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Deborah Turness Named President of NBC News…
NBC made it official this morning and announced the hiring of Deborah Turness as the President of NBC News… NEW YORK — May 20, 2013 — Deborah Turness, former editor of ITV News, the United Kingdom’s...
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Essence And MSNBC Team Up…
The Grio’s Alexis Garrett Stodghill writes about MSNBC going all in on the 2013 Essence Festival… Cable news channel MSNBC will be on hand with its stellar roster of on-air talent, who will broadcast...
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Riding The Storm Out…
For the second consecutive month MSNBC got hammered in the ratings by straight news events. As TVNewser noted in a ratings post that’s full of “Where’d that come from?” off the grid ratings details,...
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“Fixing” MSNBC…
Mediaite’s Joe Concha offers up a plan to fix MSNBC’s ratings woes. MSNBC has now finished in fourth place for two straight months. Being in the Top 4 of most categories is usually a good thing. But...
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Of Morning Joe, 8pm, and the Olbermann Sized Elephant in the Room…
Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher pens his obligatory “What’s wrong with MSNBC and how do you fix it article”. Everyone has to do at least one, and this was Tommy’s turn. Yes, that was a joke…but at the...
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Phil Griffin on MSNBC’s Recent Ratings Woes…
In a must read, The New York Times’ Bill Carter writes about MSNBC’s ratings woes as of late with a nice big picture of Chris Hayes at the top of the article. Oh boy… At MSNBC they view it as rooting...
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Mike Viqueira to Al Jazeera America….
Politico’s Dylan Byers writes about NBC’s Mike Viqueira jumping to Al Jazeera America… Al Jazeera America has hired NBC’s Michael Viqueira to serve as its first-ever White House correspondent when it...
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Greenwald vs. Brzezinski..
The Huffington Post writes about things getting testy this morning between Glenn Greenwald and Mika Brzezinski… Brzezinski then asked him to put the programs into “perspective.” “Isn’t it the case that...
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Forget “The Good”…Just “The Bad and The Ugly”…
The Baltimore Sun’s David Zurawik writes about yesterday’s George Zimmerman Trial coverage…(via J$) MSNBC promised fabulous live coverage of the trial. But when prosecuting attorney John Guy used the...
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Crossfire: Questions…
This morning’s CNN announcement on the return of Crossfire raised almost as many questions as it answered. So let’s tick them off… - When will it air? Will it be a daily show or a weekly show? If...
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Balderdash…
Politico’s Dylan Byers has MSNBC reaction to the charge that Andrea Mitchell was stating an opinion on the air… “The piecemeal approach is basically saying, ‘Let’s throw a lot of money at border...
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Another “MSNBC’s Slide” Article…
The National Journal’s Matthew Cooper writes about MSNBC’s recent ratings issues… (via J$) MSNBC bills itself as the “place for politics,” but if you’ve been watching the network lately, it’s been all...
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Luke Russert Profile…
The New Republic’s Noreen Malone writes about Luke Russert… NBC brass is rather protective of Russert. When we had lunch, the network sent a minder to sit in on the meeting—not a typical procedure for...
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Hey CNN and NBC…Blow Priebus Off…
Ok, it’s been all the talk of the interwebs today so let’s talk about it… Today Reince Priebus once again demonstrated that given the choice of expanding its reach or shooting itself in the foot, the...
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Alec Baldwin To MSNBC…?
Mediaite’s Joe Concha scoops that Alec Baldwin is MSNBC bound. Concha also has MSNBC issuing a non-denial denial… Mediaite has learned from a senior source in the cable news industry with knowledge of...
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The Sincerest Form of Flattery…
NewsBusters’ Tim Graham catches Martin Bashir’s website using many of the same quotes that were highlighted on Barack Obama’s Organizing for America blog… Politico reports “the White House,...
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Hell Freezes Over At MSNBC…
The seemingly unthinkable happened today, despite a chorus of calls going back years for this to happen. Chris Matthews is losing his twice a day airing of Hardball and will now only be seen at 7pm...
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MSNBC…Post 2012…
In a marathon must read, The New Yorker’s Kelefa Sanneh gets extensive access to MSNBC’s primetime talent in a story that focuses on MSNBC trying to find itself after the 2012 election. (sub req.) The...
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MSNBC Hires Alec Baldwin…
MSNBC announced today that it hired Alec Baldwin for a once a week show. ALEC BALDWIN TO HOST “UP LATE w/ ALEC BALDWIN” ON MSNBC The Talk Show Will Air Fridays at 10 PM ET NEW YORK – September 5, 2013...
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MSNBC’s New Dream Ads…
NewsBusters’ Stott Whitlock takes aim at MSNBC for its new Dream ads… MSNBC commercials have a long history of explicitly touting the network’s liberalism. But a new ad combines that style with the...
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