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Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 07/20/05 Good morning.  It’s Tuesday, July 19, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. Despite what you’ve read, not everyone thinks regulating the ratings accreditation process is a good idea.  Asian-language broadcaster KTSF / San Francisco, a Lincoln Broadcasting station, has sent a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member […]

Tuesday, July 19th, 2005

CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 07/19/05 Good morning.  It’s Tuesday, July 19, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. Another new bill has been introduced to Congress, this one from Rep Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and co-presented by Rep Diane Watson (D-CA), called the Media Ownership Reform Act of 2005.  The bill includes a laundry list […]

Monday, July 18th, 2005

CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 07/18/05 Good morning.  It’s Monday, July 18, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. It’s finally happened — a cable network has picked up the syndicated cable rights to another cable network’s original series.  Spike TV has picked up The Shield, distributed by Sony Pictures TV, FX’s signature series.  Spike […]

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Friday, July 15th, 2005

CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 07/15/05 Good morning.  It’s Friday, July 15, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. A week without a Nielsen story is like a week without …. a Nielsen story.   If the first bill in the Senate last week wasn’t enough, another bill was introduced yesterday, this one by Congressman Pete […]

Thursday, July 14th, 2005

CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 07/14/05 Good morning.  It’s Thursday, July 14, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. The National Hockey League will be back in business and on the ice next season – tho the exact terms of that business and the on-air business won’t be fully announced until next week.  It will […]

Wednesday, July 13th, 2005

CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 07/13/05 Good morning.  It’s Wednesday, July 13, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. TV broadcasters told a Senate Commerce Committee in Washington DC yesterday that they could work with a 2009 deadline to fully convert to digital broadcasting.  Whether or not the broadcasters are ready by 2009, the question […]

Tuesday, July 12th, 2005

CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 07/12/05 Good morning.  It’s Tuesday, July 12, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. Fox has announced Fall start dates for much of its schedule, and the first thing you’ll notice is with just a couple of exceptions, they are not waiting until after the World Series this year.  Beginning […]

Monday, July 11th, 2005

CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 07/11/05 Good morning.  It’s Monday, July 11, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. After almost two years of slings and arrows, it appears former Disney executives/members of the Board of Directors Roy Disney and Stanley Gold and The Disney Company have reached a mutually satisfactory resolution.  In a joint […]

Friday, July 8th, 2005

CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 07/08/05 Good morning.  It’s Friday, July 8, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. Broadcast and cable news networks broke with the story of terrorist attacks in London early yesterday morning and stayed with that story, as well as the connection to G-8 summit, reactions in Washington DC and New […]

Thursday, July 7th, 2005

CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 07/07/05 Good morning.  It’s Thursday, July 7, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. This statement released by Tribune Broadcasting Company late yesterday regarding the FAIR Ratings Bill presented by Sen. Conrad Burns requiring mandatory accreditation of television rating services:          “Tribune Broadcasting supports S. 1372, the FAIR Ratings Bill […]

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