NBCU Consolidates Ad Sales Under Yaccarino
Less than a year after being tapped to lead NBCUniversal’s cable and digital ad sales efforts, Linda Yaccarino is assuming oversight of the company’s broadcast sales business.
Oxygen Upfront Highlights New Programming
NBCUniversal cable network Oxygen—Bravo's "little sister" network—announced a long list of new shows Wednesday, hours before its annual party and programming breakdown at the top of the Dream Hotel in [...]
‘Rock Center’ Not Rocking
Pushed into service following the failure of The Playboy Club, expectations for the NBC newsmagazine Rock Center With Brian Williams were understandably modest. Two episodes in, and the Peacock appears [...]
Cable Unit Props Up Ailing NBC
NBCUniversal’s cable networks once again saved the day at 30 Rock, as the stable of popular channels took in $803 million in third-quarter ad sales revenue, up 10 percent versus [...]
Former Cap Cities/ABC Exec Dan Burke Dies at 82
Daniel B. Burke, one of the prime movers behind Capital Cities’ $3.5 billion acquisition of ABC in 1986, died Wednesday at his home in Rye, N.Y. He was 82. In [...]