Itinerant News Whiz Tries to Revive WCBS

Joel Cheatwood, 41, a placid, scruffy-faced news executive, arrived at WCBS’s midtown offices earlier this month, his latest stop on a high-profile, occasionally bumpy television news odyssey that has included top jobs in Miami, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. He will oversee the news operations of Channel 2, as well as the CBS-owned stations in Los Read More

Diller Gets Springer … WB Gets Aliens

Wednesday, July 7

Barry Diller gave the order in the spring of ’98: no more fighting on The Jerry Springer Show ! Well, a couple of public outcries and media-fueled mass murders later, Mr. Diller has finally brought order to the program, which is owned by his Studios U.S.A.

Nothing good lasts forever.

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