View Post People The Best Of ‘My First Big Break’ In 2012 By Alex Weprin on Dec. 29, 2012 - 11:23 AM Early this year mediabistroTV launched a brand new video series called “My First Big Break.” The premise was simple: sit down with big names in the media business, and have them explain what their first big break was. ...
People | TV Biz Spike Lee: My First Big Break By Alex Weprin on Sep. 27, 2012 - 2:31 PM In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s “My First Big Break,” we talk to legendary filmmaker Spike Lee. While Lee is well-known for his movies, did you know that if it wasn’t for NBA superstar Michael Jord ...
CNN Wolf Shakes his Groove Thing at BET Party By Chris Ariens on Jan. 18, 2012 - 12:50 PM According to Page Six: CNN’s Wolf Blitzer busted his best moves on the dance floor at the BET Honors after-party in Washington, DC, on Saturday. The Wolfman was spotted dancing with wife Lynn Greenfield and schmoozing at the Nat ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz NFL Network Airing Two CFL Games Per Week This Season By Marcus Vanderberg on Jun. 21, 2011 - 2:36 PM The Canadian Football League and the NFL Network reached an agreement to broadcast two CFL games per week in the United States this season. The NFL Network has the option to broadcast additional regular season games along with the ...
SportsNewser Reggie Bush To Appear on Reality Show By Cam Martin on Jun. 3, 2011 - 7:19 AM Reggie Bush is no stranger to reality television, having appeared on several shows starring former girlfriend Kim Kardashian. This time. however, the focus will be on Bush, who is making an appearance on a new CBS show called R ...
MSNBC MSNBC Enters Phase Two of ‘Lean Forward’ By Alex Weprin on Apr. 25, 2011 - 12:12 PM MSNBC is entering the second phase of its “Lean Forward” branding campaign, its first without former 8 PM host Keith Olbermann. Director Spike Lee is returning to helm the new ads, along with a new director of photogra ...
MSNBC MSNBC’s Ed Schultz gets his own Spike Lee promos By Chris Ariens on Mar. 9, 2011 - 9:49 AM Remember last summer when Ed Schultz yelled in the middle of the MSNBC newsroom, “I’m going to torch this [bleep]ing place” for not being included in election night promos? Well, that was so six months ago. Not o ...
SportsNewser Former NBC Correspondent Tiki Barber Returning To The NFL By Marcus Vanderberg on Mar. 8, 2011 - 3:35 PM Former NBC correspondent Tiki Barber is coming out of retirement and returning to the NFL for the 2011 season. Barber retired in 2007 after 10 seasons with the New York Giants. He walked away from football in order to pursue a car ...
SportsNewser Did the NFL Hurts its Negotiating Position? By Noah Davis on Jan. 7, 2011 - 10:55 AM On Thursday, word leaked that ESPN would pay the NFL almost $2 billion per year for the television rights to Monday Night Football. Win, win, win, right? Eh, maybe not. There’s that whole labor negotiation thing, and one of ...
MSNBC Phil Griffin: ‘Lean Forward’ Campaign ‘Is Going to Define Us As MSNBC’ By Alex Weprin on Oct. 10, 2010 - 5:00 PM What exactly does it mean to “lean forward?” As MSNBC rolls out its new branding campaign, regular cable news viewers may be asking that very question. When concveiving the tagline however, MSNBC executives decided t ...