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...chairman of Starbucks, and Len Riggio, the chairman of Barnes and Noble. Jane Eisner is rumored to be coming aboard, most likely as a proxy for her husband Michael, the Disney czar--a close Bradley friend who must stay neutral because Disney owns a federally regulated broadcast network, ABC. But support for Bradley is still unformed enough that host names won't be printed on the invitations to his March fund raiser in New York City. And with Gore clinching most traditional donors, Bradley has been forced to depend on the untried millions who have never given. It's another...
Beginning next week, which by chance kicks off sweeps month, the networks will run a record number of these so-called shockumentaries. It's not just Fox, which has ruled the genre, but also ABC, NBC, UPN and even PBS (Nova has a four-parter called Escape! Because Accidents Happen). Most of these shows (except the Nova series) come from four Los Angeles producers: Bruce Nash, Erik Nelson, Brad Lachman and Eric Schotz. They carry out the networks' belief that the only TV young men will watch is extremely violent events shown two or three times in slow motion. When...
Several other business luminaries also spoke at the conference, including Laurie Younger, chief financial officer of ABC; Joan Helpern, president of Joan and David Shoes; and Pamela Thomas Graham, a partner at McKinsey & Company...
...ABC GOES AFTER E! ON OSCAR NIGHT...
...change, this year's Academy Awards may prove deeply disturbing. For the first time, the show will air on Sunday rather than Monday, and in a first of potentially far greater importance, the Academy plans to produce its own pre-show. It's set to air live on ABC in the half hour before the main event, and the Academy has decreed that no other networks can broadcast from the red carpet during this time. Meanwhile GEENA DAVIS, who will host the pre-show, has promised not to ask arrivals about their outfits, which may leave little to talk about...