorts 'Crossing
Jordan' leads for NBC Lawsuit: Penthouse pics of me, not Anna K. MTV gets
bit by 'Spider-Man' bug NBC offers 'Today' and more to VOD service ABC
will name Vieira as 'Millionaire' host today D.C. zoo fights for animals'
right to privacy
Web
Shorts May
sweeps spurs heavy web traffic Dot.com deaths easing even
further 'Spider-Man' is already a hot online bootleg Unicast nets Enliven,
NetRatings nabs @plan Honduras: We're not spinning off our islands
People Bill McGowan promoted to EVP and GM of
U.S. ad sales and global integrated partnerships at Discovery Jon Landa joins
Lifetime Television as VP of distribution and field marketing Mike Rizzo
upped to GM of news and sports coverage for ABC News Radio Self photo editor
Susan Isaak joins the advisory council for the University of Michigan’s School
of Art and Design Carmen Electra and Kadeem Hardison to host the syndicated 'Livin' Large' Candice Bergen to host 'Candice Checks It Out' on the Oxygen
network
Wednesday, May 8,
2002
News
Shorts ABC
gains an edge with 'Blue' Blow's JFK Jr. book headed for the small
screen Revealed: How CBS goofed on 'The Early Show' Tiger Woods magazine
is a nonstarter VOD service gets 'The Shield' and '24' Mad plumber plunges
truck into newspaper lobby
Web
Shorts
Dead
TLC rapper trumps Spidey in searches McDonald's will wire restaurants in
Japan Law school sues a student over web site Californian sentenced in
eBay explosive sale Convicted murderer places a personal ad
People Todd Gold named senior West Coast
editor for People magazine Marlaine Selip signs on as executive producer for
Phil Donahue’s upcoming MSNBC talk show Harold Itzkowitz named group
publisher of Fairchild's classified advertising department Sommer Hixson
appointed director of public relations for Rainbow Media’s Mag Rack Robin
Williams to perform a live HBO special on Sunday, July 14, from New York's
Broadway Theatre Shirley MacLaine to star in CBS’s dark comedy TV movie 'The
Battle of Mary Kay'
Thursday, May 9,
2002
News Shorts Easy
Wednesday win for NBC Report: Costas agrees to stay at NBC Barbra's hubby
joins 'West Wing' as GOP's man ABC tops NBC in evening news race,
again Safety watchdog mag recalls faulty flashlight
Web
Shorts U.S.
internet traffic doubled in 2001 Pol's bill: Halt misleading sex domain
names 'Dot.pro' domains going on sale at a premium Nielsen//NetRatings
nets ACNielsen eRatings ComScore and Arbitron work on local net
data
People Michael Provus and Aric Webb promoted
to associate publishers at Stuff magazine Rhonda J. Wilson named business
editor of Pool & Spa News Will Ferrell leaving NBC’s 'Saturday Night
Live' William Hurt to star in the four-hour mini-series 'Master Spy: The Life
of Robert Hanssen' for CBS
Friday, May 10,
2002
News Shorts Big 'ER'
bump from doc's death All the latest on next week's upfronts NY Observer
media gossip hops to Bonnie's Us Osbournes sign a #@%$-ing two-book
deal Report: MSNBC's Williams eyeing Rather's job
Web
Shorts
ABC web
store pulls soap-opera rape doll Survey: Congress is still chock full o’
Luddites Pre-‘Day of Silence’ webcaster traffic soars In the Far East,
online smut is hot stuff IBM and Butterfly.net launch gaming network
People
Tim McHale and Tom Hespos form
Underscore Marketing LLC Brian McMahon appointed president and CEO of
Initiative Trading Zenia Mucha promoted to SVP of corporate communications
for The Walt Disney Co. Scott Kerr named marketing director for GQ
magazine Leonard M. Apcar named editor in chief of NYTimes.com Rebecca
O'Sullivan to VP and GM of Fox Sports Net Arizona James D'Adamo upped to
Eastern divisional manager at YM Richard Karn hired on as the new host for
the syndicated 'Family Feud'
Monday, May 13, 2002
News Shorts Big #s
for ABC's 'Dinotopia' No joke: Buttafuoco vs. Bobbitt on 'Celeb Boxing' E!
cans 'Talk Soup' after 11 years Clinton douses talk show talk on talk
show O.J. roomie Kaelin freeloads on 'House Guest' On Nov. 11, be your own
Tolstoy
Web
Shorts Yahoo
and SBC offer co-branded net access ETrade's chief returns millions in
salary 'Attack of the Clones' bootlegs hit the web For sale on eBay:
Priceless cuneiform Bored? MLB offers 'condensed
baseball' People
Seth Mnookin moves to the national
affairs desk at Newsweek magazine as a senior writer Kevin Abbott named an
executive producer and the showrunner for the WB’s 'Reba'
Tuesday, May 14, 2002
News Shorts NBC
finales best 'Dinotopia' Darva returns to Fox for 'Celeb Boxing' A year
later, Lou Dobbs reigns again 'Battlebots' sues Bud over Super Bowl
spoof Japanese reality stunts lead to spinal injuries
Web
Shorts RealNames
goes out of business Ashcroft starts web monitoring of intn'l
students NASA needs your old, out-of-date computer parts AOL and eBay
rejigger their ad deal The Pope blesses the internet
People Lauren Zalaznick to president of
Universal Television’s Trio channel Marie Wolpert and Peter Zuckerman named
ad directors at The New Yorker Nancy Sterling hired on as Forbes.com Midwest
manager Mary-Louise Parker and Lily Tomlin to join the regular cast of NBC’s
'The West Wing' Rena Sofer joins the cast of NBC's 'Just Shoot Me'
Wednesday, May 15, 2002
News Shorts Another
'Dinotopia' dunk by NBC 'Nightline' doubles up as 'Incorrect' exits PH
photog: 'Twas the nipples that tricked me 'Celeb Boxing' drops Bobbitt after
abuse arrest Golin out of the running for Rolling Stone job Pearl family
protests video clip's airing
Web
Shorts Terra
Lycos offering ad-free, fee-based email Mother's Day was a big traffic
driver The pace of internet M&As is picking up 'Spider-Man' crawls up
to No.1 search term
People Billy Campbell hired on as president of
Discovery Networks Don Hinchey upped to director of communications at the
Bonham Group Eric Pfeiffer named features editor at Red Herring
magazine Stacy Sindlinger to style director for Organic Style
magazine
Thursday, May 16, 2002
News
Shorts Not
quite 'Amazing Race' Playboy edit director steps down after 30 years Study
shows primetime diversity still far off CBS and FX ready Enron
movies Rather sits out revamped '48 Hours'
Web
Shorts Runner's
World fusses about links to its web site Napster CEO resigns amid bankruptcy
rumors L.A. residents complain about planes online VeriSign told to end
direct mail campaign Dating service seeks spokesman in talent
search
People Taylor Gray promoted to associate
publisher/marketing at Time magazine Brian Graden named president of
entertainment for MTV and VH1 John Rigas steps down from his role as founding
chairman and CEO of Adelphia Communications Vivian Schiller appointed GM of
Discovery Civilization Channel James Lucas to SVP and director of research,
database and analytics at DraftWorldwide Chicago Greg Goldman to sales
manager of the American Team in the Atlanta sales office of National Cable
Communications Frank Spotnitz signs on as showrunner for Michael Mann's CBS
police drama 'RHD/LA'
Friday, May 17, 2002
News Shorts 'Friends'
baby episode sweeps No replacement in sight as Gumbel exits Pakistani
police believe body is Pearl's Newsweek dumps another U.S. publisher Fox
taps cable talent for summer newsmagazine
Web
Shorts Yahoo
charges for NY Times stories China removes foreign news web site
