The 2018-19 broadcast TV season (which officially wrapped up last Wednesday) died of natural causes, succumbing to the thousand natural shocks the primetime schedule is heir to after having served out its assigned 35-week lifespan. The brain has been weighed, the heart dissected, the guts prodded and palpated, and before the whole scrambled mess gets sent down to the furnace, all that remains is for the coroner’s report to leak. While there’s no need to go all “Quincy, M.E.” on the most recent broadcast campaign—as much as neglect to some degree played a supporting role in the circumstances leading up to the death, we’re not trying to hang a murder rap on the Big Four—a number of revelations that were made in the course of the autopsy are worth examining in Klugmanesque detail. And in a nod to the jokey horsing-around that characterized the beginning and ending of every episode of NBC’s earth-toned, forensics-fueled drama, we’ll start with some good news. 1) The bulk of ad impressions are delivered to live audiences As much as the nightly ratings continue to erode in the face of audience atomization and time-shifting, broadcast TV remains an extraordinarily efficient delivery system for advertising—provided that the content that surrounds the creative is consumed in real-time. According to MoffettNathanson analysis of the Nielsen data, 68 percent of the Big Four’s ad impressions were delivered live, thanks in large part to big-reach sporting events, news coverage and... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-31 16:36:08 UTC ]
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“Ticking Clock,” a new memoir by Ira Rosen, a former producer for the show, recounts the newsmagazine’s pathbreaking journalism and its culture of harassment and abuse. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-02-16 10:00:05 UTC ]
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Father and daughter Kazuo and Naomi Ishiguro will come together at an event for the first time in the Southbank Centre's "Inside Out" season, organisers have announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-14 18:59:02 UTC ]
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Welbeck Publishing Group has acquired an epic historical fiction series by Dr Hilary Jones, the general practitioner and media doctor. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-12 01:43:04 UTC ]
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Over the past 20 years, industry shifts have funneled more novelists into TV rooms than ever. It's salutary in many ways — beginning with health insurance. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-02-11 15:00:05 UTC ]
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Claire Danes has been cast as the lead role in the screen adaptation of The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (Serpent's Tail). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-10 23:44:25 UTC ]
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TV rights for historian Anne Sebba’s biography of Ethel Rosenberg, the only woman in the US to be executed for a crime other than murder, have been snapped up by Miramax Films. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-10 12:16:20 UTC ]
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Get to know the works of some of the best Caribbean authors writing classic and contemporary books for young readers. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-02-09 11:36:00 UTC ]
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The contest was created by Macmillan Learning "to elevate Black voices in education and in recognition of the fight for social justice inspired by the #BlackLivesMatter movement." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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President Biden’s oldest surviving child is publishing a memoir about his struggles with addiction and drug abuse. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-02-04 18:54:06 UTC ]
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If you enjoyed Maggie O'Farrell's historical fiction about Shakespeare's son, check out these thematically similar books like HAMNET. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-02-03 11:37:00 UTC ]
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Vaseem Khan was reading about the history of Mumbai as part of research for his successful Baby Ganesh Agency series—which stars the newly retired Inspector Chopra and the elephant he inherits on his last day of work—when he came across a fact that made him sit up. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-28 16:04:12 UTC ]
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News of a Harry Potter show in early development at HBO Max begs the question: what can justify another extension to an already stretched universe?When I saw the news, reported by the Hollywood Reporter, that HBO Max was in talks to develop live-action Harry Potter television series, all details... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-01-25 21:19:03 UTC ]
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The Hollywood Reporter announced this morning that a new Harry Potter series is in early development at HBO Max. Though HBO Max and Warner Bros. said in a statement that “there are no Harry Potter series in development at the studio or on the streaming platform,” multiple sources have confirmed... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-01-25 18:25:26 UTC ]
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Headline Publishing Group has acquired the first book by sports broadcaster Clive Tyldesley. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-25 04:49:01 UTC ]
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Eight of Barbara Taylor Bradford's novels are to be made into TV dramas after the author secured a major deal with independent film company The Forge. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-19 19:48:57 UTC ]
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The National Book Awards' new digital outreach series features a 12-event presentation of winners, shortlistees, and finalists, including international literature and translation. The post US National Book Award Program: Spring Season appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-18 19:01:19 UTC ]
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"I’m a very optimistic person. Without optimism and hope, I wouldn’t be able to do the things I do,” says Stuart Lawrence, the author of the uplifting and motivating Silence is Not an Option: You Can Impact the World for Change, which will be published by Scholastic in April. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-14 23:20:06 UTC ]
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Solar lamps as well as hundreds of thousands of books were in play in 2020 for Book Aid International's logistics team and donor-publishers. The post Book Aid International’s Year: 867,567 Books to 19 Countries appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-13 17:36:43 UTC ]
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Queen Elizabeth's favorite U.S. state, estimated wealth, nanny troubles, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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If you, like me, could really use some nice library-oriented news right about now, you’re in luck. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the impossibility of going to physical libraries for much of the year, readers borrowed record numbers of ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines from public... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-01-07 15:34:02 UTC ]
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