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Nothing’s Settled…Except the News/Opinion Ratio…
TVNewser’s Jordan Chariton writes about MSNBC’s decision to go with a rotating group of hosts at 12pm for the time being. The only thing this settles is the possibility of turning 9-2 back to a solid...
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Carrying Water?
Mediaite’s Andrew Kirell writes about how MSNBC’s crime docs skew its ratings… For total day viewership (6 a.m.-6 a.m.), we noted that CNN moved into second place, with MSNBC not too far behind. But...
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Phil Griffin Interview…
The Hollywood Reporter’s Marissa Guthrie interviews Phil Griffin about apologies and such. I’m actually surprised Griffin did this interview given that any intellectually honest examination of MSNBC’s...
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Kathy O’Hearn Tapped to EP Farrow Show
Politico’s Dylan Byers writes that Ronan Farrow now has an EP… MSNBC has hired veteran news producer Kathy O’Hearn to serve as Executive Producer on Ronan Farrow’s new MSNBC program, sources familiar...
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MSNBC Changes Up Dayside…Removes Yet Another Hour of News…Adds More...
MSNBC has changed up its dayside schedule. On the one hand this does create clear definitive lines between its news anchors and its non news anchors with the newsies being grouped together from 9-1pm...
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Bad Day At 30 Rock…
Having a day job sometimes prevents me from blogging when all hell is breaking loose at a cable news network. Today was one of those days. The Washington Post’s Erik Wemple writes about The Tweet Heard...
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Phil Griffin Interview…
The Daily Beast’s Lloyd Grove interviews Phil Griffin… In his office Griffin insists: “I think we’ve never had an ideology. An ideology is a single thought across all programs. We’ve never had that.”...
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Mixed Messages…
With the Olympics in Sochi about to kick off in a few days, Chris Jansing flew out last week. So a substitute anchor was going to be needed to do her show today since she’s in Russia… Richard Lui?...
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MSNBC Attacks…
The AP’s David Bauder writes about MSNBC’s recent history of self-inflicted wounds. Two part are particularly notable. This… Griffin, who declined comment through a spokeswoman, has quietly put the...
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Alec Baldwin vs. The World…
Vulture Magazine has a piece penned by Alec Baldwin and detonates enough bridges to make Keith Olbermann proud… I watched MSNBC, prior to working there, very sporadically. Once I had signed a contract...
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Vocativ and Ronan Farrow…
The New York Times’ Leslie Kaufman writes about the deal MSNBC has going with Vocativ for its Ronan Farrow show… When Ronan Farrow, the young human rights lawyer with a Hollywood lineage, debuts as an...
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Doogie Howser: Cable News Host
What can we divine from these word cloud images that appear during Ronan Farrow Daily’s open? More importantly, what does MSNBC want us to divine from these word cloud images that appear during the...
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Pondering Ronan Farrow Daily…
In a must read that echoes some of what I wrote, The Huffington Post’s Zach Simon is not impressed with Ronan Farrow Daily… If the first few episodes are any indication of what’s to come, don’t expect...
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Still Pondering Ronan Farrow…
Variety’s Andrew Wallenstein writes about how Ronan Farrow’s transition from Twitter to TV hasn’t quite worked as planned…by MSNBC anyways. Sure, before the man so much as opened his mouth, his face...
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BWAHAHAHAHA!
The New York Daily News Gossip column Confidential has an insane piece of rubbish about Ronan Farrow’s show… Ronan Farrow’s MSNBC talk show is facing cancellation amid poor ratings, sources exclusively...
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Double Standards?
Politico’s Dylan Byers writes about MSNBC going quiet about Joe Scarborough keynoting a GOP fundraiser after Ed Schultz was forced to pull out of keynoting a Democrat party fundraiser… Back in...
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Q: When Is A Fundraiser Not A Fundraiser?
A: When the fundraiser’s organizers decide to change it from being a fundraiser to a non-fundraiser of course. Politico’s Dylan Byers has more… UPDATE (10:55 p.m.): Within an hour of this post, New...
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Lawrence O’Donnell Out For a While…
TVNewser’s Jordan Chariton writes that Lawrence O’Donnell was involved in an overseas car accident along with his brother and will be off the air for a while as he recuperates. Filed under: MSNBC
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MSNBC and NowThis News team up…
Newscast Studio’s Dak Dillon writes about MSNBC and NowThis News teaming up to distribute content on a variety of platforms… MSNBC and NowThis News have launched new, co-produced original 15-second...
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April Ratings Preview…
The New York Times’ Bill Carter writes about April ratings… But since March 13, when the CNN plane coverage was ratcheting up, “Morning Joe,” which has generally enjoyed wide attention in New...
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