filters New worm resets start page to porn site Man jailed for
impersonating ex in personals
People
Rand Stoll named EVP of domestic sales
at Lions Gate Television Kim Barnard to head up the new Chicago client
services office in Chicago for Wilkins Media Eric Gibson to leisure &
arts features editor for The Wall Street Journal Mia Farrow to star in the
Lifetime original movie 'On the Edge'
Monday, May 20, 2002
News Shorts Strong
'Survivor' finale puts CBS up VH1 taps MTV whiz-kid to get the gray
out Fired Maher gives a piece of his mind Deceased Wendy's founder back in
ads Magician Blaine rips heart out on 'Last Call'
Web
Shorts Axe
falls in AOL's sales team, in major whack Sony teams up with file-swapper
Scour Bertelsmann buys Napster after all Washington Post fuses its tech
news sites Fish and Wildlife publishes critter pics online
People Kathy
O'Hearn leaves her post as executive producer of CNN’s 'American Morning with
Paula Zahn' Susan Snowden, Gerard DiPippo and Peter Broadbent elected to the
board of directors of the Yellow Pages Integrated Media
Association
Tuesday, May 21, 2002
News Shorts Lukewarm
finish for Fox's 'Ally' Oxford American gets a two-week reprieve The talk:
Upstairs boot for NBC's Sassa Sniff! Rosie tapes her finale
tomorrow Coming, soap opera props for sale online Maxim TV channel: Bet
you just can't wait
Web Shorts Most
personal sports memorabilia online Major
job cuts befall Agency.com Court rules against anti-abortion web
site Company wants patent for pop-unders Teenage boy faces jail for online
threats
Wednesday, May 22,
2002
News Shorts 'Frasier'
finale tops '24' ender Golin hired to work on Time Inc. launches ABC has a
shot at sweeps news crown Tough Q's get CNN booted from 'Clones'
junket NBC dumps bad-memory stake in WWE Web Shorts 'Star
Wars' is No. 1 search term Google splices Dilbert into its home page MSN:
Leave AOL for us, we'll make it easy Log on to watch hatchling falcons
mature Digital Lara Croft signs with talent agency
People Bridget
Potter to executive producer of 'The Caroline Rhea Show' Regina Stewart inks
a two-year deal with 20th Century Fox TV Michael Frost Beckner steps down
from role as executive producer on CBS’s 'The Agency'
Thursday, May 23,
2002
News Shorts NBC
flattens Fox's 'Celebrity Boxing' MSNBC's Matthews considered for 'Early
Show' NPR staffer to O'Reilly: Show up or shut up NY Post cans writer for
gossip critique Survey: Papers aren't doing it for MTV viewers Hearst
cracks down on anonymous griper
Web Shorts Citysearch
rejiggers its site As users whine, Yahoo nixes personal ad fees Google
asks its users to be its lab rats Everyone's playing games online House
OKs kids-only internet domain People
Nicholas
Grad appointed VP of series development at FX network Tina Exarhos promoted
to EVP of marketing at MTV Carole Black to president and CEO of Lifetime
Entertainment Services for three more years John Weisgerber joins Forbes
magazine as VP of custom media sales Erik Harbison upped from senior media
consultant to media director at 360i Harry Friedman stays on as executive
producer of 'Wheel of Fortune' and 'Jeopardy!' NBC Entertainment president
Jeff Zucker adds West Coast president duties Clifford Marks to president of
marketing and sales of Regal CineMedia Terry Farrell let go from CBS’s
'Becker'
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
News
Shorts Viewership
plunge over long weekend Rupe's
son takes over NY Post from Chandler Enquirer yanked from stands over
Columbine pix AOL's Levin may be tapped to run NYC schools New
payola stink over what radio stations play Big bucks for Vogue-drawn rag mag
novel
Web
Shorts U.S.
Army's recruiting via a computer game Busted: Africans behind frozen assets
scam Study: Folks won't pay to play online games Oops! Navy recruiter site
falls to smut pirates
People Y&R's
Ann Hayden elected chairperson of BPA International Jackie
Dryden promoted to SVP at Bates Southwest Cable Neuhaus to editor in chief of
Folio magazine Chuck Ross appointed publisher and editorial director of
Electronic Media
Wednesday, May 29,
2002
News
Shorts Viewership
plunge over long weekend Armed standoff at CBS studio complex Coming:
Reality, Anna Nicole Smith-style Senators question EchoStar-DirecTV
merger Saturdays with Andrea Thompson on Court TV Des Moines anchor
marries her boob job doc
Web
Shorts Klez
dubbed the most potent virus ever Yahoo jettisons overseas auctions FBI:
Expunge Pearl videos from your sites African entrepreneur launches online
trading Antiabortionists publish photos of patients
People Diane
Frank joins MPA as SVP of marketing ABC news reporter Steve Walsh dies of
leukemia in Denver
Thursday, May 30,
2002
News Shorts Easy
Tuesday sweep for NBC TV movie treatment for Rudy G. and John
Walker Satire magazine Punch drops to the mat 'Survivor's' Kimmi sides
with PETA against show Poll: Advertising types don't get no
respect
Web Shorts
Steffi
Graf wins over Microsoft nudie pix tiff Spammers take heat in NY and
Pennsylvania Email snafu led FBI to erase terrorism clues Italy throwing
Roman Colosseum online Next on Geraldo: Victory in a libel suit
People Duane Bruner has been named
regional director of MediaCom's Latin American division Therese
Corcoran has been named director of ad sales for the Hallmark Channel James
Woods will play Rudolph Giuliani in a USA Network
biopic
Friday, May 31,
2002
News
Shorts 'Miss
Universe' gives CBS a win Rumor: Seinfeld is the 'Nut' behind new
sitcom Daniel Pearl's widow gives birth to baby boy Osbourne daughter will
sing at MTV awards Annual obit writers' conference packs 'em
in Correction: FHM's not quite No. 2
Web Shorts
What's
on the menu tonight? Check Amazon. The digital divide still
yawns Excite@Home auctions off office stuff Armed forces use web to
coordinate Afghan battles Cybersex is cheating, at least Down Under
People Greg Clausen has been named
executive vice president and director of media, a newly created position, for
Cramer-Krasselt Jamie Foxx and Chris Rock will team up to create a
biographical film for HBO about former Washington, D.C., mayor Marion
Barry
Monday, June 3,
2002
News Shorts 'Friends'
actors chuck Emmy reservations CBS gunman charged with attempted
murder ABC set to name Stephanopoulos to 'This Week' Hearst buys
Atlanta-based Veranda magazine Adelphia teeters on brink of
bankruptcy
Web Shorts E-commerce
sales slumped in Q1 Southwest is ranked the best on the web Online movie
piracy is way way up AltaVista and Overture expand partnership Greenpeace
web plans raise terror fears
People Hal
Riney, the legendary West Coast ad man, retires Steven Mandala rises to EVP
for sales at Telemundo Longtime NYT Times foreign affairs columnist Flora
Lewis dies Doris
Kearns Goodwin quits the Pulitzer Prize board
Tuesday, June 4,
2002
News Shorts NBA
playoff game tanks Tonys Report:
Ted's hissyfit brought down AOL's Levin Oxygen gets rights to WNBA
games Axed Ziff-Davis chief settles claims for $2.5M Study:
TV-loving toddlers run risk of fatness
Web Shorts USA
Interactive swallows up ecommerce sites Soccer fans rush World Cup web
sites NBA web site traffic bounces up, too It's official: Napster files
Chapter 11 Federal courts toss out kids and online porn law
People Lew R.
