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Ronan Farrow Interview…
NY Mag’s Jennifer Vineyard interviews Ronan Farrow… Farrow said that his show launched at a time when few other cable news programs (except those on MSNBC, obviously) “were hitting a diverse range of...
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MSNBC Changes…
NBC announced this afternoon that Chris Jansing is going to become a Senior White House Correspondent, which means no more MSNBC and opens a hole in the schedule at 10am. I’ll have a lot more to say...
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Chris Jansing Heads South…
Ok…you know you were waiting for me to write about this. You knew it was coming. So here it is… Anyone who has followed either Chris Jansing or this blog for any amount of time instinctively knows...
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Alex Wagner Profile…
Gamour’s Cindi Leive profiles Alex Wagner… CL: One of the great things I’ve noticed about you is that you seem to be the same person on air as off. AW: So you either like it or you don’t like it! CL:...
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MSNBC Taps Jose Diaz-Balart for 10am…
In a somewhat surprising move, which I will get into later tonight, MSNBC announced that Telemundo’s Jose Diaz-Balart will take over the 10am slot being vacated by Chris Jansing… TELEMUNDO’S JOSÉ...
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Shooting Fish In A Barrel…
Andrew Kirell ridicules Ronan Farrow who put his foot into it on Twitter earlier today. I wasn’t going to bother as it was too easy but since Kirell, apparently bored with Memorial Day stuff, bothers...
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Michael Wolff on Saving CNN…
Michael Wolff pens a typically Wolffian article on CNN and cable news talent… To an ever and ever greater degree, cable news is about sliver audiences — even Fox News averages only a million viewers a...
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Ronan Farrow: Bust?
Salon’s Brian Steinberg explains why he thinks Ronan Farrow has been a bust on MSNBC… But then “Ronan Farrow Daily” premiered. And in its little more than three months on the air, it has struggled in...
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Taking the Long View…
Bloomberg Businessweek’s Eric Chemi and Ariana Giorgi chart cable news by quarter going all the way back to 2001…when CNN was still #1 As the number of prime-time broadcast TV viewers has gone down,...
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Leaks Are Us…
TV by The Numbers got all time low Demo numbers for Now with Alex Wagner… MSNBC’s NOW with Alex Wagner delivered an all-time adults 25-54 low yesterday, drawing only 19,000 viewers among the adults...
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Where There’s Smoke…
Yes, it’s another “David Gregory’s Meet The Press days are numbered” article but this one is different because it’s not Page Six or anyone connected with News Corp.’s New York Post. Even more...
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Bill Wolff to The View…
The Hollywood Reporter’s Marissa Guthrie writes that MSNBC Primetime VP and Rachel Maddow Show EP Bill Wolff is headed to ABC to take over running The View. ABC is filling another key role in its quest...
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Phil Griffin Apologizes for Cinco De Mayo Controversy…
I noted this on Twitter yesterday. Today The Huffington Post’s Roque Planas writes about Phil Griffin’s appearance at the National Association of Hispanice Journalists convention where he apologized...
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Chuck Todd to Meet The Press?
Politico’s Mike Allen reports that Chuck Todd is the likely replacement for David Gregory on Meet The Press. Thanks. We all knew that… Chuck Todd, a political obsessive and rabid sports fan, is the...
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David Gregory Out, Chuck Todd In…
The news has leaked out via Brian Stelter, MSNBC’s lower thirds, and David Gregory’s tweeting, and finally NBC has acknowledged the news. NBC News President Deborah Turness emails staff: Dear All, I...
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MSNBC’s Latest Al Sharpton Headache
In a must read, Politico Magazine’s Glenn Thrush makes MSNBC squirm some more over its still after all these years not at all clearly defined set of boundaries for itself and Al Sharpton… What brought...
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MSNBC’s Experimentation…
Today in the Fareed Zakaria scandal…nothing happened. So let’s talk about MSNBC. Variety’s Brian Steinberg writes about the network’s attempt to find “new voices” to combat the decline in viewership...
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The MSNBC Pendulum Swingeth?
The Daily Caller’s Betsy Rothstein writes about MSNBC avoiding its old “The place for politics” charter… “MSNBC is under pressure to cut costs,” an MSNBC insider tells The Mirror, explaining that there...
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Spin Control…
The New York Times’ Bill Carter writes about MSNBC’s ratings woes… Rachel Maddow, the biggest star on the MSNBC cable network, just posted her lowest quarterly ratings results ever. “Morning Joe,”...
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Jose Diaz Balart to Anchor Two Hour Daily Rundown…
The Wrap’s Jordan Chariton writes that Jose Diaz Balart will get The Daily Rundown which will now air for two hours. The morning show formerly hosted by Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie will be anchored...
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