Table of Contents
Week of 06/11/2001

Articles

Johnston joins 'Women'

 

Fighting the music streaming flow

 

Real deal for TF1

 

Promo to boost Gallic B.O.

 

Sales Co. taps Perry to top

 

Kloiber, Kirch quarrel continues

 

MTV Latin America revamps, ups 3

 

Berlusconi names Gasparri to cabinet

 

Czech's TV3's Obrman exits

 

Cable households up in Japan

 

Bertelsmann denies buyout

 

BBC offers subtitles in Latin America

 

Saban skeins on tap in Canada

 

Pubcaster ZDF proposes layoffs to erase red ink

 

Sony-U's Duet spins new name, taps exex

 

Soap bubble bursts

 

Acad toasts 12 with student Oscars

 

CNN's Bierbauer calls it a career

 

'Street' sings as Tony boosts B'way B.O.

 

Daschle cable able

 

Exiting L.A. mayor stays on strike alert

 

Reprise topper Klein ankles

 

NBA ratings bouncing NBC's way

 

UPN topper taps out

 

Winter Olympics preem to reflect Native American culture

 

Ex-USA Films exec Dawes spliced into DNA as G.M.

 

Cartoon Net dives into 'Adult Swim'

 

Westport taps Woodward topper

 

'Souls' takes Rocky path at Banff fest

 

Teuton funds toot H'wood horns

 

Kinowelt dip triggers trouble

 

Ad dip, digital hit Granada

 

Mel marks territory in video wars

 

Subscriber growth weak at DirecTV

 

Dish: Action man Li a monk at Miramax

 

'Godfather' goes to DVD ... finally

 

Time Warner is home to FX

 

Europe's disc dilemma

 

Ganeless in USA fold

 

Satcaster union may face bumpy path

 

Pamela Miller

 

Christopher Dunn

 

Bonnie Clark

 

Harry Weinger

 

Mitchell Gossett

 

Melissa Alcruz, Todd Fedell, Alexandra Shapiro, Wendy Weatherford

 

Bob Miller

 

Nancy Newman

 

Joella West

 

Sue Johnson

 

Brian Kelleher

 

Alice Dale, Thomas Moody

 

Lisa Kraynak

 

Johanna Baldwin

 

Mel Harrison

 

Richard A. Pike

 

Al Corral

 

Sandra Ruch

 

Chuck Speed

 

Scott Allison

 

Kim Rosenblum

 

Dan Weiss

 

Robert Perez

 

John Hartford

 

Robert K. Richard

 

Ralph Tabakin

 

Allan E. Sloane

 

Working Title buys 'Machinist'

 

Wally joins Cheyenne

 

Warners' Schroeder kisses 'Prince'

 

Inside Move: McGowan may be 'Charmed'

 

Inside Move: McTiernan out of 'Smoke'

 

Cosmos digs a deal

 

AOL TW may be fully Loaded

 

Correction

 

Miramax sues over remake rights

 

Saturns to honor Grazer

 

Bruce-Smith to head Little Bird prod'n

 

Digital fast track

 

APG prod'n prez reupped

 

Pirate discs boom globally

 

No Shanghai surprise

 

Col pix Italia taps Ferrucci

 

'Ducks' in global toon up

 

Channeling change at Canal +

 

Nelvana draws Hasbro for 'Medabot'

 

Netflix clicks pix with new studio mix

 

HTVN inks cable deals

 

Israeli show irks gov't

 

Playboy adds Spice to cable networks

 

NARAS taps 4 for new grooves

 

Herbert Wise Browar

 

Douglas Carlson

 

SAG acts in silence

 

Showtime adopts 'Relations'

 

Leon Bennett

 

Peacock: Nothing but net for wk.

 

'H'wood' takes Court to syndie

 

Powell: Cable swell

 

Auds show no 'Fear' as show wins in bow

 

'Control' issues at Escape Artists

 

Lion, UPN ink pic deal

 

NHL skates to record rates in final

 

Confab probes hip-hop power

 

'Evening' betters 'Nightly'

 

Four indicted in Stan Lee Media fraud case

 

Harper grabs hold of 'Tale'

 

Alva builds bigscreen nest for 'Honk!'

 

Nicholl attracts scribes in record numbers

 

Betty Boop to sing, tour in new toon series

 

BMG adds Network Music to holdings

 

CNN hooks News anchors

 

Affairs of slate

 

Eye elevates sked maven

 

Kevin C. Cox Sr.

 

Roger Woolford Hurlock

 

Rita Hunter

 

Hanns Kolmar

 

Bo Lynnerup

 

Timberman stakes new turf at USA

 

Ray Sackheim

 

Bill W. Slaughter

 

Carol Everett Friedman

 

William Charles Dreistadt

 

Aviva Joy Zafrin

 

Wracked flack pack

 

Tenpercenteries' big five

 

The man behind 'Manning'

 

Shaky screens in Hollywood

 

To bow or not to bow...