Wasserman, one of Hollywood's most powerful moguls, dies at 89 Mimi Dutta
joins Business 2.0 as creative director, Damon Darlin as senior editor, and
Susan Orenstein and Andy Raskin as senior writers
Wednesday, June 5,
2002
News Shorts NBC's
reality duo wins Monday night Lawmakers
take side of YES in Yankees dispute What layoffs? Stats show job scene
improving Tauzin calls for repeal of cross-ownership ban Maxim editor
indulges literary pretensions
Web Shorts NYTimes.com rolls out daypart ads Ozzy
Osbourne sued by online T-shirt vendor Pop-ups get a patent, and advertisers
will pay Priest's wrestling web site is shuttered Google teams up with
AT&T
People Jim
Bellows signing on as editor of Common Good Bob
Woodruff is joining the ABC News anchor desk
Thursday, June 6,
2002
News Shorts Night
of reality for NBC and ABC Matthews signs mega-deal with MSNBC CBS says no
to Lynch-baiting Schwab ad Inc. editor leads to start sports
consultancy Redeye World Cup a hit for ESPN and Univision Study: TV
Blacks 'ghettoized' on sitcoms
Web Shorts Soccer:
Why, we're hotter than the Olympics Search site LookSmart sued by its
advertisers NYTimes.com will furnish job listings for Salon AOL Time
Warner CFO: Don't listen to Lehman
People Hank
Ratner rises to vice chairman of
Rainbow Media Jean-Paul Colaco becomes president of Radio
Disney Scott Willett joins Budget Living as associate publisher Susan
Greene has been named SVP and director of the Programming Institute at The Cable
Center
Friday, June 7,
2002
News Shorts NBA
finals give NBC 18-49s PVR owners strike back at Big Entertainment Paper's
link to Pearl video stirs controversy Seinfeld plans solidarity performance
in Israel Beijing paper swallows Onion slice whole
Web Shorts New eBay
software to crack down on fraud World Cup mania dominates Lycos
searches People struggle with online privacy issues Hotmail joins Yahoo in
charging to forward email UN publishes green-tinted online ocean
atlas
People Hunter
S. Thompson: I turned down editorship of Rolling Stone Alasdhair Willis quits
as Wallpaper publisher Errol D. Griffiths has been named director of ad
sales for Disney Adventures and Disney Magazine
Monday, June 10,
2002
News
Shorts Big #s for NBC's Belmont
upset MTV
Movie Awards soar to best-ever ratings Columbia TriStar partners for Kirch
Media bid PM don't-smoke ads do more harm than good Study: Interest in
world news back to 2000-level
Web Shorts Jupiter Media Metrix unloads Media
Metrix Harassment charge for student's web sex tale Chia Pets brings
ch-ch-charges against NeoPets Just in time for the World Cup, Sports.com
craters People
Bob Pittman scooting AOL? Fox’s Tony
Vinciquerra adds CEO title and cable networks Adam Ware is now a
was at UPN Stephanie Leifer is the new
comedy head for ABC Diantha Wilson hired for sales at Kiplinger's Personal
Finance
Tuesday, June 11,
2002
News Shorts Big TV
jock weekend goes to NBC Cablevision
asks judge to dismiss antitrust suit On July 15, meet the new
MSNBC Pregnant Brandy stars in MTV reality miniseries TV creative
types join anti-consolidation push
Web Shorts Yahoo's
giving itself a facelift BMW internet movies return: 'The Hire, part
II' Crikey! Lots of Brits misdirect their emails Web surfers don't go back
to poor sites Booted from eBay: Segway Human Transporters
People James Fallows up for Columbia J School
deanship Michael Miller joins Business 2.0 as Northwest sales
manager Shawn Hardin joins AOL Broadband to head programming
Wednesday, June 12,
2002
News
Shorts NBC
wins Monday night with 'Spy' Naming of new Rolling Stone editor
expected Oprah's shot at breathing new life into Oxygen Pat Buchanan in
new magazine and TV gigs Univision snaps up Hispanic radio group
Web Shorts Pottermania
revs up with new online trailer EBay makes itself user-friendlier with
chats World Cup virus hits the web Itty-bitty web site racks up the
hits Terra Lycos starts music-download service
People Merrill Brown: I’m leaving MSNBC Marv Albert signs
to call TNT’s NBA games for another six Jean Sachs named associate publisher of
Rosie Michelle
A. Meyercord heading international magazine development at Rodale Etienne
Katz is joining Red Herring as associate publisher
Rob Sorcher named SVP for
programming and production at AMC
Thursday, June 13,
2002
News Shorts Fox's
'Idol' has hit written all over it MTV 'Harassment' stunt spawns a
lawsuit Fergie you-know-who will do a talk show Saying good-bye to
'Incorrect's' Bill Maher More horrifying roles for William Shatner
Web Shorts World
Cup reigns as most searched-for item Geese geeks can follow a flock
online Consumer Reports hooks up with Newsstand Biotech firm is victim of
hoax news release A hacker and a virus creator get together
People Diane Malloy, Jose Perez and Lauren Kuschner join
People en Espanol Tony Oquendo of Univision has died Flory Bramnick
named vice president for strategic sales at Columbia Tristar Rachel Mizuno
rises to director of affiliate
marketing at Columbia TriStar
Friday, June 14, 2002
News Shorts NBA and
'Idol' compete for eyeballs Judge restarts idea theft suit against
Bochco FCC votes to keep program access rules Nostalgia watch: Alf pitches
a talk show
Web Shorts E-books
for free at your local library? Once again, terror fears spur
e-commerce I'll be in the Humvee-buying line Webby Awards seek
short-speech entries About.com guides expand suit over pay
People
Roberta Mell picked up by Fox as
marketing chief Cece Ryan heading People ad sales in the East. Christine
Guilfoyle and Michelle Bosso named ad sales managers in New York
Monday, June 17,
2002
News Shorts NBC
soars on Tiger's U.S. Open win Pamela
Anderson pens a column for Jane Clear
