FishbowlNY Hires Former TheWrap Media Reporter Alexander C. Kaufman

Richard Horgan — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:00:20 +0000

We have some exciting internal news to share on this Friday afternoon involving our sister site FishbowlNY.

Two weeks after co-editor Jerry Barmash accepted a TV reporter job with the New York Daily News and bid farewell to Mediabistro readers, his replacement has been confirmed. Starting Monday, April 15 as co-editor alongside Chris O’Shea will be former TheWrap media reporter Alexander C. Kaufman.

“I interviewed with a couple of other companies,” Kaufman tells us this afternoon via telephone from Boston. “I’m really excited to be joining Mediabistro and look forward to helping continue to grow the FishbowlNY brand.” Kaufman, a native of Long Island, will be based in New York.

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Mark Burnett’s VIMBY Helps Launch McDonald’s TV

Richard Horgan — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:30:38 +0000

A lesser known piece of reality TV kingpin Mark Burnett‘s empire is the Van Nuys located VIMBY, which stands for Video In My BackYard. With local crews in about three dozen American cities, the company has provided customized video content for a whole range of clients including Macy’s, Mazda and Red Bull.

Now, together with LA’s ChannelPort Communications, KABC and BBC America, VIMBY is getting ready to turn on arguably its biggest showcase yet. Per an LA Times report by Joe Flint and Greg Braxton, the in-restaurant McDonald’s TV channel is being officially served up after beta runs in LA, San Diego and Las Vegas:

The McDonald’s channel is being rolled out slowly during the next few months and will soon be up in 800 McDonald’s restaurants in Southern and Central California…

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FishbowlNY Hires Former TheWrap Media Reporter Alexander C. Kaufman

Mark Burnett’s VIMBY Helps Launch McDonald’s TV