 

SAG talks, stockpiles leave H'wood on hold

 

Shared runs: cachet over cash

 

Bull market for syndies

 

Femmes flock to Peacock

 

Cable confab targets new rev streams

 

Hughes exits Long Wharf

 

Italy toasts local share of market

 

Playing the rating game

 

Dollar daze o'seas

 

'Rogue' discovers life Beyond

 

Biz rises; 'Contact' 717g

 

Corrections

 

Cinebox targeting Latin America

 

Tough going becomes Seoul consideration

 

Modest, feel-good pics cash in

 

Minimalist Mouse sees less cheese

 

Mini-major Banff

 

Peru sudsers get in a lather about money

 

Telemundo posts May aud gain

 

Featured Player: Solomon is Team player

 

Canuck b'casters set skeds

 

'Eyre' star moves on to Goodspeed tuner

 

Oz pubcaster at center of pols' scrap

 

B.O. takes big hit

 

TW Cable tosses baseball

 

Cablers spar over sports fees

 

Trio teams to hook Bass' 'Cyber'

 

Inside Move: Vivendi U's brass leads pep talk

 

Stone skipping to AMG

 

DVDs boost Aussie Star

 

Bill Burton, Kirk Hulstrom

 

Randi Goodman

 

John P. Roberts

 

Thomas O'Brien

 

Vince Lyons

 

Brian Lipschultz

 

Scott Ault

 

Mark Shah

 

Pic partners turn 'Key'

 

Donners open hive with 'Bees'; TV 'Deprivers'

 

ESPN runs 13 plays for reality skein

 

U fires up 'Dragon' helmer for $4 mil

 

Syndie guru to see how 'Other Half' lives

 

Col takes spin with 'Misses'

 

'Pearl' plants No. 1 flag o'seas

 

Steel forges pact to rep Korea's CJ

 

Noonan spins Warner web

 

'Psycho' tops AFI's list of 100 thrilling pix

 

New Line Music promotes Silfen

 

CBS News ups 3 to senior VP

 

Fox Searchlight veeps Tustin in publicity

 

Project Angel Food honors Goldberg, Farinas

 

Studios reluctant on VOD

 

Duo's 'Lazarus' set to rise

 

Canadian TV industry speaks up for diversity

 

Suzan Jenkins

 

Staind leaves mark

 

Reality 'Knocks' for HBO

 

'Love' dies at Lincoln

 

APG reups Schulman

 

Tribeca homes in on H'wood

 

WB TV ups exec pair

 

NBC shifts Peters to GE post

 

Kiwi pubcaster fights fiscal woes

 

Stock strategy stokes Bertlesmann staff shuffle

 

Miramax promotes Robbins to veepee

 

Canal+ minus jobs

 

Corus boosts teen, family fare

 

Ad deals trickle in to 5 nets

 

2 may run for SAG prexy

 

Donahue develops Atlantic job

 

Granada plans job cuts

 

MSNBC moves Williams

 

Great Wall cracks

 

'Himalaya' at the peak

 

ATV mines 'Millionaire'

 

Lucas Charles Nalle

 

Sports rights have trouble scoring

 

AOL TW snubs b'cast net ownership

 

'Witch,' 'Water' wow cable ratings

 

Gaul haul tops U.S. in France

 

Murdoch meets with Labour minister

 

Harry Watson

 

Hollywood history visits Orange County, Milwaukee

 

Murdoch makes case for dereg

 

Finalists chosen for film, TV award

 

'Street' set for renewal

 

Salter Street trims staffers from units

 

Strong syndie show

 

'Escaping' captured

 

Danish teens get real for 'Popstars'

 

E.tv is Welle fed

 

Haffa steps down

 

'Gigante' gala

 

Par plays 'Lara's' theme

 

No juice for Holland's V8

 

Film fest anything but 'Placid'

 

Treat time

 

Kismet seeks fateful funds

 

Martin dons Classic laffer 'Underpants'

 

Laffer from scribe Fox wins over Revolution

 

Lions Gate pulls festival opener

 

Fox makes 'Choice'

 

Actor, studio talks renew

 

20th TV to take gaveler national in 2002

 

James Garner

 

Lukas Haas, Michelle Williams

 

Hill Harper

 

Maurice Compte

 

Danny Strong

 

English translation of Gaul hit

 

Bart, Homer get DVD treatment

 

Oaktree, Onex pony up for GC

 

Bruckheimer, Disney in gear on 'Guerin' bio

 

Dish: Eye web gets rights to 'Terrorist' tale

 

Sandi J. Frontino and Gregory Black

 

Natalie Nagthall and Rick Scott

 

Emmys writers & directors: Less than perfect dramas

 

Emmys writers & directors: Scribes up dramatic ante

 

Emmys writers & directors: Writer's POV - Jane Anderson

 

Emmys writers & directors: Separating 'reality' from truth

 

Emmys writers & directors: Helmer's POV - Bill D'Elia

 

Emmys writers & directors: Leveling the field

 

Emmys writers & directors: Acting to helming transition smooth

 

Emmys writers & directors: Helmer's POV - James Burrows

 

Emmys writers & directors: Writer's POV - Alexa Junge

 

Emmys writers & directors: Writer's POV - David Milch

 

Emmys writers & directors: Helmer's POV - Marty Callner

 