Channel chief: We are not evil Country singer's 9/11 song cut from ABC
special HBO documentary gets drug dad arrested
Web Shorts Teenager
breaks into Pentagon computer Was it the Left? FoxNews.com
attacked. Saccharine eBay Pez story is a hoax Boeing signs British Airways
for in-air net access 24/7 Real Media and Advertising.com settle
suit
People Richard J. O'Rorke becomes CFO of MPA
Shelagh Daly Miller heading ad sales for all AARP David Zinczenko,
editor in chief of Men's Health, named a People dreamboat Sean M. Smith
of Premiere becomes West Coast
editor
Tuesday, June 18,
2002
News Shorts NBC
soars on Tiger's U.S. Open win Supremes:
We'll pass on must-carry rule Byline: Amy Fisher. L.I. Lolita gets writing
gig Mouth of the South weighs in on Middle East Oprah, easing into
retirement, will do fewer shows Anti-aborters treat beach crowd to fetus
pix
Web Shorts Top
web publications form ad partnership AskJeeves: Doc, make me look like
Google Guild to Wash Postees: Don't write for web, please Lycos introduces
plain-English searches Ticket scalpers hack World Cup network
People David Wade heading Maxim Online’s ad sales Isabel Miller named AMC’s
SVP for marketing David B. Chemidlin to SVP of Advance’s Shared Service
Center Jane Grenier appointed marketing
chief for Teen Vogue
Wednesday, June 19,
2002
News Shorts Decent
first outing for ABC's 'Houston Medical' Wayans slams Fox for 'Bernie
Mac' move Univision sails past ESPN in World Cup ratings New reality show
about casting a reality show Correction: Stuff, not FHM, is No. 2 lads
mag
Web Shorts Fires
and football sought online MSN says its ad sales abroad will soar Salon
doesn’t deliver Deep Throat in e-book CNET dabbles in fee-based
content Citigroup bars NYers from using cards at web
casinos
People Pat Kingsley and Michael Nyman will head Interpublic sports and
entertainment marketing unit Cheryll Howard named Detroit advertising manager
for Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Thursday, June 20,
2002
News Shorts Decent
first outing for ABC's 'Houston Medical' Redstone stays coy on
succession question Broadcasters fight free airtime for
candidates 'Millionaire' discrimination suit back in court Survey: Radio
listeners want more local control CNN gets all-clear after anthrax letter
scare
Web Shorts Salon
claims 39,500 paying subscribers AOL peddles 99-cent Warner Music MP3s Big
brawny boxers spur traffic at HBO.com AllTheWeb: Our index is bigger than
Google's Odds that can't be beat on a gambling site
People Matt Feinberg upped at Zenith to SVP of
national radio Bob Gruters joins New Yorker as director of marketing Jack
Buck, Hall of Fame sportscaster, dies
Friday, June 21,
2002
News Shorts ABC's
'State v.' gets dunked by NBC repeat CNN reacts to Israel's bias charges,
Ted's gaffe Ford Focus gets front seat on Fox's 'Idol' Morning race evens
out as 'GMA' surges JFK Jr. biopics in the works at TBS, CBS
Web Shorts Cheaper
DSL internet access--kind of Burst.com suit: Microsoft ripped off our
tools Busted: International internet hooker ring Sotheby’s and eBay launch
joint auction site Forbes.com adds Slashdot to its mix
People
David Fine joins Jungle Media as
associate publisher.
Monday, June 24,
2002
News Shorts Connie
Chung starts tonight on CNN 'Ann
Landers' won't continue after author's death The
Donald takes his beauties to NBC Court drives stake through cross-ownership
ban Utah stores yank Enquirer with kidnap story
Web Shorts Sturdy
new Kremlin site bears 'hack me' sign The dismantling of Jupiter
continues RealNetworks, now playing in Europe Lower-than-expected net
radio royalty rate Attention Kmart shoppers: No more Bluelight.com
People Us’s
Fuller adds some edit talent Erin Gough-Wehrenberg and Jeff Ingold named NBC
VPs of comedy development Andrew Colton joins ABC News Radio in Miami
Tuesday, June 25,
2002
News Shorts Letterman
and Koppel make nice in late night AOL
loses 2M cable homes as Advance retreats Coming to VH1: (Shudder) 'The
Minellis'? U.S. soccer waterloo sets viewership
records MSNBC.com names Silberman interim editor Web Shorts EBay
offers insurance for full-time auctioneers He's baaack: Pets.com puppet gets
new gig NetRatings' new streaming-media tracker Jail stay prompts man to
pull nasty web postings A new kind of web bank: Seed for lesbians
People Michael Silberman named acting editor of MSNBC.com Marshall
Loeb joins the edit board of Budget Living Melinda Hage named SVP of current
programs for Warner Bros. Television. Victoria Watsonto director of traffic
and sales administration for the WB 100+ station group
Wednesday, June 26,
2002
News Shorts Fox's
'Idol' handily takes Tuesday NBC devours Monday with 'Dog Eat
Dog' Earth Times and Soap Opera Update go under Irate country lovers
give Peter Jennings the boot Martha works out her anger on 'Early
Show'
Web Shorts Web
giants tag their sites with kid-friendly seals Russians saying nyet to some
online activities Will a Greenpeace web site be Exxon-erated? Connery
spanked for facilitating spam SEC sues 17-year-old for fake stock
story
People
Catherine
Gale joins Draft Worldwide as managing director for South Asia Thomas Huber
returns to Smithsonian magazine as associate publisher
Thursday, June 27,
2002
News Shorts Fox's
'Idol' edges out ABC for a Wednesday win Connie
loses viewers on second night out Couric (aka Eva) spars with Coulter on
'Today' Did Rupe plot to scuttle EchoStar-DTV deal? Sci Fi taps Shannen
Doherty to host prank show CNN gets all-clear after anthrax letter
scare
Web Shorts Salon:
We might not make it Yahoo shutters two streaming services Male wrestlers
become web stars, at long last Fantasy nerds rejoice: New 'Rings' trailer's
online Credit account acting funny? Check it out online.
