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Terry Semel Not Getting IMG, So Now He Wants MGM
Terry Semel's $1.5 billion offer for IMG was evidently way too low, and that lawsuit against Mark Burnett is turning out to be a major fly in the ointment for Terry's deal and IMG's plan to snag...
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Mark Burnett Countersues Ex Manager: Doesn't Owe Him One Fat Dime
Three weeks ago, Survivor mastermind Mark Burnett was sued by his longtime business manager, Conrad Riggs, for withholding profits from Burnett's successful reality TV series. Now Burnett is...
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Former HBO CEO Chris Albrecht Out At IMG After Forstmann Feud
Less than a year after joining sports management company IMG former HBO topper Chris Albrecht has left the firm, where he was head of its global media unit, after clashing with Teddy Forstmann. Nikki...
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ABC To Humiliate Entrepreneurs On National TV
Are you an ambitious businessman who's been denied bank funding for your big idea? What better way for you to lose your last shot at getting the capital you need to start your business than on national...
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It's Happening: Sarah Palin Shops A TV Show
Sarah Palin and reality TV producer Mark Burnett (of Survivor fame) reportedly pitched an Alaskan "Planet Earth"-based unscripted series to ABC, CBS, and Fox.According to The Wrap, ABC has already...
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Sarah Palin Asking For $1 Million Per Episode In TV Deal
We told you Sarah Palin has been shopping a reality show about her native Alaska. Well, now the ex-governor nd her executive producer Mark Burnett are inching closer to bringing "Sarah Palin's Alaska"...
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Discovery Is Buying Sarah Palin's TV Show (DISCA)
We can see the ad dollars from here to Russia: Discovery Communications is expected to land a deal with Fox News contributor Sarah Palin for TV show with producer Mark Burnett, Variety reports.A&E...
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It's Official: Sarah Palin Lands TV Show Deal With TLC (DISCA)
It's happening: Discovery Communications gave the greenlight to eight episodes of Fox News contributor Sarah Palin's TV show. The former Alaska governor will be giving tours of her home state in a show...
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'Sarah Palin's Alaska': The Most Expensive Campaign Commercial Ever?
Any remaining doubts that Sarah Palin is the most media savvy politician out there should have been erased entirely with last week's premiere of her new TLC show Sarah Palin's Alaska (SPAlaska!). Back...
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Reality TV Heavyweight Mark Burnett Is Partnering With Hearst To Produce TV...
Deal-busy media giant Hearst Corp. is forming a 50/50 joint venture with "Survivor" producer Mark Burnett to produce TV shows and other programming for new and emerging platforms based on Hearst's...
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Mark Burnett Started His Career Jumping Out Of Airplanes And Transporting...
Mark Burnett is, financially speaking, perhaps the most successful television producer today. While I had launched America's Most Wanted and COPS a decade earlier, Mark exploded onto network television...
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Reality Megaproducer Mark Burnett On NBC's "The Voice," Donald Trump And...
Mark Burnett is the man behind "Survivor" -- so you might say he's the man behind reality television.But there's one thing Burnett (who launched "The Apprentice,""Sarah Palin's Alaska" and "Are You...
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Meet The Oprah Winfrey Network Exiles, Now Including Ousted CEO Christina Norman
For a network conceived less than three years ago, Oprah Winfrey's penultimate television achievement, OWN, has burned through a ton of industry players.That known environment, coupled with the crappy...
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History Channel's Hit Miniseries 'The Bible' Will Be Made Into Feature Length...
Mark Burnett said yesterday that his mega-rated History Channel miniseries The Bibleis being recut into a single three-hour edition for theatrical release.Burnett revealed the news last night following...
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Donald Trump says 'angry' NBC execs tried to change his mind about leaving...
Donald Trump wants everyone to know that he quit NBC and wasn't fired as some reports claim. In fact, the currently leading Republican presidential candidate said that the network's big guns tried to...
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Barry Diller: It's 'total bulls---' that MGM can't release more 'Apprentice'...
Media executive Barry Diller sounded off Wednesday on the suggestion that there may be more damaging tapes of Donald Trump from the archives of his shows "The Apprentice" and "The Celebrity...
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'The Apprentice' creator Mark Burnett insists he is 'NOT pro-Trump' though he...
After rumblings that Mark Burnett might be trying to help the former star of his show "The Apprentice," Donald Trump, the producer has clarified where he stands on Trump's bid for president.“Given all...
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Why lewd tapes of Donald Trump on 'The Apprentice' haven't leaked yet — and...
The world is waiting for the next shoe to drop.Specifically, it's waiting for the next video of Donald Trump saying something offensive to leak.The Republican presidential nominee has trouble filtering...
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Trump has reportedly talked about making a White House spinoff of 'The...
Donald Trump has had conversations with television producer Mark Burnett about creating a politics-themed version of "The Apprentice," according to The Daily Beast.The outlet cited multiple sources who...
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