Emmys writers & directors: Writer's POV - Peter Mehlman

 

Emmys writers & directors: Helmer's POV - Allen Coulter

 

Emmys writers & directors: Writer's POV - Christopher Lloyd

 

Emmys writers & directors: Helmer's POV - Todd Holland

 

Emmys writers & directors: Helmer's POV - Joseph Sargent

 

Emmys writers & directors: Post-Mortem

 

IFP nabs Dick to host kudos

 

Ealing gets green light for expansion

 

Tribune will cut 6% of workforce

 

Following in footsteps of Alfred Hitchcock

 

DGA backs Artisan move

 

Eddra Gale

 

Steve Ettleson

 

Jerry Sterner

 

Lyubov Sokolova

 

Cinecitta setting off on nature trail

 

Mexico's Televisa preems mag

 

Japan ad shoot set in space

 

Canal expands ops

 

No Media sale, sez Telefonica topper

 

Disney nabs ITV's Hardie

 

Telefilm Canada loses chair, key exex

 

Satcaster focus of probe

 

Danish film industry on verge of bankruptcy

 

'Six Feet Under' now half-hour ahead

 

'Cast Away,' 'Tiger' bow big on DVD

 

Newport pets Kalesniko's 'Dog'

 

NBA beats up 'Beast'

 

PBS, Carlton to set up $20 mil prod'n fund

 

Pearson TV follows layoffs with promotions

 

CNN taps Bondy, shuffles exex

 

BMG exec VP Hilbers out after 5 months

 

Tonys get new voters

 

Harvey sale OK'd to close

 

'Shrek' producer inks pic pact at Greenlight

 

Fox arm reaches out

 

OpenTV clears way for Static pickup

 

Raycom pair to Univision

 

Judy Garland remembered

 

N.Y. AFTRA votes new exex

 

'Lara Croft' takes on toons

 

Wells will take novel approach with Moore

 

Thesp talks resume Mon.

 

New Line's Langley eyes U sr. VP post

 

Corrections

 

Section 8 eyes Fox for prez

 

Inside Move: VP Juergens ankles WB

 

Fest subs 'Sofa' for 'Bully'

 

Felix Reed Tager

 

Roundabout rounds up 3 for 'Women'

 

Inside Move: Fox Kids may leave Family

 

Emmys comedy, drama & longform: As good as it got

 

Emmys comedy, drama & longform: Afraid of the dark

 

Emmys comedy, drama & longform: What happened to the network sitcom?

 

Emmys comedy, drama & longform: Major contenders face off in mini race

 

Emmys comedy, drama & longform: Tube thoroughbreds jockey for attention

 

Emmys comedy, drama & longform: Those forgotten by Emmy

 

Emmys comedy, drama & longform: Trivia corner

 

USA ups laff factor with 'Seinfeld' vet

 

It's Emmy-time again

 

Emmys comedy, drama & longform: Telepix soar without safety nets

 

Col TV drama chiefs set Studios USA deal

 

Searchlight up for 'Days,' heads 'East'

 

Fox lifts two, adds ad exec

 

A&E inks Bernhard to lure young auds

 

Sony's gush to judgment

 

Yaltah Menuhin

 

Norma Lee Browning

 

Alex de Renzy

 

Ruth F. Kneitel

 

Joan Vohs

 

'Tomb' babe busts B.O.

 

Butterfield exits post at Granada

 

French writers group names honorees

 

Recovered Rochefort returns

 

'Mother' of all B.O. in Mexico

 

Kinotavr queries

 

'Pearl' sails o'seas

 

Trio's Latin rhythm

 

Laser-Pacific, Digital set $2 mil stock buyback

 

LaunchCast back up in limited role

 

Pulse nabs Sonicopia

 

FullAudio pacts with BMG for service

 

Sands shifts from Booz to McKinsey

 

Johnson to cut stake in Viacom

 

Satcaster Galaxy gets fiscal reprieve

 

Das Werk boosts FFP stake

 

BSkyB report delayed

 

Rogers Cable exits Alaska pipeline

 

Nia Long

 

WCBS plays syndie 'Link'

 

Robert Carlyle

 

Oliver Hudson

 

Brett Butler

 

Fox B'casting taps Jacobson, ups exex

 

Miramax makes 'Room'

 

WB plunges into 'Inferno'

 

Correction

 

Singing a new toon

 

Texada gets 'Crazy' with La Salle pic

 

Bromell to sire 'Baker's Son'

 

D'Works is trained on Strayhorn

 

Actioners animate o'seas B.O. frame

 

Museum makes more Mel hoopla

 

'Orange' gets British b'cast

 

Labor union checking out

 

Inside Move: Spike eyes 'Rent'

 

Birds do it, bees do it; how about agents?

 

Inside Move: Edel Music may sell units

 

AOL swaps D.C. lobbyists

 

Turner unveils film prod'n arm

 

Noises Off: Dressing up Show World

 

AMC hits tix crix

 

Cablers sing happy tunes

 

Murdoch consortium lowballs ITV news pact

 

Kinowelt raises cash by selling pix to ZDF

 

Public to vote on H'w'd Fest kudos