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Another Bullshit Week in Suck Industry

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:45:46 -0500

It's Wednesday, and yet already this has been a long week for some people in the media business. Sure, it's not as bad as the last week of October, which saw the closure of Radar and 02138, a 10 percent cut in The Los Angeles Times' newsroom, across the board cuts at Condé Nast, and—oh, yeah—the announcement of 600 jobs being eliminated at Time, Inc., but it was pretty bad. (Warning: If you're the...

Ausiello Leaving TV Guide for Entertainment Weekly

Wed, 28 May 2008 15:18:51 -0400

Paging all "Ausholes."

Influential TV blogger, columnist, and Smurfs collector Michael Ausiello (whom NYTV profiled back in November) is leaving his longtime home at TV Guide for a new writing gig at Entertainment Weekly, where he will pen a weekly column and contribute to EW.com.

A few weeks ago, Macrovision Solutions Corporation competed a multibillion dollar takeover of Gemstar-TV Guide. Since then, Macrovision executives have reportedly been trying to sell...

The Doctor Is In

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:52:18 -0500

Not long ago, on the eve of the screenwriters strike, Michael Ausiello, a writer for TV Guide, described the imminent work stoppage on his TVGuide.com blog as “the forthcoming Armageddon.” Days later, with the strike in full swing, he could bring himself to refer to it only as the “s-word.”

Right now, scores of reporters and commentators across the city and the country are covering the divergent concerns...

TV Guide Heads (Slightly) Downtown

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:12:35 -0400

TV Guide is making a move.

The periodical’s parent company, Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc., recently signed a multi-year lease for over 85,000 square feet at 11 West 42nd Street, according to a press release. TV Guide’s editorial department and TV Guide Online are among the departments that will be moving. The move, reported by The New York Post earlier today, will happen in December 2007.

Gemstar-TV Guide, which has 300...