People TV News Coverage of the Death of Whitney Houston By Chris Ariens on Feb. 11, 2012 - 8:23 PM The news of the death of Whitney Houston broke at 7:57pmET, when the Associated Press sent a breaking news alert and Tweet announcing the news. The cable news networks began covering the story moments later, without yet knowing a ...
TV Biz “This Is It”: Cablers Cover Michael Jackson’s Comeback By SteveK on Mar. 5, 2009 - 1:40 PM Michael Jackson gave a (very short) news conference today, and the cablers were there to cover the commotion. MSNBC and CNN took live shots of the bus as it approached the arena in London throughout the morning. “The man lov ...
Politics Blitzer: We Have “Some New Technology.” Cooper: “Is This A Hologram?” By Chris Ariens on Jan. 17, 2009 - 11:41 AM The cable nets are filling time today leading up to the big day on Tuesday. Several correspondents are standing on a empty, cold National Mall. Here are some other notes: • Two of the three weekday Fox & Friends were in t ...
Politics Thanksgiving at the Olbermanns? Joe & Mika On Diner Life and the MSNBC Family By Chris Ariens on Sep. 4, 2008 - 11:17 AM We stopped off at Key’s Cafe this morning in downtown St. Paul, just a few blocks from the site of the RNC. It’s been the home of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, which, during the conventions, is xpanded from three to five ...
MSNBC msnbc.com Expands Brand Offline By Chris Ariens on Jul. 29, 2008 - 8:10 AM TVNewser was on hand last night for the opening of the new msnbc.com digital cafe. The sleek new interactive space at Rockefeller Center is an expansion of msnbc.com’s new trademark “fuller spectrum of news.” The ...
TV Biz The Ticker: Watts, Hazlett, Wilson… By SteveK on Jul. 17, 2008 - 5:23 PM > Politico’s Helena Andrews has a Q&A with Black Television News Channel founder J.C. Watts. Says Watts: “The mission for us…is to create a venue that the African-American community, or anybody for that pa ...