View Post CNBC CNBC Doesn’t Plan on Letting CNN, MSNBC Take Over Marijuana Programming By Brian Flood on Dec. 8, 2014 - 2:17 PM In the marijuana industry, you can’t just let the competition invade your turf. CNN and MSNBC have recently joined the marijuana programming bonanza with “Pot Barons of Colorado” and “High Profits,” but the ...
View Post CNN | MSNBC Now MSNBC is Producing a Pot Show By Chris Ariens on Nov. 6, 2014 - 11:07 AM As two more states and the District of Columbia legalize marijuana, another cable news network is trying to catch the pot wave with a new documentary. “Pot Barons of Colorado,” a 6-part series debuting Sunday, Nov. 30, ...
View Post TV Biz Election Day Ticker: Baier, Regan, Rees… By Chris Ariens on Nov. 4, 2014 - 1:32 PM FNC’s Bret Baier — longtime watcher, first time guest on “Outnumbered” today — talks with the NYT about election coverage…and hair. Whose hair is more difficult to manage, your’s or Megyn’s? ...
View Post Global News | Politics The Week of the International Gets By Chris Ariens on Sep. 24, 2014 - 10:11 AM With world leaders in New York for the U.N. General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative happening at the same time, TV news anchors have been busy getting gets. CBS’s Charlie Rose got the first interview with new Egyp ...
View Post CBS | WebNewser CBS Eyes October Launch of Digital Channel By Chris Ariens on Aug. 14, 2014 - 2:33 PM CBS News is in hiring mode for the new CBS News digital news channel and is looking at a launch in October, TVNewser has learned. The channel is being championed by CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves, with CBS News president David Rhodes h ...
View Post Bloomberg | CBS Les Moonves on Aereo: ‘It’s a Very Good Day for our Future’ By Chris Ariens on Jun. 25, 2014 - 1:57 PM Bloomberg’s Trish Regan talked with CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves about the Supreme Court decision on Aereo. “We are very pleased,” says Moonves. “Justice was served. We expected to win, but it certainly feels ...
View Post TV Biz The Morning Ticker: Regan, Kaye, Roberts By Jordan Chariton on Jun. 3, 2014 - 8:41 AM Bloomberg’s Trish Regan hosts “Cybersecurity: Getting to Business” today at 3pmET. Regan gets the first TV interview with the new head of the NSA, Admiral Michael Rogers and examines how prepared the U.S. gover ...
View Post CBS Les Moonves Confirms CBS is Developing Digital News Channel; David Rhodes Oversees By Chris Ariens on May. 15, 2014 - 8:17 PM CBS is in the “early stages” of developing a 24-hour digital news network, CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves says. Appearing on Bloomberg today, Moonves told Trish Regan the digital channel will be “an exciting alternati ...
View Post Events Amy Robach Hosts Headlines & Headliners By Chris Ariens on Mar. 20, 2014 - 1:31 PM Tonight is the annual NLGJA Headlines & Headliners benefit in New York City. ABC’s Amy Robach is the host for the night. And unless breaking news gets in the way — as it did last night — here’s who̵ ...
View Post TV Biz The P.M. Ticker: Brown, Scarborough, Regan By Chris Ariens on Feb. 19, 2014 - 6:56 PM Former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown has renewed his contributor contract with Fox News, EVP of programming Bill Shine tells the The Washington Post. News of his re-signing comes after the Boston Globe reported Brown’s F ...