The Ticker: CINE Awards, Lewis, Cosby…

By Brian 

> New Media Musings: Thank you, CNN, for sending me a breaking news report on who won the World Cup, spoiling my plans to watch my TiVo recording this evening. I just canceled CNN Alerts…”

> MSNBC has won two CINE awards: A Golden Eagle in the on-air promotion category for the “MSNBC Return To Flight” spot and a Golden Eagle for an instructional film titled “Enhanced Due Diligence…”

> “Fox is kicking CNN’s ass on breaking news today,” an e-mailer said around 12pm. FNC was first with the NYC building collapse; a couple hours later, it was first “on the capture of a major Russian terrorist. Dana Lewis was on the phone detailing the impact of the news for Fox while CNN was broadcasting news about Gaza on a internationally focused show…”

> Rita Cosby looked like “MSNBC’s new breaking news reporter” today, an e-mailer says. Around 2:30pm, she broke the news about dozens of suicidal and political e-mails sent by the doctor whose building blew up today…

> Asked and answered: Greta Van Susteren explains why she left London before the 7/7 ceremony (via ICN)…

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