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NBCU Consolidates Ad Sales Under Yaccarino

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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.


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Oxygen Upfront Highlights New Programming

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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 [...]

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‘Rock Center’ Not Rocking

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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 [...]

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Cable Unit Props Up Ailing NBC

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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 [...]

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Former Cap Cities/ABC Exec Dan Burke Dies at 82

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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 [...]