Universal renews strips

Universal Domestic Television has renewed all five of its syndicated
strips: Maury, The Jerry Springer Show, Blind Date, 5th Wheel and
Crossing Over with John Edward
.

Maury and Jerry are reupped through 2005, while the rest are one-year
deals.

Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for nearly 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for entertainment marketing association Promax. She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997-September 2002.