77 stories by "Brian Steinberg"
Paramount didn't want to keep Stephen Colbert at CBS, but the company has signed Jon Stewart for another year of hosting "The Daily Show" once per week on Comedy Central. Stewart will contin…
One of the most coveted jobs in television is quickly becoming one of the hardest to keep filled. Taylor Tomlinson is the latest participant in a lengthening parade of comics and talk-show h…
The Oscars is not just a TV event for the company working to sell the commercials that support it. With the annual awards show slated to stream live on Hulu for the first time, alongside its…
Disney thinks an emerging suite of so-called "skinny bundles" serves as a better way to make ESPN available to cord-cutters than Venu, a now-scuttled streaming sports joint venture with Warn…
Comcast said fourth quarter profit surged as the company saw good results at its mobile business, at the box office and at its Peacock streaming hub. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia cable-and-en…
Katie Feeney, a social-media influencer who works with many sports leagues and media companies, has signed with CAA for representation. Feeney, who worked as the first official social media …
Stephen Colbert has, nearly every weeknight for the past 15 months, led the nation's most-watched late-night show without many of the trappings viewers have come to expect. He's had no live …
Madison Avenue's interest in digital ads, sports and new concepts tied to bolstering messages of diversity helped Disney close a fast-paced upfront that saw more than 40% of total dollars co…
At least three of the nation's big media companies are writing deals in an upfront ad-sales market that is moving more rapidly than in years past. Disney, NBCUniversal and Fox have all begun…
A whopping amount of money that has been held in trust for potential payout to former CBS chief Leslie Moonves is going back to the company. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange…
Disney is in discussions with the NFL about possibly picking up the "Sunday Ticket" franchise that has been a pillar of DirecTV for years. Disney CEO Bob Chapek said during the company's qua…
In the space of just a few weeks, a group of Madison Avenue heavyweights " with names like General Motors, Interpublic Group and WPP " has made public guarantees of ad money for some of the …
NBC started broadcasting "Saturday Night Live" live across the U.S in 2017. Now the network is preparing to live stream the show around the world. The network said tonight's broadcast, hoste…
Kimberly Godwin, a veteran of local and national TV-news operations, will be the next president of ABC News " and the first Black executive to run a broadcast-network news operation. Dis…
Disney's search for a new leader for ABC News continues weeks after the company unexpectedly disclosed the former president, James Goldston, would leave the post. Goldston's last day came at…
Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, alleging that the Fox Corporation-backed cable outlet made false claims about the company's actions and infl…
The Super Bowl is the TV industry's biggest annual event. What if it became several? Walt Disney is considering a Super Bowl "mega-cast" that could create different broadcasts of the gridiro…
Madison Avenue is paying more money to podcasting. Now a group of people focused on the industry wants advertisers to pay more attention. The Media Roundtable, a group of organizations that …
Brian Robbins walked into a meeting where executives were deciding whether kids-media giant Nickelodeon should pick up "SpongeBob SquarePants" for a twelfth cycle, and asked what he thought …
The company that usually talks to advertisers about properties like "Grey's Anatomy," "Get Up!" Â and Goofy spent some time last week chatting with them about technologies that will probab…
Shares in Walt Disney Co. rose for a second straight day as investors were encouraged by its official launch of a new streaming-video service aimed at consumers of general entertainment in E…
After driving "Thunder Road" for decades, Bruce Springsteen is taking a detour on Madison Avenue. The musician known as "The Boss" will command two minutes of commercial time in Super Bowl L…
When Verizon wanted to speak to viewers of the recent Oscars broadcast in Spanish, ABC had to change its rules to make it happen. Now the Disney-owned network is willing to do it again. The …
Nickelodeon is whistling for one of TV's most famous dogs to come home and win over a new generation of kiddie viewers. Â It's not Rin-Tin-Tin or Lassie, nor it is Brian Griffin or Triumph…
 E-sports are coming to ESPN2 and other Disney properties as part of a new deal brokered between Electronic Arts, the National Football League and ESPN. Electronic Arts will partner with …