People
Josh Kruter promoted to marketing
director at Forbes Deborah Steiner joins Bridal Guide as travel advertising
manager Jason Kellerman to CEO of LookSmart Jennifer Palmer joins
Outside magazine as New England accounts manager Whole slew of hires
for Teen Vogue Harold Morgenstern named VP of ad sales for the eastern
division of Discovery Networks Ned Sands, Timothy Quane and Linda Flint take
new titles at Bravo Amy Baker to VP of Discovery Solutions Douglas
Daury, Alison de Groot, Susan Jacobs and Brian Knowles have new jobs at
Worth
Friday, June 8, 2002
News Shorts Fox's
'Idol' edges out ABC for Wednesday win Dear Abby: Stop milking my mom's
death Billboard editor White dead of heart attack ABC cuts into NBC's lead
at dusk and dawn Mini review: Say so long to Bill Maher
Web Shorts Gator
gets sued by web bigwigs Gov't warns of internet attack by al
Qaeda Vietnam cracking down on internet cafes U. of Texas publishes
Gutenberg Bible online Polish investigators seek NASA hacker Correction:
Its auditors, not Salon, are pessimistic
People
Jerry Springer will host a new weekly talk show to be filmed in
South Africa Tom Sheehy has been promoted from local sales manager to vp and
general sales manager for Fox Television's LA
stations
Monday, July 1,
2002
News
Shorts Keyes
canned at MSNBC; Cavuto re-ups at Fox FTC:
Adult content still being marketed to kids Court TV
picks up Dunne's true crime show LA
cold-shoulders anti-STD cartoon penis Aniston will testify in topless
pix trial
Web
Shorts FTC
asks search sites to label paid links Game site carries the Nimda
computer virus The job axe falls at CNET: 10% of staff chopped Say
adiós to Jupiter as parts are sold off Gator nips back at web publishers who
sued Analysts: Credit-card bans could hurt web casinos
People David Martin will head Fox's reality TV Ed Grebow
building a TV tower in New York
Tuesday, July 2,
2002
News
Shorts Fox
rounds up 18-49s on Saturday and Sunday Messier's
exit opens door for Barry Diller Connie pulls ho-hum #s in first week on
CNN Will Kelly ditch 'All My Children' for Reege? Place your
client at the feet of ancient wisdom
Web Shorts DoubleClick
sells its media sales unit on L90 AOL Latin America shedding no-pay
subscribers Listen.com locks in Vivendi RealNetworks launches fee-based
gaming Hindus use the web as a prayer tool
People
Patricia Oppenheimer named marketing director of
G&J’s
Parents Group. Jane Bancroft Cook, the largest family shareholder in Dow
Jones, dies at 90 David Nevins to president of Imagine Television
Wednesday, July 3,
2002
News Shorts NBC
takes Monday with reality lineup Spotlight-shy Martha blows off 'Early
Show' Oscar move talk is music to ABC's ears 'Friends' star Aniston
settles topless pix suit Anti-'Sopranos' group vows to press its
cause Lots more reality for MTV next season
Web Shorts Search
sites: We do label sponsored results Factoid: 40 percent of Britons are
online Keanu fans rejoice: New 'Matrix' trailers are online Another round
in the fight over Sex.com Babes and train wrecks are top searches
People Kirsten Thompson joins interactive
agency Unreal Marketing Solutions Greg Hammaren tapped to run Fox Sports Net
Detroit Kim Woods heading Western region ad sales for AMC
Networks Bob Barker of ‘Price is Right’ going under knife for prostate
surgery Ed Morris hires on as CFO at Sharpe Partners
Monday, July 8,
2002
News Shorts 'Big
Brother’s' Krista sues CBS over knife to-do Ad-supported cable surpasses 50
share mark in June Clinton signs on for MTV’s AIDS special Thais still
steamed over spoof newspaper ad
Web
Shorts Ailing
Amtrak peddles cheap tix online for scratch Record companies plant fake
tracks online Second couple auctions baby’s naming rights Researchers
think the web reinforces shyness
People Robert
Buderi has been named editor of MIT's Technology Review
Nicole
A. Kaplan has joined the Magazine Publishers of America as vice president,
marketing & promotion.
Tuesday, July 9,
2002
News Shorts 'Fear'
and 'Dog' win Monday for NBC Parents'
group: We screwed up in blaming WWE Harvard Biz Review's tough publisher
forced out NBC borrows 'Forensic Files' from Court TV Williams sisters
bring viewers to Wimbledon
Web Shorts EBay
snaps up online payment service PayPal Yahoo, as promised, launches a
redesign Dot.com downturn may be in reverse Hackings rise at power company
networks Florida sheriff's page poached by pornographers
People Kevin
Coyne leaving Bates Jody Bilney joins Charles Schwab as chief
marketer Kurt Schramm tapped as SVP of sales at Endai Big changes as
Meredith for Jeannine Shao Collins, Daniel Lagani, .Geraldine Rizzo and Alain
Begun Ellen Cooper heading PR for Court TV Daniel Barnathan has been
appointed executive vp sales, marketing and promotion for Fox
Box
Wednesday, July 10, 2002
News Shorts 'Fear'
and 'Dog' win Monday for NBC 'Daily Show' goes international on CNN 'My
First Time' pops up as Showtime series Candice and Oprah return to Oxygen
this fall Letterman and Koppel bond on 'Up Close' Conflicting claims to
criminal capture credit
Web Shorts Latin
dot.com StarMedia unloads its web site Universal Music Group records
available online Instances of online hate games rise post-9/11 Hackers
hang out in Hong Kong, Israel and U.S.
People
Lauren Corrao named SVP for programming and development for Comedy
Central Shelly Sumpter to VP for
talent for Nickelodeon and Nick Records Bill Scheft, Letterman scribe, jumps
his column from ESPN magazine to Sports Illustrated Tracy Wood is the new
editor or Ms.
