View Post Global News | NBC NBC News Gives Richard Engel His Own Production Unit By Alex Weprin on Aug. 21, 2013 - 9:54 AM NBC News is handing chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel his own production unit, which will produce both short-form and long-form pieces for all NBC News broadcasts and platforms. The company has also named Madeleine Haerin ...
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 London Olympics Opening Ceremony Underway By Chris Ariens on Jul. 27, 2012 - 5:08 PM The Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics is underway. But if you’re in the U.S., you’ll have to a wait a couple more hours to see the broadcast on NBC. The Openings will still be going on when “Nightly News,&# ...
Global News News Executives Talk Syria By Alex Weprin on Feb. 27, 2012 - 12:45 PM The situation in Syria continues to evolve, even as western news organizations evacuate their correspondents from the country. B&C’s Andrea Morabito spoke to TV news executives and correspondents (subscription required) ...
ABC | CBS | CNN | Global News | MSNBC | NBC Network Rivals Come Together for Common Cause By Chris Ariens on Apr. 14, 2011 - 2:32 PM ABC, CNN and CBS news executives all headed to NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Center headquarters yesterday to discuss the safety and well-being of freelance journalists who increasingly serve the network news divisions worldwide. NBC ...
ABC | CBS | CNN | Fox News | NBC TV News crews in Japan on the move with radiation fears mounting By Chris Ariens on Mar. 15, 2011 - 3:54 PM With dozens of U.S. TV news journalists now on the ground in Japan, the bosses back home are becoming increasingly concerned about the potential for radiation poisoning due to the deteriorating conditions at the Fukushima Daiichi ...
Global News | TV Biz News Chiefs Talk Egypt Coverage By Alex Weprin on Feb. 4, 2011 - 12:18 PM Broadcasting & Cable spoke to a number of network and cable news executives, to get their thoughts on how they have been covering the crisis in Egypt. Each had their own perspective on the coverage, and how they will handle it ...
NBC Bob Epstein Takes Over at Nightly News By Chris Ariens on Dec. 8, 2008 - 11:45 AM Last week, THR reported that NBC Nightly News EP Alex Wallace would return to the front office. NBC announced today that Wallace will also have expanded duties: “Wallace’s responsibilities will include overseeing ̵ ...