ABC ABC’s Atlanta Cuts: Bureau Chief, Cameramen, Audio Techs, Admin. Staff… By Brian on Jul. 19, 2007 - 1:47 PM Peach Pundit says the cuts in ABC’s Atlanta bureau were deeper than first reported: “Gone are all the career cameramen (one was 72 and still slinging tape for them), audio techs, bureau management, administrative staff ...
MSNBC Who Put Olbermann’s Head On An Ass? By Brian on Jul. 19, 2007 - 9:42 AM Who posted these clever but misleading flyers in the reporter’s workroom at TCA Press Tour on Tuesday? MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann says it was “somebody from Fox.” But Eric Deggans was “assured it was not ...
TV Biz While NYC Explosion News Is Breaking, Dobbs & Hume Continue Their Newscasts By Brian on Jul. 19, 2007 - 9:26 AM CNN and Fox News Channel waited until the end of their signature evening broadcasts to extensively cover the steam pipe explosion in New York City on Wednesday. Incredibly, CNN’s Lou Dobbs didn’t mention the transforme ...
Crime News Court TV Evacuated After NYC Explosion By Brian on Jul. 19, 2007 - 9:20 AM Court TV’s offices on the 19th floor of a nearby building were evacuated following the steam pipe explosion in New York City yesterday. “It was ten to 6:00, we heard a loud explosion. It felt like an earthquake,” ...
TV Biz The Ticker: Couric, Snow, Olbermann… By Brian on Jul. 19, 2007 - 8:59 AM > For Katie Couric, “the writing might as well be crawling across the bottom of the screen that displays her third-ranked CBS newscast: It’s over. It’s just a question of how and when she exits,” Boston ...
MSNBC Hardball Solicits Homemade ’08 Ads By Brian on Jul. 19, 2007 - 8:45 AM Hardball with Chris Matthews is soliciting homemade political video from viewers. Would-be “Hillary Girls” can submit their ads on MSNBC.com. Voters will pick the semi-finalists online, and “a special ‘Hard ...
NBC NBC Pays Tribute To Gen. Downing By Brian on Jul. 19, 2007 - 8:41 AM Brian Williams paid tribute to Gen. Wayne Downing at the end of Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News. Here’s the video. Google News has links to many obituaries…
NBC Gen. Downing Provided “Invaluable Insight, Good Counsel & Friendship” To NBCers By Brian on Jul. 18, 2007 - 6:49 PM In an e-mail to staffers tonight, NBC News president Steve Capus remembered Gen. Wayne Downing as “a good friend and a great man.” “At NBC News we knew Wayne as a generous, kind hearted, patient soul who offered ...
MSNBC TCA: Olbermann Is Surprised No One Has Tried To “Snake My Turf” By Brian on Jul. 18, 2007 - 5:54 PM ICN has links to a few recaps of Keith Olbermann‘s comments at TCA Press Tour. Hal Boedeker and Melanie McFarland‘s blog posts are particularly insightful. He points out that Countdown has made money — “a g ...
CNN Debates: 1,400 YouTube Videos Submitted By Brian on Jul. 18, 2007 - 2:42 PM CNN really, really wants more submissions for next Monday’s debate in conjunction with YouTube. As of Saturday, around 960 had been posted on the video-sharing Web site, Anderson Cooper said at the TCA Press Tour over the we ...