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CBS to launch national sports radio network - Baltimore's WJZ-FM and AM key players
The Baltimore SunCBS Thursday announced the launch of a national sports radio network that will include two stations in Baltimore and looks to seriously challenge ESPN dominance of the sports-talk airwaves. The CBS action, which includes Cumulus Media, another...Tags: Riverside (Southampton, New York), Radio Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Television, Steve Davis
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Stephen King's 'Under the Dome' on CBS could create new TV model
CBS' highly anticipated thriller, "Under the Dome," could help create a new business model for TV shows -- and encourage broadcasters to gamble on risky big-event summer programming. The 13-episode series, which debuts June 24 on CBS, is based on a...
Tags: Television Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Television, Business, Showtime (tv network)
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CBS Wraps Upfront Sales with Volume Flat From 2012
VarietyCBS has largely completed its upfront sales, notching ad commitments estimated to be on par with the $2.5 billion to $2.75 billion it secured in 2012, according to a person familiar with negotiations. And the network's efforts could have a significant...Tags: Television Industry, Marketing, Television, NBC (tv network), Advertising
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Grumpy Cat's a star. Amazon picks shows. CBS' Franks retiring.
After the coffee. Before figuring out where the month of May went. The Skinny: I've got a pile of pilots to watch, but I just can't find the energy right now. Instead, all I want to do is watch baseball and take naps. Thursday's headlines include a look...
Tags: Discovery Communications, Inc., Michael Douglas, CBS Corp., Media Industry, The Wall Street Journal
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CBS Vet Martin Franks to Retire in September
VarietyMartin Franks has been a quiet power behind the throne at CBS for a quarter century. On Wednesday, he took a moment in the spotlight to announce his plan to retire on Sept. 30. Franks, exec veep of planning, policy and government affairs for CBS Corp.,...Tags: Federal Communications Commission, White House, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gordon Smith
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Senior CBS executive Martin Franks to retire this fall
Martin Franks, a top media industry lobbyist and key executive at CBS, is retiring this fall. In a memo to staff, CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves said Franks has been the "glue and grease" of the company. Franks will exit CBS at the end of September....
Tags: Television, Tennis Channel (tv network), Jimmy Carter, Patrick Leahy, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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CBS Corp. Promotes Joseph Ianniello to COO Post
VarietyJoseph Ianniello has been upped to chief operating officer of CBS Corp. Ianniello, who has inked a five-year pact with the Eye, has been with CBS and its predecessor Viacom for more than a decade, rising through the ranks in finance and corporate...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers, Finance, Viacom Inc., CBS Corp.
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Upfronts Show Cracks in the Facade of Networks
VarietyForgive the major broadcast networks for feeling a bit like the evil "Queen in Snow White" and the Seven Dwarfs these days. When asking their Magic Mirror for positive reinforcement, the answer is seldom completely satisfying. Still the fairest of them...Tags: Bowl Championship Series, Television Industry, Hulu, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Josh Holloway
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CBS boss Les Moonves king of network TV with 2012-13 ratings win
Last week, CBS boss Leslie Moonves told ad buyers his network was at the "center" of the media universe. On Tuesday, he proved why. CBS wrapped the 2012-13 TV season with a commanding victory in every single ratings category, according to Nielsen....
Tags: Arrested Development (tv program) , Television, American Idol (tv program), MTV (tv network), NCIS (tv program)
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Networks send SOS to Michael J. Fox, Robin Williams and other stars
If viewers are losing interest in broadcast TV, what can lure them back? Executives hope they have an answer: stars. Lifting the curtain on their 2013-14 schedules at the "upfronts" in New York this week, the networks behaved like smartphone-...
Tags: Television Industry, American Idol (tv program), Fox Broadcasting Company, Barry Diller, Castle (tv program)
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CBS Rolls Dice on Becoming the New 'Must-See TV'
VarietyCBS was so eager to start boasting about being No. 1, its upfront presentation began promptly at 4:01 p.m. ET, which is virtually unheard of. Advertisers straggling in late might have even missed the sweet tribute to the upcoming final season of "How I...Tags: Television, Josh Holloway, NBC (tv network), Ronald Reagan, Les Miserables (musical)
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2013 TV upfronts: CBS unveils schedule with six new shows
NEW YORK -- Wrapping up a season in which it will finish first in both viewers and the crucial adults 18-49 demographic that advertisers favor, CBS unveiled a fall television schedule with four new comedies and two dramas. For CBS, the win in adults 18-...
Tags: Television Industry, Two and a Half Men (tv program), Advertising, Google Inc., Mike & Molly (tv program)
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