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...hour outlet for wonky debate, and the Internet brings headlines home in something akin to real time. Koppel and his producers have wisely adjusted the show's format, shifting from headline news to more in-depth, prerecorded pieces. "The result has been a set of brilliant programs," raves Iger...
While its current melodrama gets the headlines, ABC News shares the same fate as its rival news divisions. All are expected to perform alchemy--to increase market share while cutting the budget and, oh yeah, delivering the news in a lively, interesting and accurate manner. Iger insists that he and Eisner give ABC News their full support. "We cheer them on," says Iger, "on a regular basis. We're constant and avid viewers. We oftentimes suggest things that are attempts to help news grow versus contract: we've urged on many occasions for more programming...so I take exception...
Summers enrolled his twin daughters in Temple Sinai’s nursery school during the school’s first year of existence and sent his son there the following year, says Perri B. Iger-Silversmith, the school’s director...
What happens if the writers strike? The current contract between the W.G.A. (made up of 11,000 movie and TV scribes) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (a consortium of major studios with a negotiating team that includes Disney's Robert Iger and DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg), expires May 1. During a strike, cameras could keep rolling on completed movie scripts. TV too would be fine--for now. The rest of this season's comedies and dramas have been shot, while news and reality shows would be exempt. But even though networks have stockpiled some shows, be prepared...
Still, ABC will have to tap other revenue sources. The company laterals its present affiliates about $175 million a year to air network programs in agreed-upon time slots. Iger is calling for a reverse. He wants the affiliates to kick in for their pigskin privileges. "We expect owners to step up and help us pay for it," he says. Iger might be asking you for a couple of nickels too. ESPN, which charges cable operators a program fee for each subscriber, will probably raise rates. The cable operators will hand off those increases to you know...