View Post NBC Michael Wolff: ‘Fire Steve Burke’ By Merrill Knox on Apr. 1, 2013 - 10:52 AM Michael Wolff makes the case that “someone at NBC should be fired” over the ongoing talent sagas at both “Today” and “Tonight,” which have largely played out in the press. Wolff writes in USA To ...
View Post NBC Why is Ari Emanuel Furious Over Innocuous ‘Rock Center’ Segment? By Alex Weprin on Mar. 25, 2013 - 11:55 AM Hollywood mega-agent Ari Emanuel and his brothers Rahm Emanuel (the Mayor of Chicago) and Zeke Emanuel (a doctor and bioethicist) were interviewed on “Rock Center.” The segment itself was pretty innocuous, and the thre ...
View Post CNBC | MSNBC | NBC NBC News Group Makes Ad Sales Pitch At Upfront By Alex Weprin on Mar. 14, 2013 - 3:45 PM The NBC News Group, including NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC, held an upfront presentation today at the New York Public library in midtown Manhattan. The Celeste Bartos Forum in the Library was lit up in shades of purple and blue, as m ...
View Post CNBC | MSNBC | NBC NBC News Group Chief: ‘The future is going to require collaboration’ By Alex Weprin on Mar. 12, 2013 - 11:16 AM The chairman of the NBC News Group, Pat Fili-Krushel, talks to Joe Flint at the LA Times about what’s ahead for NBC News, CNBC and MSNBC. There are a handful of clear priorities: fixing “Today,” finding a new pre ...
View Post NBC Matt Lauer Speaks: How Katie Couric Almost Returned To ‘Today’ By Alex Weprin on Mar. 11, 2013 - 9:58 AM More than half a year after Ann Curry left the “Today” show, Matt Lauer opens up about exactly what happened behind the scenes. The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz spoke to Lauer, NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke and fo ...
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 CNBC | MSNBC | NBC Two Years of Comcast and NBCUniversal. How’s it Going? By Chris Ariens on Jan. 28, 2013 - 4:06 PM It’s been two years since Comcast acquired a controlling stake in NBCUniversal. So this morning, NBCU CEO Steve Burke sent a memo to staffers, highlighting four parts of the company that saw big growth in 2012. They are: 1. ...
CNBC Nanny Accused of Fatally Stabbing Two Children of CNBC Executive By Chris Ariens on Oct. 25, 2012 - 10:45 PM New York City Police are investigating a brutal double murder on Manhattan’s Upper West Side tonight. The New York Daily News reports the victims are two of the children of Kevin Krim, a CNBC Senior VP and General Manager of ...
Politics These Are The Politicians Big Media PACs Donate Campaign Funds To By Alex Weprin on Aug. 20, 2012 - 3:26 PM Media companies are some of the most active companies in the country when it comes to lobbying politicians. A big part of lobbying is donating money to political campaigns. With the DNC and RNC right around the corner, I thought ...
TV Biz Brian Roberts On The Comcast/NBC Relationship By Alex Weprin on Aug. 10, 2012 - 11:24 AM Bloomberg Businessweek’s latest edition is the “Interview Issue,” and among those interviewed are Mitt Romney, Disney CEO Bob Iger and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts. Roberts was asked about the relationship he has wi ...