| | | | He replaces Toby Byrne, who stepped down last September By Jason Lynch Fox Network Group's search for Toby Byrne's replacement, which took nearly eight months, has finally ended--less than a week before Monday's upfront event. After casting a wide net, the company selected the candidate many buyers assumed would get the job from the start: Joe Marchese, its president of advanced advertising products. As president of advertising... Read more » | | Here's which shows will—and won't—make it to next season By Jason Lynch |
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| | Crunch time for NBC, CBS, Fox, ABC and CW execs ahead of upfronts By Jason Lynch The broadcast upfronts are just one week away, which means that execs at the five broadcast networks are behind closed doors as they make the final, excruciating calls on their schedules for the 2017-18 season. All week long, they'll be deciding which promising pilots will make the cut, which current series deserve another year and... Read more » | | She'll also oversee sales for Fox Business beginning May 22 By Jason Lynch One of 21st Century Fox's two ad sales chief vacancy has been filled. Fox News has picked Marianne Gambelli, Horizon Media's chief investment officer, to replace Paul Rittenberg, who announced last February he would be stepping down after more than two decades on the job. As president of advertising sales, she'll oversee sales for Fox... Read more » | | Mizzou journalism school helped get Newsy off the ground in 2008 By Chris Ariens As it approaches its ninth anniversary, video news network Newsy has ambitious plans for the future, even as it honors its J-school roots. At its NewFronts presentation on Monday, Newsy announced three new series, a new two-hour live news show, several new advertising deals and a new partnership with data-management platform Tru Optik that will... Read more » | | Featured Jobs | WGBH 02135, Boston | NBCUniversal, Inc. New York, New York | NBCUniversal, Inc. New York, New York | American Media New York City, New York (US) | imre, LLC Sparks Glencoe, Maryland | |
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| | The Handmaid’s Tale is bringing her even more acclaim than Mad Men did—and elevating the streaming service By Jason Lynch After you've starred in one of the greatest TV series of all time--Mad Men--it would seem that there's nowhere to go, career-wise, but down. That is, unless you're Elisabeth Moss, whose 28-year acting career has revolved around one seemingly peerless TV project after another. "If you thought about it too much, you'd never do anything... Read more » | | Johnson & Johnson is sponsoring one of them By Marty Swant With perhaps its boldest bet yet, YouTube is going directly after traditional television advertising dollars with 40 new programs exclusively for the platform. And advertisers appear to be coming back to the fold after brand-safety concerns rocked YouTube several weeks ago. Tonight, at the digital giant's BrandCast event in New York, YouTube chief business officer... Read more » | | Features the series for the first time in Viacom's upfront By Jason Lynch Last June, Viacom was wrapping its upfront negotiations just as CMT was rescuing the drama Nashville, which had been canceled a month earlier by ABC. So, as CMT heads into this year's upfront market with a Nashville-fueled ratings bump, the country music network is eager to take full advantage of the series in its talks... Read more » | |
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