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Corn Nation (Free subscription) | yesterday
“I’ll give it an 85 because you can dance to it and I like the beat”. Such was the line oft-repeated on Dick Clark's American Bandstand during the disco phase of the 70s. Disco was always the same, same beat, same pre-arranged crap, complete with polyester and wide collars. Wretched, wretched times for music. “The Fine Art of Surfacing” was the third album released by the Boomtown Rats....
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
TV News: Production unit pacts with ACM -- Dick Clark Prods. has sealed a deal that keeps it in business with the Academy of Country Music.
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The TV Zone (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... this show, Ry's doing what any hugely wealthy young guy who really REALLY wants to be The Next Dick Clark would do - start up a production company, litter the landscape with shows, hope one of 'em sticks, and then make his first billion (and get on the cover of Fortune , which will devote 2,000 words to "The Genius of Ryan Seacrest.") He's also said to be in discussion with CNN about...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dick Clark Productions, Inc. and the Academy of Country Music today announced that they have entered into an extended exclusive partnership agreement to develop
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MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... the media and entertainment industry. He was most recently Vice Chairman and Managing Partner of Dick Clark Productions. Prior to joining Dick Clark, Mr. Haimovitz was President of MGM Networks, Inc. and had also served as special consultant to the Chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. From 1997-1999, Mr. Haimovitz was President and Chief Operating Officer of...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Dick Clark Prods. has entered into a partnership with the Academy of Country Music to jointly produce country music-themed programming.
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Music News: Production unit pacts with ACM -- Dick Clark Prods. has sealed a deal that keeps it in business with the Academy of Country Music.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... has helped Six Flags grow its entertainment portfolio, leading
the company's acquisition of 40% of Dick Clark productions in 2007. Prior
to joining Six Flags, Shapiro served as executive vice
president/programming and production at ESPN, responsible for the
development and scheduling of all programming on ESPN, ESPN2 and its
affiliate networks. Shapiro was elected at Tribune's regularly...
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CMT News (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Brenda Lee, the Oak Ridge Boys and the late Conway Twitty and Porter Wagoner have been named as this year's recipients of the Academy of Country Music's Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award. Additionally, Dick Clark will receive the ACM's Jim Reeves International
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
... there are clear and deserving candidates. Honorees include:
Jim Reeves International Award -- Dick Clark
Dick Clark has been selected as the recipient of the Jim Reeves
International Award, which is presented to an individual for outstanding
contributions to the acceptance of country music throughout the world. In
1979, Clark joined forces with the Academy...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
... (Photo: )
Shows participating in this promotion include 50's at the Hop, Yakov
Smirnoff, Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theatre, The Happy Trails Theater
featuring Roy Rogers, Jr., The Baldknobbers, Buck Trent, Dolly Parton's
Dixie Stampede, Kirby VanBurch, Grand Country, Jim Stafford, New Shanghai
Circus, The Shepherd of the Hills, Magnificent Seven, The Duttons, Island
Fire,...
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Valleywag (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
... an MIT-trained engineer who interned last summer at Google and who, in 8th grade, starred on Dick Clark's Battle of the Child Geniuses. (Hawksley doesn't turn 21 until May 22.) Our tipster spotted the two in mid-job interview, or so he claims. Can you suggest a better caption? Do so in the comments. Yesterday's winner: "How could we all be picked last?" .
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Valleywag (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
... an MIT-trained engineer who interned last summer at Google and who, in 8th grade, starred on Dick Clark's Battle of the Child Geniuses. (Hawksley doesn't turn 21 until May 22.) Our tipster spotted the two in mid-job interview, or so he claims. Can you suggest a better caption? Do so in the comments. Yesterday's winner: "How could we all be picked last?" .
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Joystiq (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3 , Microsoft Xbox 360 Those who spent New Year's Eve, 1999 holed up in a bunker beneath their house, eating astronaut food while your superterranean contemporaries amused themselves with the ramblings of Dick Clark and the chonologically appropriate jams of Will Smith probably felt pretty silly when, you know, the world didn't end. Perhaps a technical snafu...
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Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
The plain-spoken ceo is on something of a confessional tour. His new mantra is to sound contrite. Rather than blame the media or some other group for Merck’s problems, Dick has recently taken to public hand-wringing when asked about not only the Vytorin scandal, but Merck’s credibility, in general. His new favorite phrase: ‘trust deficit.’ [...]
