Mr. Smith Goes to Election Night
Fox News Anchor Preparing for Long Haul on Broadcast Net
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Adalian Column: Putting Together a Political Dream Team
David Gergen is my homeboy. I’ve never actually met Mr. Gergen, the former White House adviser who currently spends about 23 hours of every day talking politics on CNN. But I’ve been watching him wax wise since the Reagan administration….
NBA TV Gets Into the Game
Turner-Managed Net Ups Live Content
Editorial: Actors, Producers Take Positive Step
We were heartened to hear last week’s announcement that the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers have both agreed to meet with federal mediator Juan Carlos Gonzalez in an effort to resolve their longstanding…
Grogin Upped to Senior VP, Corporate Communications, Fox Networks Group
Longtime Fox Broadcasting spokesman Scott Grogin has been promoted to senior vice president of corporate communications for the Fox Networks Group. FNG encompasses the Fox Network, FX, Fox Sports and Fox Cable Networks. Mr. Grogin will report directly to FNG…
CNN’s King Agrees With Media Criticism
CNN political correspondent John King admits that some of the criticism of the media’s coverage of the election is valid, Editor & Publisher reports. “We did invest our thinking too much at the beginning in the Clinton juggernaut,” King said…
CNN’s Cooper a Murrow for Our Times
Elle Magazine profiles CNN’s Anderson Cooper for its latest issue. The periodical calls the newsman “young and smart and hot, with a jones for dangerous assignments” and “our generation’s Edward R. Murrow.” Well, if anything, the anchor of “Anderson Cooper…
Gol TV Wins Rights to Youth Tournaments
Soccer network Gol TV has acquired the U.S. TV rights to the 2009 U-20, and U-17 CONMEBOL South American Youth Championships, Multichannel News reports. The 24th annual Juventud de America South American U-20 Youth Championship will be telecast by the…
McClellan Endorses Obama on ‘Hughley’
News was actually broken on the set of CNN’s “D.L. Hughley Breaks the News” during a taped interview between Scott McClellan, former White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush, and host D.L. Hughley, TVNewser reports. McClellan endorsed Democratic candidate…
Bravo Readies ‘Runway’ Knockoff
While a lawsuit by parent NBC Universal keeps Lifetime from airing “Project Runway,” the New York Post says Bravo is casting a similar show called “Fashion House.” An ad on Craig’s List seeks “applications from talented designers where the winner…