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Shepherd Rosie O’Donnell has left The View earlier than planned following an on-air cat-fight with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and speculation is rampant about who will take her place.
Possible contenders include Roseanne Barr - who reportedly wants the job - Whoopi Goldberg and Bette Midler, writes Breitbart.com. Other possibles: Ricki Lake, comedians Kathy Griffin and Wanda Sykes, Oprah’s best friend Gayle King and actress Sherri Shepherd.
In Touch magazine executive editor Dan Wakeford says that Barr and Griffin would be good choices, with Griffin being “very similar to Rosie in a lot of ways.” But Wakefield also says that, after “dealing” with O’Donnell for a year, the producers of the show may prefer someone less dramatic and easier to deal with. He added that the less controversial Shepherd is popular with producers.
The Spanish Radio Association says Arbitron still has not addressed its concerns and research questions regarding the PPM and how “Hispanics are recruited and represented, and how the PPM panel is maintained.”
The SRA has been working with Arbitron in…
The Chicago Tribune’s new design will launch on Sept. 29, Tribune Co. chief operating officer Randy Michaels says. No details on the redesign have been released; the paper has already been decreasing its editorial pages to create a more even split…
Teens are not the best demo to target with cell phone advertising, according to a new study from comScore. Though they are cell phone-savvy, most of them - 70 percent - have their phones paid for by parents, which means…
CNN won its second night of coverage of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday. The network averaged 3.41 million viewers in the 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. time slot, despite the fact that Fox drew nearly even for the night.
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Generation Y is the most self-indulgent, Generation X is the most innovative, and Boomers are the most productive, while the “Silent Generation” and the “Greatest Generation” are the most admired, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive, writes MarketingCharts.
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To encourage shoppers to buy more back-to-school items, retailers often implement “loss leader” strategies: that is, selling items at a loss or even giving them away in hopes that the reductions will attract shoppers who will then buy other, more…
