"That might have worked a year and a half ago, but there's now a credibility gap among Latino voters -- he hasn't delivered on the promises of 2000, " said Maria Cardona, vice president for media relations and director of the Hispanic Project for the New Democrat Network.

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The return to tradition came as no surprise to Bill Carroll, vice president and director of programming at media-buying and consulting firm Katz Television Group.

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"Any time that there's passionate fan involvement, it's a good thing, " said Bill Carroll, vice president and director of programming at media buying and consulting firm Katz Television Group.

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"If there are no stars, there's no show, " says Bill Carroll, vice president and director of programming at media buying and consulting firm Katz Television Group, speaking of a glamourfest he believes would be delayed before airing as a Globes-like press conference.

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James Kiernan, vice president and group director of digital media and innovation at MediaVest USA in New York, said the time is right to evaluate better ways of measuring online audience engagement, but added that he felt it was premature to drop page-viewing rankings.

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Sumner Redstone has continued to serve as CEO of National Amusements as well as chairman of Viacom (nyse: VIA - news - people ) and CBS (nyse: CBS - news - people ), which is said to be a continuing source of irritation to his daughter, who also serves as vice chairwoman and director of both of these two large media conglomerates.

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Stacey Shepatin, senior vice president and director of national broadcast at Boston-based media buying firm Hill Holliday, tries to make sense of NBC's conservative approach.

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"If you've got a concept that could be mounted very quickly, then the networks may have to listen more intently than they might otherwise have, " says Bill Carroll, vice president and director of programming with Katz Television Group, a New York-based media buying and consulting firm.

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