Advertising: Screenvision Adopts Television’s Approach to Attracting Advertisers

Screenvision, the nation’s second largest seller of commercials in movie theaters, plans to hold its first upfront sales presentation to advertisers.

    

Scripps Networks Is Adding 52 New Series

Scripps Networks Interactive, which includes the Food Network and HGTV, hopes to please advertisers seeking original programming with a total of 52 new series.

    

With Kindle Singles, David Blum Jump-Starts His Career

The journalist David Blum has found success as the editor of Amazon Kindle Singles, a Web service that is helping to popularize novella-length essays and fiction.

    

Nancy Dubuc Named New Chief of A&E Networks

An executive who helped turn the History Channel into a cable industry leader.

    

Hollywood’s Box Office Heroes Proving Mortal in China

Hollywood blockbusters appeared poised last year to take over China’s box office, but something unexpected happened on the way to the bank: demand tapered off sharply.

    

Who Can Save the ‘Today’ Show?

How a toxic clash of personalities cost NBC’s “Today” its No. 1 ranking. Matt Lauer may yet lead the show back to the top spot, but the morning is tougher now than ever.

    

Disney-AMC Theaters Dispute Breaks Into Public

The issue is how to split ticket revenue. And usually the negotiations remain behind closed doors.

    

Jeff Zucker at CNN Hires Michael Bass, a Deputy From His NBC Past

Michael Bass, a longtime deputy of Jeff Zucker’s dating from their days at “Today,” left Katie Couric’s syndicated talk show to be a senior vice president at CNN.

    

Aereo Has TV Networks Circling the Wagons

Aereo denies stations the fees cable operators pay to retransmit their signals, so networks are determined to shut it down — even, they say, if they have to go cable-only.

    

Geffen Donates $25 Million to Film Museum Project

The donation assists a planned $300 million museum project, which will house the David Geffen Theater.

    

The Media Equation: Roger Ebert’s Legacy as a Relentless Empire-Builder

A big part of what Roger Ebert left behind was a remarkable template for how a lone journalist can become something much more.

Eddie Einhorn Seized on Broadcasting College Basketball Games in 1960

Long before office pools and hours of television coverage, Eddie Einhorn thought college basketball might have a future as a national sport. So he founded a TV network.

Aereo Wins a Battle, and Broadcasters Are Distressed

An appeals court ruled in favor of the Internet streaming start-up’s system to avoid retransmission fees.

Disney Junior Challenges Nick Jr. in Preschool TV

After a year, Disney Junior, a channel aimed at preschoolers, already has the top three preschool cable programs.

Discovery Expands Its Reach Overseas to Ensure Growth

With a proliferation of channels competing for a diminished number of total viewers, media companies have looked elsewhere for growth.

‘The Croods’ and ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Lead the Box Office

“The Croods” and “Olympus Has Fallen” led the weekend’s movies, rare commercial triumphs in a slow season.

Advertising: ABC Works on an App for Live Streaming Shows to Mobile Devices

The app, which would stream programming to the phones and tablets of cable and satellite subscribers, could become available to some subscribers this year.

Media Decoder Blog: Hulu Names an Acting Chief Executive

The online video Web site Hulu, in a state of flux as its owners decide what to do with it, said that Andy Forssell, the person in charge of content for the site, would become its acting chief executive.

Media Decoder Blog: Disney Announces Overhaul to Its Retail Complex in Orlando … Again.

Disney quiety scrapped plans it announced in 2010 to redo a retail shopping area on Disney property. Now it has announced new plans, for a themed mall called Disney Springs.

Media Decoder Blog: Disney Delays Release of Video Game and Toy Initiative

The company is delaying the introduction of Infinity from June until August, moving it closer to the all-important holiday sales season but possibly disappointing some investors.