ABC Television Network, a Walt Disney Company, withdrew from a miniseries on the Holocaust that it was developing with Mel Gibson’s production company after the actor allegedly made anti-Semitic remarks while being arrested for suspicion of drunk driving last week in Malibu, Calif., The Wall Street Journal reports.
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CBS will debut a new three-hour Saturday-morning kids block, KOL’s Secret Slumber Party, on September 16.
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Turner Network Television and PGA.com recently announced that they will partner to offer live internet coverage of the 2006 PGA championships held August 17-21.
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Arbitron recently announced that it will include satellite radio channel ratings in its market reports beginning with their Fall 2006 survey.
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Subway franchisees in Buffalo, New York, are offering customers discount coupons via their mobile phones in the hopes of gaining a database of loyal customers and a better understanding of the purchase behavior of those customers.
infoUSA plans to license its business databases to direct marketing and analytics provider Integrated Direct Marketing.
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Following the lead of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times will begin selling advertising on the front pages of some sections.
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A social-networking site for Boomers went live Monday, featuring sections on fun, love, money, body - and obituaries, among others.
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The free London afternoon paper launching in September is part of a blueprint for a national strategy, according to publisher News International, Brand Republic reports. The paper debuts on September 18, with hand distribution of between 300,000 and 400,000 outside commuter points in London.
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Ebersol NBC avoided a reduction from last year in its upfront take by leveraging its Sunday Night Football package in order to bring in an estimated $1.9 billion, but now the network needs to focus on generating the ratings it promised media buyers if it wants to avoid having to pay make-goods.
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Data Warehouse Corporation, a business that holds a database of prospective homebuyers, has sold its company to Tranzact, a provider of lead generation services in the insurance, telecom, and financial service markets.
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Radio Disney - the network’s 52 radio stations plus the programming distributed on satellite radio - is reorganizing management in preparation for the pending merger of many of ABC Radio’s stations and Citadel Broadcasting. The merger does not include ABC owned stations under the Radio Disney brands and networks.
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