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CBS to Replace ‘Smith’ with ‘3 Lbs.’ for Nov. Sweeps

CBS and NBC have already yanked dramas which debuted this season, which means they will likely debut their backups during November sweeps.

In place of the recently cancelled Smith, CBS will debut medical drama 3 Lbs. in its Tuesday 10 p.m. slot, writes Mediaweek. The drama comes from Boston Legal writer Peter Ocko and centers on two brain surgeons. It stars Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada) and Mark Feuerstein (Good Morning Miami).

NBC has confirmed that Medium will replace Kidnapped in the Wednesday 10 p.m. time slot with Medium beginning Nov. 15.

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Katz Adds Lincoln Financial Media to Client List

Katz Media Group has added another new client, Lincoln Financial Media, and will sell ad time on the company’s 15 stations beginning immediately.

Katz also added CBS Radio and Entercom last week, picking them off from Interep’s list.

Katz has also…

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‘Time’ Takes Top Magazine Slot for College Students

Time magazine ousted Cosmo as the top magazine for college students in this year’s Anderson Analytics fall survey.

Time also jumped past People, which was last year’s No. 2, writes Ad Age. A Time spokesperson said the magazine did not run…

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Despite Belt-Tightening, Out-of-Home Still Shows Promise

Out-of-home companies are bracing for the recession like everyone else, but they may not feel the sting as badly as other media.

Though the third quarter brought negative growth to the nation’s three largest OOH companies - Clear Channel Outdoor,…

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CNN Floats More Affordable Wire Service to Newspapers

CNN plans to offer newspapers a wire service as an alternative to the Associated Press. CNN, which already runs an internal wire service, will explain its new, expanded service to editors from about 30 papers who are visiting Atlanta this…

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Icahn Snaps Up More Yahoo

Regulatory filings reveal that billionaire hedge-fund manager Carl Icahn bought nearly 7 million additional shares — about $67 million worth — of Yahoo.

The investor paid an average of $9.92 for each share over the course of three days, bringing…

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Online TV, Video & Phone Show Biggest Yearly Growth

Email, news gathering and paying bills continue to be the most widely used online activities among U.S. adults, but downloading TV programs, watching videos and making web phone calls posted the biggest overall growth, according to data from Mediamark Research…

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