View Post NBC | Revolving Door Who’s In Line to Take Over at NBC News? By Chris Ariens on Feb. 1, 2013 - 1:37 PM In his farewell note to staff, departing NBC News president Steve Capus writes, “I have much I hope to accomplish in the next phase of my career.” So, too, do the men and women vying to replace Capus. Capus says NBCU N ...
View Post Awards Wallace, Kelly, Harris-Perry Crack ‘Elle’ TV Power List By Alex Weprin on Jan. 17, 2013 - 12:05 PM Elle magazine has released its 2013 “Powerful Women in TV” power list, and three TV news faces made the cut. Representing behind the scenes, NBC News senior VP Alex Wallace made the list. On-camera, Fox News Channel a ...
View Post NBC ‘Today’ EP Don Nash: ‘We Hate Being Number two’ By Alex Weprin on Dec. 5, 2012 - 2:15 PM New “Today” executive producer Don Nash speaks to B&C’s Andrea Morabito (subscription required). Nash touches upon his new boss, Alex Wallace, what tweaks they will make to the “Today” format, an ...
View Post Events | NBC Jim Bell Talks About Olympics Gig By Alex Weprin on Nov. 17, 2012 - 11:19 AM Former NBC “Today” EP Jim Bell talks to Sports Business Daily about his jump to running NBC’s Olympics coverage full-time. Bell just returned from a trip to Sochi, Russia, one of many he will make in advance of t ...
View Post NBC | Revolving Door Don Nash Named EP of ‘Today’ By Alex Weprin on Nov. 14, 2012 - 3:16 PM Following the news that Jim Bell would be leaving NBC’s “Today” for a job at NBC Olympics, the network has promoted senior broadcast producer Don Nash to executive producer of the long-running morning program. Na ...
View Post Events | NBC | Revolving Door | SportsNewser NBC Announces Jim Bell’s Return to Sports By Chris Ariens on Nov. 13, 2012 - 5:32 PM NBC has officially announced that Jim Bell is leaving as EP of the “Today” show and will return to NBC Sports as executive producer of NBCU’s coverage of the Olympics. Bell, who reports to NBC Sports Group Chairm ...
View Post NBC | Revolving Door Jim Bell Leaving ‘Today,’ Returning to NBC Sports By Chris Ariens on Nov. 12, 2012 - 7:48 PM Jim Bell, the executive producer of the “Today” show will be leaving his post and returning to his roots at NBC Sports. The New York Times‘ Brian Stelter reports the change is the beginning of a series of events ...
NBC | Revolving Door NBC News Shakes Up Management Team, New EP at ‘Rock Center’ By Alex Weprin on Oct. 9, 2012 - 12:18 PM NBC News has shaken up its leadership team, promoting DC bureau chief Antoine Sanfuentes (left) to senior VP of NBC News, promoting David Verdi to senior VP of newsgathering, upping Ken Strickland to DC bureau chief and naming Ale ...
Events A Kiss Before Flying. Jane Velez-Mitchell Has No ‘Issues’ at NLGJA Fundraiser By Chris Ariens on Mar. 30, 2012 - 3:59 PM Actual news got in the way of last night’s annual New York fundraiser for the journalism group NLGJA. Soledad O’Brien, who was to co-host with her HLN colleague Jane Velez-Mitchell, couldn’t as she moderated CNN& ...
Awards Media Meshes at Mirror Awards Ceremony By Alex Weprin on Jun. 8, 2011 - 8:45 AM Yesterday the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University held its fifth annual Mirror Awards ceremony, honoring the best in media reporting. You can read about the winners from FishbowlNY, here. MSNBC hosts Joe Scarb ...