Vox Media has named a COO – a newly-created position at the company. The role goes to Trei Brundrett, a Vox vet who’s been with the company for over 10 years, most recently as Chief Product Officer. Vox, whose brands include The Verge, Recode and others, is turning to Brundrett to help expand its native […]
A historic Super Bowl for FOX on Sunday saw audiences hand the channel with its best Metered Market rating ever, hitting a 48.8/72 metered market household rating/share, according to Nielsen Media Research, and ranking third all-time for the game, led by Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Atlanta, Norfolk and Richmond. In Fast Nationals, the game, which appeared to […]
Meanwhile, TiVo unveiled its post-game report highlighting this year’s most engaging commercials, promotions and in-game moments from the Super Bowl, noting that the top moment overall went to Lady Gaga’s halftime show, marking the seventh consecutive year that viewership for the performance bested that of the game with her show ranked third all off time, […]
Emmy winner Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) will play defense attorney Leslie Abramson on NBC’s upcoming Law & Order: True Crime – The Menendez Murders. “I’ve known Edie for more than two decades,” said executive producer Dick Wolf. “Our working relationship started when she was among an elite group of actors who made multiple appearances as […]
ABC ordered a pilot for Household Name, a comedy starring Carol Burnett as a larger-than-life eccentric actress, written and exec produced by Michael Saltzman and exec produced by Amy Poehler via her Paper Kite. Universal Television is the studio. Pilots for Losing It, from DJ Nash (Truth Be Told) and Kapital Entertainment, and an untitled […]
Looks like you’ll have to talk about movies and TV elsewhere. IMDB announced that it’s shutting down its discussion boards. (That’s not the same thing as its user reviews, FYI – those aren’t going anywhere.) “[W]e have concluded that IMDB’s message boards are no longer providing a useful experience for the vast majority of our […]
The Wall Street Journal is thinking hard about how best to monetize in a changing landscape – and its seeking input from its readers. In a survey sent out to its subscribers, the publication floated a number of ideas, including the possibility of charging on a 79-cents-per-article basis, as well as introducing an ad-free version […]
Once the dust settled both on and off-the-field, it was Budweiser’s much-discussed ‘Born the Hard Way’ that generated the highest digital share of voice as the game came to a close, according to ispot.tv, which leveraged online activity, online views and social actions for each of the game’s commercials. We’ll have more data tomorrow but […]
Meanwhile, EA’s Madden has a long-term home at NFL Network and Univision. Following December’s Madden Classic tournament on the pair of networks, the new extension now includes the three remaining Madden NFL EA Majors tournaments this season: the recently-completed Madden Bowl, Madden Challenge and the Madden Championship, starting this weekend.
As seen on TV: Donald Trump took the first moments of the National Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday to praise his success as a television show host and blast the ratings for Celebrity Apprentice and its current host Arnold Schwarzenegger. “I want to just pray for Arnold, if we can. For those ratings. OK?” Trump told […]
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