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New Line Cinema Promotes Elissa Greer to Executive Vice President of Publicity and Promotions
November 30, 2007 -- New Line Cinema has promoted Elissa Greer to Executive Vice President of Publicity and Promotions, it was announced today by Christina Kounelias, the studio's Executive Vice President of Marketing.
"Elissa is a smart, creative, and resourceful executive who excels at developing innovative ways to reach targeted audiences," says Kounelias. "She is always ahead of the curve and understands how to aggressively build interest in a film through a mix of publicity and strategic promotions." » read more »
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Racks Up Major Network Affiliate Clearances for 'The Bonnie Hunt Show'
Now Sold in Over 75% of the Country for Fall 2008 Launch
» read more »Original New Series "Chowder" Earns Cartoon Network's #1 Telecast of the Year Among Kids 6-11, Boys 6-11
November 13, 2007 -- Scoring even stronger delivery and ratings since its launch last week on Nov. 2, Cartoon Network's new animated series Chowder rocketed to the network's #1 telecast of the year on Sunday night, Nov. 11 (7:30 p.m.), according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research. The latest animated creation from C. H. Greenblatt (SpongeBob SquarePants) attracted 1,201,000 kids 6-11 and a 4.9 rating—the top 2007 telecast year-to-date with the key demo. Among boys 6-11, the telecast earned a 5.3 rating and delivered 899,000 viewers, also a new 2007 network record. » read more »
CNN Announces Major Investment in International Newsgathering
November 14, 2007 -- In the biggest expansion of international newsgathering resources in its 27-year history, CNN Worldwide today announced plans to significantly increase the number of correspondents worldwide, open a regional newsgathering hub in the United Arab Emirates, invest in a London-based digital-production unit, and make major investments in CNN's International Newsource and CNN's in-house wire operations. » read more »
CNN Creates Presence in Second Life, Extends iReport into Virtual World
November 12, 2007 -- CNN Worldwide today announced it has opened a hub within Second Life, a three-dimensional virtual world entirely created by its residents. The network will look to those most familiar with the virtual world – the Second Life residents themselves – to determine what constitutes news "in-world." » read more »
AOL Acquires Questions and Answer Service Yedda
November 12, 2007 -- AOL announced today that it has acquired Yedda, Inc., a leading semantic social search Questions and Answer service. Yedda will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL. » read more »
BET Partners with Cablevision, Time Warner Cable to Present '106 & PARK: LIVE FROM BROOKLYN' Featuring Hip-Hop Legend Jay-Z
Exclusive Event Footage Available to Cablevision and Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey Customers
» read more »Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group Agrees to Acquire UK Game Developer, Publisher TT Games
November 08, 2007 -- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire TT Games, which encompasses Traveller's Tales, one of the world's largest independent game developers, and TT Games Publishing, the UK-based game publisher behind the highly successful LEGO Star Wars videogames, BIONICLE Heroes and many others. » read more »
Time Warner Names John Martin CFO, Succeeding the Retiring Wayne Pace
November 06, 2007, NEW YORK – Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) today announced the appointment of John K. Martin as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Time Warner Inc., effective January 1, 2008. Currently serving as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Time Warner Cable Inc., Mr. Martin will succeed Wayne H. Pace, who has announced his intention to retire at the end of this year. » read more »
Rob Marcus Named CFO of Time Warner Cable
November 06, 2007, New York, NY - Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) today announced the appointment of Robert D. Marcus as Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2008. » read more »
Time Warner Names Jeffrey Bewkes Chief Executive Officer, Succeeding Richard Parsons Who Remains Chairman
November 05, 2007, NEW YORK - Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Jeffrey L. Bewkes as Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Inc., effective January 1, 2008. Mr. Bewkes currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer, and he will retain the title of President. Mr. Bewkes will succeed Richard D. Parsons as CEO, and Mr. Parsons will remain as Chairman of the Board. » read more »
AOL Launches Indian Language Portals, International Truveo Sites, Continuing Its Global Expansion Effort
October 31, 2007 -- AOL today announced the next steps in its ambitious global expansion effort with the launch of new local language versions of the AOL India portal, aol.in, and the launch of Truveo's popular video search engine serving eight countries, including India. » read more »
Adult Swim Posts Highest October Total Day Delivery in Basic Cable History with Adults 18-34
Adult Swim Extends 2007 Streak to 10 Straight Months
October 30, 2007 -- Adult Swim raised the delivery bar once more in October with an all-time total day delivery record for ad-supported basic cable with adults 18-34, according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research. Year to date, Adult Swim has ranked #1 in total day delivery of adults 18-34 for ten months, and #1 among adults 18-24 and men 18-24 across the year. The late-night network ranked #2 in total day delivery of men 18-34, behind ESPN. » read more »
The Final Episodes of Essence Magazine's 30 Dates in 30 Days, the First-Ever Interactive Web Reality Dating Show
October 31, 2007 -- What happened when 5 single women embarked on a blind dating adventure in New York City to find love and romance? For the last six weeks, essence.com–-the online home of Essence magazine—has captivated an audience of millions with the first-ever online reality dating series, 30 Dates in 30 Days. » read more »
Jeff Blatt Named CEO of Synapse Group
October 30, 2007 -- Jeff Blatt has been named Chief Executive Officer of Synapse Group, Inc., it was announced today by John Squires, Executive Vice President of Time Inc. Jeff succeeds Jon Ellenthal, who is leaving Synapse to become President of a new business venture at the R&D firm Walker Digital run by priceline.com founder Jay Walker. Blatt's appointment is effective immediately. » read more »