Media Decoder Blog: Marvel Signs Agreement to Take Superheroes on the Road

Feld Entertainment, which produces Disney on Ice and other touring shows, will introduce a road show featuring Spider-Man and other Marvel superheroes in summer 2014.

Media Decoder Blog: Winter TV Schedule Brings Shift in Ratings Race

Cable shows continue to dominate over most network offerings on Sunday nights, and Fox overtakes a flagging NBC for the season.

Media Decoder Blog: With Few Details, Lucasfilm Signals ‘Star Wars’ Plans for TV

The company, owned by Disney, says it will pursue a “new direction” in animated programming based on the Star Wars narrative.

Gilbert Gottfried on ‘Celebrity Wife Swap’

To the world, Gilbert Gottfried is known for his deliberately abrasive stage presence and bottomless vulgarity, but to his wife, he is a “gentle genius.”

‘C.S.I.’ Gets a New Financial Partner

Content Partners has agreed to buy half of the franchise from a unit of Goldman Sachs in a deal that makes it a co-owner with CBS.

Media Decoder Blog: ABC Networks Will Offer Guarantees to Advertisers Across Platforms

A deal with Nielsen will allow ABC to measure viewing whether on television or online.

Webdenda: Accounts and People of Note in the Advertising Industry

Kim Corrigan joined the New York office of Rosetta, part of the Publicis Groupe, in a new post, partner in the health care vertical.

Disney Gambles on Box-Office Wizardry of ‘Oz’

Disney’s movie studio, which has stumbled recently, takes a bold risk with a prequel to the beloved 1939 musical, “The Wizard of Oz.”

‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ Topples at Domestic Box Office

Warner Brothers and a financing partner spent about $190 million, and $80 million in marketing costs, for a film that made $28 million.