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It’s time again for TelevisionWeek ’s list of the 10 Most Powerful in TV News. This year’s report card comes at an awkward time: Election-year performances can’t be ignored, and yet they already seem a distant memory, as the industry is roiled by the same economic turmoil as the rest of the nation. While...
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NBC News’ Ann Curry will conduct an exclusive interview with Nadya Suleman of Whittier, Calif., the mother of six who recently gave birth to octuplets. Ms. Curry’s interview will air on “Today” and “Dateline” in the coming days.
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The historic installation of the nation’s first African American president is creating unprecedented interest in programming related to Tuesday’s inauguration—as well as logistical nightmares for TV news crews. EXPECTING A CROWD Barack Obama will have this view of the Mall as he’s inaugurated. CNN will...
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Aurelia Grayson has been named senior broadcast producer of NBC News’ “Nightly News With Brian Williams,” effective immediately. “Aurelia is a welcome addition to our team,” Bob Epstein, executive producer of “Nightly News,” said in a statement. “Her experience and contributions to the news industry...
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NBC News has appointed Chuck Todd as its chief White House correspondent and Savannah Guthrie as White House correspondent. Mr. Todd will remain NBC News’ political director, in addition to serving as a contributing editor to “Meet the Press.” Ms. Guthrie has been NBC News’ White House correspondent...
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Last week’s avalanche of pink slips emanating from Viacom and NBC Universal may be the worst of it for the immediate future, but media executives will have to digest more bad news on the economic and advertising fronts before television industry workers feel much security. “I think for now, meaning over...
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NBC Universal will cut almost 500 jobs, or 3% of the company’s worldwide labor budget, as part of the cost-cutting plan it announced two months ago. “This kind of message is never easy, but it is the right step to make, and the right time to make it,” NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker said...
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The presidential election and Washington’s fascination with what it can see in the rear-view mirror and the crystal ball added up to good ratings news, including double-digit increases, in the November sweeps for the Sunday morning newsmaker shows. First-place “Meet the Press,” which was in the steady...
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Background: After an early stint as a reporter at NBC-owned WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., Ms. Guthrie went to law school. TV News Talent Searching for TV’s News Elite . . . More » Joel Brown . . . More » Seth Doane . . . More » Jeff Glor . . . More » Scott Goldberg . . . More » Bianna Golodryga . . . More...
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Background: Mr. Todd knows politics from the inside out, having worked on state initiatives in his home state of Florida and national campaigns based in Washington, D.C., before joining the National Journal’s “Hotline” in 1992. TV News Talent Searching for TV’s News Elite . . . More » Joel Brown . ....
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If journalism awards and nominations announced this year were viewers, CBS News’ two weekday newscasts would not still be deep in third place. But Sean McManus, president of CBS News and CBS Sports, is not about to give up hope that improvements in the content of “The Early Show” and “The CBS Evening...
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NBC News’ Brian Williams will interview Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin on the “Nightly News With Brian Williams.” The interviews from the campaign trail will air Oct. 22 and Oct. 23 on NBC, less than two weeks before Election Day.
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How do you get to the center stage of the Republican National Convention to sing the National Anthem for a nationwide audience? First you tag along, from age 5, at Democratic and Republican conventions covered by your network news producer father. And, of course, you practice, practice, practice after...
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The McCain campaign is fighting mad about Andrea Mitchell’s comments about the candidate on Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” and it’s asking NBC News President Steve Capus for a meeting. In a letter sent Sunday, first reported by Politico.com, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis accused Ms. Mitchell of “a pattern...
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NBC News began the tough task of replacing the late Tim Russert on Monday with the announcement that Mark Whitaker, the former Newsweek editor who became senior VP of the news division in 2007, will add duties as Washington, D.C., bureau chief. Effective immediately, Mr. Whitaker will oversee “Meet the...