WHY THIS MATTERS:TV advertising could drop for the first time in a non-recession year in 2017, says analyst Kannan Venkateshwar of Barclays and things could go downhill from there.
WHY THIS MATTERS:The agreements were scheduled to expire at various times over the next couple of years. Financial terms for the multi-year deal were not disclosed.
Jeremy Bronson, creator of ABC comedy The Mayor, offers one of the more diverse backgrounds among executive producer types. Bronson came from TV news, working on The Chris Matthews Show and then Matthews' Hardball on MSNBC before shifting to entertainment. Bronson actually did entertainment stuff before that, working on the Harvard Lampoon in college.