View Post CBS What Are Morley Safer’s Favorite Cartoons? By Jordan Chariton on Mar. 24, 2014 - 2:50 PM After taking viewers inside the process of how The New Yorker selects its cartoons on last night’s “60 Minutes,” Morley Safer shared some of his favorite cartoons from the magazine over the years in “60 Min ...
View Post TV Biz The Ticker: YouTube Suit, Boston Run, ’60’ Win By Chris Ariens on Mar. 18, 2014 - 11:11 AM Google and Viacom announced the resolution of a 7-year-old lawsuit. Viacom sued YouTube for $1 billion in 2007 alleging 160,000 unauthorized Viacom clips were on YouTube. “This settlement reflects the growing collaborative d ...
View Post TV Biz ’60 Minutes’ Hovers Over Topic of Drone Use By Chris Ariens on Mar. 16, 2014 - 10:51 AM When New York local and national media descended on East Harlem Wednesday morning after two buildings exploded, Brian Wilson wasn’t far behind. And he brought along with his DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter, a camera-equipped drone ...
View Post CBS | Ratings ’60 Minutes’ #8 For the Week By Merrill Knox on Dec. 24, 2013 - 3:02 PM “60 Minutes” had 11.97 million viewers December 22, making it the eighth most-watched program in America for the week. The show also finished eighth in households last week, posting a 7.4/12. The show featured Lesley S ...
View Post CBS Lara Logan: ‘The Truth is, We Made a Mistake’ By Chris Ariens on Nov. 10, 2013 - 9:00 PM CBS News correspondent Lara Logan ended tonight’s “60 Minutes” with an apology for her report three weeks ago on the attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. As we’ve been reporting, Logan’s primary ...
View Post TV Biz The Ticker: ABC/Clear Channel, Morley Safer, Wapner’s Cooking Chops By Alex Weprin on Jul. 24, 2013 - 10:02 AM ABC and Clear Channel have struck a wide-ranging partnership that will bring ABC programming like “Good Morninf America” to IHeartRadio. Check out the full announcement after the jump for more details. The Library of A ...
View Post Events Walters, O’Reilly, Couric and More Hit THR’s Media Power Party By Merrill Knox on Apr. 11, 2013 - 12:57 PM As we told you yesterday, The Hollywood Reporter is out with its annual “35 Most Powerful People in Media” list. The honorees were feted at a “power-soaked New York party” at the Four Seasons restaurant Wed ...
CBS ’60 Minutes’ #3 Show for the Week with 16M Viewers By Chris Ariens on Nov. 6, 2012 - 1:05 PM Sunday’s “60 Minutes” had its largest audience since January, drawing 16.3 million viewers to finish at # 3 for the week. The show, with the New York Giants – Pittsburgh Steelers lead-in finished at #3 in house ...
CBS | People Titans, Moguls and a Presidential Candidate Pay Respects to Mike Wallace By Chris Ariens on May. 1, 2012 - 3:53 PM If the news business was like football, Mike Wallace would be its MVP. But if news was a beauty contest, Wallace would never have been Mr. Congeniality. That’s what hundreds of Mike Wallace’s friends, colleagues and fa ...
CBS Mitt Romney Attends Memorial Service for Mike Wallace By Chris Ariens on May. 1, 2012 - 2:59 PM Ann And Mitt Romney were among the guests at this morning’s memorial service for Mike Wallace held at the Rose Hall at Time Warner Center. Seated next to Romney is CBS News President David Rhodes. We’ll have more on th ...