The Ticker: Grace, Cronkite, Geraldo…

By Brian 

> > Court TV hosted a luncheon celebrating Nancy Grace‘s tenth anniversary at the network Wednesday. From left to right: Tim Sullivan, senior VP, Court TV News; Marlene Dann, EVP daytime and news programming; Beth Karas, correspondent; Nancy Grace; Fred Graham, Senior Editor; and Jean Casarez, correspondent. (Click the photo to enlarge…)

> Associated Press: “Pressures by media companies to generate ever-greater profits are threatening the very freedom the nation was built upon, former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite warned Thursday…”

> Geraldo Rivera is heading back to Iraq, Johnny Dollar notes (via ICN)…

> An e-mailer wonders: “With all the budget cuts at NBC, how come Dateline uses both Stone Phillips and Ann Curry on the introduction of ‘To Catch A Predator?’ Could they just not eliminate their use and just have Chris Hansen host the entire show?…”

> NYC TV “has been nominated for 34 New York Emmy Awards,” more than any other local station except for WNBC, this press release notes…

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