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NBC’s lead in the evening news competition is narrowing with Brian Williams off the air. The “NBC Nightly News” drew 8.83 million viewers Tuesday, beating ABC’s “World News Tonight with David Muir” by 94,000 viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen data ...
Read More »Sinclair extends ABC agreements
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., of Hunt Valley, announced that it has extended its affiliation agreements with ABC for 13 television stations — including those in St. Louis, Seattle and Portland, Oregon — that come up for renewal during 2014 and ...
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Read More »Salisbury hosts ‘Shark Tank’ audition
Salisbury University is hosting an open audition Friday for aspiring entrepreneurs jostling to appear on “Shark Tank,” an ABC TV series showing contestants pitching business ideas to investors.
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Read More »O’Malley on Sunday television — again
Gov. Martin O’Malley has quite the run going — he’s been booked on a national network’s Sunday news program four out of the last seven weeks. This Sunday, O’Malley will be on ABC’s “This Week” at 9 a.m., where he’ll ...
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Read More »Disney to banish junk-food ads from kid shows
NEW YORK — Disney says its programming will no longer be sponsored by junk food. The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that it will become the first major media company to ban such ads for its TV channels, radio stations ...
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Read More »Apple names Arthur Levinson non-exec chair
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. has named Arthur Levinson as its non-executive chairman, a move that rewards the longtime Apple board member who chose it over Google Inc. when the technology giants began to compete with each other. Levinson, 61, ...
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Read More »Judge limits actress’ damages in ‘Desperate Housewives’ case
LOS ANGELES — A judge has limited the damages actress Nicollette Sheridan may receive if she wins a wrongful termination lawsuit filed over her ouster from “Desperate Housewives.” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White ruled Monday that Sheridan ...
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Read More »Top 5: Burke’s closes, Grand Prix TV deal and Restaurant Week
The Daily Record welcomed reporter Rachel Bernstein to our business staff this week, who wasted no time churning out stories for the paper–two of which made this week’s top 5 staff business stories. Other stories that made it included an ...
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Read More »Baltimore Grand Prix race gets TV deal
The inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix will get TV coverage on two major networks, thanks to a new deal struck by American Le Mans Series, ESPN and ABC. Le Mans said it has reached a multi-year deal with the two networks, ...
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Read More »Disputes between Sinclair, Hearst, could mean blackouts for some TV viewers
Come Jan. 1, fans of WBAL-TV who watch via satellite provider DirecTV could find themselves without the station in the latest series of spats over fees that have also embroiled Time Warner Cable Systems and Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group. ...
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