Thursday, July 11, 2002
News Shorts Fox
scoots out way ahead with All-Star game NBA and AOL-TW shelf all-sports cable
network ACLU sides with open-access crusaders NPR: Sorry for pinning
anthrax on Values folks USA gets big into movies and miniseries
Web Shorts A
quiet Fourth of July on the web WWF loses a round over its domain name Web
casinos hurt by eBay's PayPal purchase Silly couple, you can't sell your
baby's name here UK employers can workers for web abuse
People
Jeff Hopkins to regional ad director
for American Profile magazine Scott Tobin has joined brand solutions firm TAG
as director of interactive media
Friday, July 12, 2002
News
Shorts 'Big
Bro' premiere topped by 'Idol' Springer sued by family of murdered
guest NBC gets serious about relationship shows 'Murphy Brown' star:
Quayle was right Columbia J-school dean hunt down to two
Web Shorts Yahoo:
We're profitable! We're profitable! U.S. Army site swamped by
game-players Expedia: Don't buy us, USA, we're OK solo China is offering
hand-delivered email ACLU gripes about cable net access
People
Three move up Mediaedge:cia San Francisco Amanda Rabinovitch, Sam Huston
and Nicole Lefmann Anamary Pelayo to senior lifestyle editor of Latina
Magazine
Monday, July 15,
2002
News Shorts
Fox
takes Sunday with 'Jerry Maguire' pic Hot
Saturday night for 'Crime & Punishment' Pakistani
judge convicts four in Pearl murder case TV Guide names 50 worst shows
ever Investigators look at Martha's broker's phone calls Spielberg preps
'King Arthur' miniseries for HBO
Web
Shorts Judge:
Gator, you stop serving pirate pop-ups NY State attorney general subpoenas
PayPal McPaper web site beset by hackers Barron’s comes out with NewsStand
e-edition DoubleClick, like Yahoo, turns a 2Q profit
People Matthew
Roberts to marketing chief at Conde Nast Corporate Group Gigi Volk named
Western sales director at Budget
Tuesday, July 16, 2002
News Shorts
Fox
scores on Monday with Sandler's 'Gilmore' Liza Minnelli takes a crack at
reality Tauzin calls for legislation to aid DTV rollout Tax evasion suit
against BET moves ahead Nelly steals the show with new sitcom World
Publications buys Miller's boating mags
Web Shorts
Yahoo
teams up with rich media ad makers DrKoop, what remains of it, is
sold Noise off at Earth Summit web site China tightens controls over
internet publishing Minnesota Supremes uphold free speech on web
People At Time Inc., Alison
Fried
joins Time.com as general manager, Joshua Macht is named managing
editor of Time.com, and Susan Green
Roberson becomes Time Group financial director. Steven
Tann to SVP for
creative affairs at New Line Television
Wednesday, July 17, 2002
News Shorts
'American
Idol' spree wins Tuesday for Fox Fox
scores on Monday with Sandler's 'Gilmore' Ex-Vanity Fair writers still up to
mischief 'Ren & Stimpy' ooze back to life on TNN 'Sesame Street' in
flap over HIV+ Muppet
Web Shorts Lycos
50: Viva le Lance, say web surfers Accounting scandals drive FuckedCompany
traffic Yahoo complies with China's net censorship Web radio stations are
fighting new royalty rule People Kathleen Beatty joins BusinessWeek in financial
ad sales Michael Weisbarth to president of Fireworks Television
Thursday, July 18,
2002
News Shorts
'American
Idol' spree wins Tuesday for Fox Speculation builds on Pittman's AOL
replacement Cosmo's Plagemann named Lifetime publisher Gender role
reversal for ABC's 'Bachelorette'
Web Shorts
Yahoo's
email filter edits your messages Rough draft of earnings online sinks
stock U. of Delaware student jailed for hacking Dirty email jokes
get 150 HP workers suspended
People Eric Haseltine leaving Disney to
join the National Security Agency Peter Sikowitz to executive editor at
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine
Friday, July 19, 2002
News Shorts 'American
Idol' spree wins Wednesday for Fox DNA shows mystery body was Pearl NBC
looks at Conan to host Emmys Pooley named editor of Time Europe
Web Shorts
Microsoft
is releasing a new MSN browser Ask Jeeves dumps Overture for Google Colin
Powell: Don't e-knock the GOP One-on-one emails likelier to draw
responses Email Starbucks coupon: All grounds, no coffee
People Lucy Kriz and Patricia Foster have
been named to ad sales positions at Teen Vogue
Last Week's
Stories
Monday July 22,
2002
News Shorts
CBS
escapes with a win on free-for-all Thursday Another '24' hours for Fox's
Sutherland Connie Chung gives Donahue a Thursday dunking Fox stretches
fall premieres over four months
Web
Shorts The
internet: The right Rx for doctors Millions visit World Trade Center planning
site Minnesota antiabortionist sued for cybersquatting Groundbreaking
radio station ends webcasts
People Mark Glasner joins Forbes ad sales in
California Shaun J. McKenna to Entrepreneur as a regional sales manager
in New York Stan Taigen joins the Ziff Davis Media Game Group as associate
publisher
Tuesday July 23,
2002
News
Shorts Fox
takes 18-49s with 'Simpsons'-athon Oops! 'Big Bro 3' contestant faces DUI
charge Crystal canned in G+J biz group shakeup Clash of the women's muscle
mags
Web
Shorts EDiets
and MSN in $9.1 million content deal For lawyers, eBay's Ye Olde Evidence
Shoppe Investor message boards grow very, very quiet Earthlink triumphs
over spammer Study: Would-be homeowners take to the web
People
Emily Davis to Vogue’s director of
project development. Jeffrey Greif appointed Vogue’s international
fashion director Caren L. Sinclair-Kay named senior director of online for
Men's Health and Rodale's sports brands Roger L. Sverdlik to EVP of
TelAmerica Media Carla Simonet and Kavita Vazirani promoted at Comcast New
jobs at National Cable Communications for Matthew Leger, Stacey Gross, Ryan
Mahoney and Karen Cavit
Wednesday July 24,
2002
News
Shorts NBC's
'Meet My Folks' breezes off with Monday Cablevision
nixes latest offer from YES $1M later, it's finally over for Tina and
Talk NBC puts wings on Martha Stewart movie 'Chung' holds firm against
'Donahue,' barely Emmys lead off premiere week on NBC
Web Shorts Lycos
50: Inspirational movie climbs to No.1 Anti-hate group gives AOL a good
spanking EBay starts a store with fixed prices Health and Human Service's
new adoption site
People Tony Petitti to executive producer at
CBS Sports Tammy E. Rolle to VP of ad production at Johnson
Publishing Doreen Castignoli named VP of human resources at BPA International
Cyrus Krohn to Slate publisher
Thursday July 25,
2002
News
Shorts 'Big
Bro' is quietly gaining momentum Another
Tuesday win for Fox's 'Idol' Sharpton sues HBO over drug sting
video Lowe-balled Rob departs NBC's 'West Wing' Adelphia execs
arrested on fraud charge Faint hopes stir of one more 'Friends'
season
Web Shorts Yahoo:
No more online casino ads, thank you NY Times site turns away editorial-like
Sony ads FCC: Broadband user base exploded last year WebTV virus dials
9-1-1 InQuira says, ‘Give us your Ask Jeeves users’
People Mary Witherell joins Ladies' Home
Journal as managing editor Sandy Cannold to director/program development for
CNBC Marisol Oller named VP/sales for Warner Bros. Domestic
Cable Tom Remiszewski to VP/creative services and marketing for Viacom
Television Station’s Group Rex Smith named editor Albany Times Union Greg
