View Post Crime News | People | SportsNewser HLN’s Kyra Phillips on Keeping Viewers Hooked After the Jodi Arias Trial Ends By Kevin Eck on Apr. 8, 2013 - 10:10 AM HLN has seen its viewership increase during the Jodi Arias murder trial, but what happens after the verdict is reached? In this episode of Media Beat, “Raising America” anchor Kyra Phillips tells TVNewser’s manag ...
View Post NBC | TV Biz | Weather Al Roker: My First Big Break By Kevin Eck on Feb. 27, 2013 - 9:55 AM Al Roker, weather guy for NBC’s “Today” Show, can sum up the secret to his success in a sentence, “Don’t be a jerk!” Roker has his own show “Wake Up with Al” on The Weather Channel, ...
View Post People Cubes: VIP Tour of Ogilvy Public Relations By Kevin Eck on Feb. 13, 2013 - 12:20 PM Ogilvy Public Relations graciously opened its doors to the MediabistroTV crew, allowing the team a glimpse inside a world most TV broadcasters see only through press releases, phone calls or press kits filled with swag. Kimberly R ...
People Cubes: A ‘Better’ Look at Meredith By Kevin Eck on Jan. 9, 2013 - 1:25 PM The MediabistroTV crew got an inside look at Meredith’s Midtown Manhattan lair. Meredith owns 12 local TV Stations and publishes magazines like Better Homes and Gardens and Fitness, and also produces a nationally syndicated ...
View Post ABC | CNN | Global News | People | TV Biz Christiane Amanpour: My First Big Break By Kevin Eck on Jan. 2, 2013 - 11:15 AM Her first big break was the Iranian Revolution. Her dream was to be a foreign correspondent. In this episode of My First Big Break, Christiane Amanpour talks about how escaping Iran with her family was the first step of a journey ...
View Post People Cubes: VIP Tour of AOL and The Huffington Post By Kevin Eck on Dec. 13, 2012 - 12:09 PM Combine tasty treats, sleek design, and the now famous ‘Sitting Cameramen of Astor Place’ and you get the latest episode of “Cubes.” In this episode of Cubes, the MediabistroTV crew is invited into the New ...
View Post People | TV Biz Ken Burns: My First Big Break By Kevin Eck on Dec. 6, 2012 - 8:20 AM When you hear a letter written by Thomas Jefferson being read by actor Sam Waterston or see a photograph showing the intensity in the eyes of a Civil War soldier, you know you’re watching a Ken Burns documentary. In this epi ...
View Post People | TV Biz | Weather Ken Burns is Coming to MediabistroTV By Kevin Eck on Nov. 15, 2012 - 2:33 PM Watching a Ken Burns film is like watching the past come alive through the expert use of narration and still photographs. So how did he develop his signature style? The iconic filmmaker sits down with MediabistroTV in, “Ken ...
View Post People Cubes: Conde Nast Shows Off Its Lucky Side By Kevin Eck on Nov. 15, 2012 - 10:43 AM Conde´ Nast recently hosted MediabistroTV at its Times Square offices. Lucky magazine style editor and network television morning show contributor Lori Bergamotto walked the crew through Lucky’s offices revealing the hidden ...