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While the WGA intends to continue picketing and other strike-related activities, the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers plan to resume contract talks November 26.
“This announcement is a direct result of your efforts,” WGA West president Patric Verrone said to guild members (via Adweek), adding, “We must remember that returning to the bargaining table is only a start. Our work is not done until we achieve a good contract, and that is by no means assured.”
Late night programs which have been hit hard by the strike - including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Show with David Letterman - are considering coming back on the air without their writing staffs in order to avoid network-imposed layoffs of the crew, writes Media Life.
In the meantime, prime time will begin to be affected by the strike beginning next week, with shows including NBC’s The Office and CBS’s Big Bang Theory going into repeats. By mid-December, more shows will follow, including ABC’s Desperate Housewives and CBS’s Two and a Half Men.
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…
Last week, Aegis Group CEO Robert Lerwill resigned unexpectedly, sparking speculation that a takeover may be on the horizon.
Lerwill stepped down officially today (Monday), with Aegis chairman John Napier taking over his duties on an interim basis, writes MediaPost. People…
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,…
The 82nd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade pulled an average 12.6 rating/26 share on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 27, according to Nielsen.
That was 8% higher than its telecast last year, Mediaweek writes. NBC estimated that a total 44.7 million viewers…
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…
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…