Schumann to Eastern ad director for Teen Marcy Bloom moving to Teen
People’s Chicago office as Midwest ad director Stephen Hawley Martin
named managing director at Richmond’s Martin, Silver &
Clients Harry Smith will co-host 'The Early Show' with Jane Clayson
next week
Friday July 26,
2002
News Shorts 'Big
Bro' is gaining momentum Suit: Producer says 'Osbournes' idea was his ESPN
names announcers for NBA games Repent: 'Liza and David' cometh in
October Study: TV's effects on kiddies not all bad
Web Shorts Salon
sets up make-your-own ’blog service Congressman: Al Qaeda plans
cyber-attack Couple in Egypt faces jail for online nudie pics Ivy leak:
Princetonians hack into Yale admissions People
Edward Swindler to NBC’s SVP for
network sales strategy, planning and pricing Keith Olbermann joins Salon.com
as a weekly sports columnist
Monday, July 29,
2002
News Shorts Wall
Street Journal returns to downtown HQ Report: Ziff Davis set to file for
bankruptcy Musical cons and more on VH1 next season ABC and WB set
premiere dates for new shows Ostrow steps down as CAB
president/CEO
Web Shorts Hotmail
users irked by mass email erasures ‘Stop Esso’ site evades shutdown
order China shutters thousands of net cafes Apple starts charging for
Mac.com email
People Big
editor changes at the NY Times: Susan Chira to book development, Kathleen
O. McElroy to AME for weekends, Katherine J. Roberts to Week in Review editor
and Jim Roberts to national editor Dale Lanier joins
Colby & Partners as executive producer of its entertainment
division Ian Scott to Teen Vogue as associate publisher Jack Stanyon to VP
for biz development at Neale-May & Partners
Tuesday, July 30, 2002
News Shorts Bomb
scare forces L.A. Times evacuation Bertelsmann
legal pro named NYC schools czar NFL kicks off season with Times Square
bash 'Final Justice' for Erin Brockovich and Lifetime
Web Shorts IVillage
puts the kibosh on pop-ups WSJ sets up online health section Ask Jeeves
rolls out a toolbar Rich-media ad companies out with enhancements
People Mark
Oltarsh to ad director at Stuff Deborah Howard to Western ad manager for
Arthur
Frommer’s Budget Travel; Tom
Lloyd to Detroit ad manager Alex
Cambert joins 'Good Morning America' as a correspondent Thom
Sherman to ABC
Entertainment’s SVP of drama Dan
Davis overseeing programming A&E Alina Falcon to SVP at the Telefutura
Network At the Sci-Fi Channel, Adam
Stotsky to VP for brand marketing, Andrew Schulman to director of
consumer promotions, Jennifer
Kranz to director of advertising, Mike Eilperin to VP for creative, Rohitash Rao to creative director for
advertising, Calvin Chu to
design director and Gunilla DeSanto to director of production Wallace
Carroll, retired newspaper
editor and publisher, dies Erin
Brockovich will host the new Lifetime reality series ‘Final Justice’
Wednesday, July 31 2002
News Shorts Rumor:
Wenner planning to ditch MJ editor Tribune Co. wins bidding for Chicago
mag Report: Daily Deal won't be for long Pasts catch up with 'Big Bro 3'
contestants
Web Shorts Lycos
50: Snakeheads and 'Big Bro' are hot FuckedCompany launches company memo
site IVillage signs a deal to publish books Record industry site hit by
denial-of-service attack Tate Gallery puts art info for the blind
online People At National Cable Communications,
three join Chicago office: Jim Mittal as sales manager, Alan Weintraub as
marketing manager, John Dortch as account executive Laura Nelson to VH1 as
the SVP for communications Tom Nikol named VP/creative director at Columbia
TriStar Domestic Television
Thursday, August 1, 2002
News Shorts 'Ed'
actor arrested in B'klyn for crack smoking Brit 'Millionaire' winner charged
with cheating SBS steps up antitrust suit against Clear Channel HBO
kills gay beach house documentary. Why? NBC carves its initials into
Monday night
Web Shorts ABCNews.com
launches on-demand $ video FBI in bungled al Qaeda web site sting Los
Angeles County uses web to track sex offenders AOL releases a beta version of
AOL 8.0
People Brian Frons to head ABC
Daytime Linda Alexander joins MTV Networks in Latin America David Goodman
to Infinity as radio marketer Lisa Coghlan joins YES in top sales job
Friday, August 2, 2002
News Shorts Trash by
reviewers, 'Rerun Show' still scores 'Idol'
struggles to give Fox a Wednesday lead 'Shield'
tops PTC's list of worst cable shows Israeli cable companies may drop
CNN LA Times bomb threat maker pleads not guilty 'Ed' actor: I didn't
smoke the rock, honest
Web Shorts Lycos:
Bush is most sought politician online China grows into second-biggest web
market Auction's special offer: VW Passat, just 14 bucks Pressplay
offering limitless downloads Empty not the 'sent' box: You could be
fined
People Susan Wyland, Susan Slesin and
Brendan Banahan join Cachet magazine Wayne Brady will host the Miss
America
Monday, August 5,
2002
News Shorts PBS's
Moyers arrested for drunk driving Fox ponders all-reality cable
channel People outbids Us for J.Lo-Ben pix ABC forges programming pact
with HBO Hallelujah! New episodes of 'Davey and
Goliath'
Web
Shorts
Annals
of eBay: Your ad here, on my scalp Dallas school district sued over religion
in email Jupiter gets a new name: Jupitermedia First net café for
Afghanistan Correction: OPA study excluded pornography
People David
Kahn named publisher of Latina magazine
Tuesday, August 6,
2002
News Shorts
Fox
slips past NBC for a sleepy Sunday win Barron's
editor in chief jumps to SmartMoney Clear Channel settles feud, buys chief
critic Baldwin-Drudge spat may lead to lawsuit 'Jackass' regular Steve-O
faces obscenity charge
Web Shorts
Lycos:
Web surfers want their Vin Diesel Florida papers start charging for web
content Booking charter planes in the net age Salon’s 1Q loss shrunk year
over year Vietnamese military becomes an ISP
People Longtime
Los Angeles Lakers announcer Chick Hearn dies Steve Sohmer joins ABC as EVP
for marketing, advertising and promotions Loris Kramer Lunsford to
SVP/Creative Affairs for film and TV division of RCN At Bravo Networks, Alan Klein to director/ad
sales promotions, Leslie Tseng to director/ad sales marketing, and Ted Leuci to
manager/ad sales marketing
Wednesday, August 7,
2002
News Shorts
ABC
football scores but falls short of NBC Another lawsuit against 'The
Osbournes' ABC gives USA's 'Monk' a run in broadcast Pared-down Red
Herring cuts 33 more jobs Morning show flap: pants for a rape
victim
Web
Shorts NYTimes.com
snaps up Google for searches Gillette replaces CMGI in football field
name AtomFilms strikes a cable network deal NNR: Automakers are the top
rich-media users
People 'Passions’s' Joshua Evans, 20, dies Elizabeth Tindall and Brett Schroeder
promoted at Bates Southwest Dear Abby creator has Alzheimer's ABC’s Cokie Roberts winning
breast cancer battle Dawn Zier heads circ for Reader’s Digest’s special
titles Jamie Macy joins Forbes.com sales team out West At Rodale, reorg of Detroit
office
Thursday, August 8, 2002
News Shorts
ABC
football scores but falls short of NBC Biz
news honcho scoots hurting CNBC Ziff Davis gets OK to stay intact, for
now ESPN trims NHL offerings to make room for b-ball Esquire wishes
GQ a happy birthday, sorta Is Madden the answer to 'MNF's' ratings
slide? EMI sues AOL-TW over unpaid music use
Web
Shorts U.S.
