The Big Three TV News Anchors deign to grace Obama's presence on his European tour.
Keith Olbermann's wrangler, Phil Griffin, kicked upstairs at MSNBC. Harbinger for a "Today" show upheaval?
Griffin on giving MSNBC talking head Rachel Maddow her own show: “She’s on the short list. It’s a very short list. She’s at the top.” If I were King I would. I adore Rachel. Smart (Ph.D), quick, charming, watchable.
NBC and Post-Newsweek dead air on spin-off of NBC O&O WTVJ Miami.
Soft on cuddly bears Anderson Cooper's suddenly gone hard.
Yet another tedious obvious prediction on the inevitable: Nightly news is a dinosaur.
CNN Reporter Involvement King Rick Sanchez on how to break into the Tee Vee news biz: "You really have to be someone who knows how to tell a good story, write, and find that edge to cut through." Yeah, and you also have to be willing to pimp yourself by jumping off cruise ships, allowing police to taser you on camera, and other various and sundry torture...
NBC's Peacock Equity invests $5 mil in chick blogger website BlogHer.
Leno to ABC late night with Jimmy Kimmel? What will the comedic "Doublemint Twins" mean for "Nightline?"
Thursday, July 17, 2008
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No, Leno BEFORE Kimmel, a la Leno and Conan now.
How long before one of the 3 evening news shows folds up? No later than 5 years.
And NBC should have thrown YOU the 5 mill, Marty!
Marty,
Finally the Peter Principle being applied to Phil Griffin, when you reach your level of incompetence they promote you, to a position where you can't do so much damage. What took so long?
Jim: I wish NBC would've invested in CB but I'm too edgy. And I trash Olbermann et al.
Laree: nbcuni's moving griffin out of the way - apparently.
You know if they put Leno on against the 6:30 Evening News and ABC News, he'd be #1 in that timeslot,
Contessa Brewer staying in front of the teleprompter?
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lyndsi-thomas/2008/07/16/msnbcs-brewer-dont-sex-offenders-deserve-good-life
Remember when Leno switched gigs with Katie Couric? She killed on the Tonight Show while he stumbled like a novice reading the TelePrompTer...
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