web sites hit with denial-of-service attacks WashingtonPost.com to require
personal info Free ISP migrating users to paid
services Nielsen//NetRatings buys France's NetValue Houston reporter fired
for web activities
People Tom
Everett Scott signs on with ‘ER’ Rafe
Needleman joins Business 2.0 as a columnist Janet
Hill to VP of corporate communications at MTV
Monday, August 12,
2002
News Shorts MLB
players expected to set strike date today Oy vey, Martha: Incriminating leaks
continue Shaq attacks primetime in ABC pilot Miramax honcho trying to
squash rival show? QVC host stalker found guilty of harassment
Web Shorts Microsoft
cedes to Feds on internet privacy Snotty email to pol gets LA Times reporter
canned California judge blocks cyber cafe laws Airline web traffic takes
off in response to sales The pork barrel meets spam,
DC-style
People
Kevin
Conroy to SVP of AOL Entertainment Steven Schiffman to marketing chief at
National Geographic Channel Charles Harris to head Natural History
magazine, Peter Brown hired on as editor
Tuesday, August 13, 2002
News Shorts Fox's reality bests CBS's on Saturday
night Fast-talking
Selig averts MLB strike, for now 'Nashville
Star': Talent search, country-style Huh? Corn growers protest digital tuner
decree Witches fight to overturn Romanian TV ban
Web Shorts Lawmakers
call for crackdown on music piracy CNN Europe to introduce new interactive
service Claim: UK gov't hacked into BBC system Firm claims patent on
ad-serving process
People
Jason
Priestley will recover, say docs Ramon
J. Pineda to VP for Univision stations Mary K. Pennington to director
of recruitment for Comcast Carolyn Curiel joins NY Times as editorial
writer Scot Safon to head marketing and promotion at the CNN News
group Sonja Piper Dosti to SVP of drama development at UPN
Wednesday, August 14, 2002
News Shorts Reality
Monday gives NBC the night CBS will re-air '9/11' documentary on Sept.
11 Sideshow Anna slips in second E! outing Pittman asks to hang onto AOL
stock options Angry boyfriend sues 'Man Show' over blow-up gag Correction:
Time Inc. exec mix-up
Web Shorts Princeton
tosses web-snooping dean Brooklyn woman's web plea: Give me your
$s Serious flaws found in IE that could invite hackers Analysts refute
most rosy wireless forecast UK shopping site exposes users'
details
People
Longtime Village Voice editor Ron Plotkin dies Telemundo
promotes Lily Chavez Dickinson and Gian Pablo Kates
Thursday, August 15, 2002
News Shorts 'Monk'
fails to pull crowds to ABC NY Post gossip Neal Travis, 62, dies of
cancer Comedy Central cancels 'Ben Stein's Money' AOL exec behind sketchy
ad deals is out Moyers pleads guilty to bad driving
charges
Web Shorts A
tough first quarter for online advertising AOL may have $49M accounting
problem Sex.com points finger at Network Solutions It's off to Graceland
for Jeeves
People
Kevin Levy promoted at UPN Merrill
Brown named RealNetworks vice president Michela O’Connor Abrams new Dwell
president/publisher, Allison Arieff new editor
Friday, August 16, 2002
News Shorts Big 4
divvy up Wednesday night viewers Strike
three: MLB players set stoppage date Andersen:
That wasn't me writing in Details EchoStar practices under scrutiny in 10
states Couple arrested in church sex radio stunt '24' season will air in
24-hour marathon on FX
Web Shorts GAO
wants crackdown on online cigarette sales FBI accidentally unplugs its own
web site Ad sales way up for online publications New web service for wary
travelers Indian ISPs fight phony telephony scheme
People
Gary Randazzo joins San
Francisco Chronicle Chris Simko and Bob Malmgren upped at CBS
Sports Joanne Lynch promoted at Univision
Monday, August 19
,2002
News Shorts
Fox and
NBC in Sunday tie for No. 1 CNN will
air al Qaeda training tapes this week NY Times
says OK to same-sex unions Too much reality: 'Survive This!,' a spoof CBS
casts Dennehy and Farrell in Enron movie Slow week at the Post? The case of
the taxi note
Web Shorts Shakeup
a-comin' at AOL's business unit Hong Kong is hog-wild for
broadband Survey: Sales of PVRs lower than expected Security pros
'appalled' by military web sites Don't blame file-swappers for album sales
slump
People
Maria
Lopez-Alvarez, Sylvia Rosabal-Ley boosted to co-news directors at
Univision Jeff Gralnick hires on as a news consultant to CNBC
Tuesday, August 20 ,2002
News Shorts
Monday
night football gives ABC an 18-49 kick Fox and NBC in Sunday tie for No.
1 AOL
and AT&T part ways with $9B pact Radio
church-sex stunt gets FCC's attention Snoop site outs 'Survivor' player's
porn star past Clear Channel names replacement for Michaels
Web Shorts
Music
industry finds new foe, Listen4ever.com Earthlink touts joys of pop-up-free
surfing Ballot-box stuffing on 'American Idol' Viewers side |