MSNBC Exec: Olbermann’s Shift Left ‘Isn’t a Strategy’
The Houston Chronicle reports that, in an interview, Phil Griffin, who oversees MSNBC's primetime lineup, "reject[ed] the notion that MSNBC has used [Keith Olbermann's] show and others as part of a...
View ArticleCBS Ends Public Eye Blog
TV Newser confirms that CBS News' PublicEye blog, once described as the "de facto ombudsman of CBS News," has been shuttered. The former editor of the site, Matthew Felling, had been laid off last...
View ArticleDavid Simon on The Wire
This is a bit off the beaten track, but we couldn't help noticing that an ongoing inter-blog discussion about the socio-political implications of the official "Greatest TV Show Ever", The Wire (whose...
View ArticleSavaging Salon
Gawker catches Salon in an embarrassing (and pretty funny) gaffe: The online mag recently got in touch with "some of their favorite experts and opinion-makers" and asked for their thoughts on the...
View ArticleNew Gawker Reporter Quits, Rips Site
One day after being announced as a "media reporter" for Gawker, Richard Morgan has quit—and dished to New York magazine's Daily Intel about the experience. Choice quote: "Jesus spent three days in...
View ArticleAn Obama-Krugman Détente?
One of the strange subplots to the Democratic primary race has been the ongoing feud between the Obama campaign and liberal New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. Mr. Krugman has argued that Sen....
View ArticleKelly Kreth Fired By New York Press
Real-estate-publicist-turned-sex-columnist Kelly Kreth has been fired from her job at the New York Press after only four months, The Observer's Real Estate blog reports.
View ArticleDobbs on Prez Bid: 'I Cannot Say Never'
A story in today's Wall Street Journal has kicked off the latest round of fevered Lou-Dobbs-for-President speculation. Perhaps with one eye on his ratings, CNN's Mr. Dobbs is still playing coy about a...
View ArticleGolden Globes Scaled Back, Thanks to Strike
Observer Media Mensch of the Year Nikki Finke is reporting that, thanks to the writers strike, NBC will not broadcast a traditional Golden Globe awards ceremony this year. Instead, she writes, "a...
View ArticleObama, McCain: Media Darlings
It's true that, as Howard Kurtz notes today in The Washington Post, Barack Obama is getting some pretty adulatory press coverage lately. Still, Sen. Obama did win the first nominating contest, against...
View ArticlePaul: Fox News Running ‘Scared’
This is from over the weekend, but deserves some attention nonetheless, since it’s a spat that’s clearly not over. Republican
View ArticleRussert Fails Constitutional Law
Speaking of Ron Paul … blogger Ben Fritz catches NBC’s Tim Russert making an embarrassing error during his interview with
View ArticleYou Get What You Pay For
In the wake of OK! magazine’s exclusive on Jamie Lynn Spears’ pregnancy, The New York Times writes about the growth
View ArticleTucker Saved?
Looks like those rumors you might have heard about Tucker Carlson being on the outs at MSNBC might have been
View ArticleRolling Stone’s Planned Cover Story by Michael Moore Is Latest Victim of...
A long letter written by Michael Moore to friends and supporters has been posted on the Drudge Report (and now
View ArticleCBS Evening News Loses Over 1 Million Viewers
More bad news for Katie Couric and CBS: Evening News lost 1.1 million viewers over the last 12 months, according to ratings numbers for the third week of December reported by the New York Post. By...
View ArticleOn Bhutto, CNN Gets There First
CNN likes to say that it’s the network people turn to when major world news events occur. And one reason why there may be some truth to that boast was revealed in the wake of the assassination of...
View ArticleGibson: Debate Moderating Is ‘Not About Showing I Can Ask a Clever Question’
Did Charlie Gibson just take a veiled shot at Tim Russert? The ABC News anchor—whose show was the only network evening newscast to gain viewers in 2007—gave The Washington Post a sneak preview of his...
View ArticleHuffPo’s ‘Media Winners of 2007’
At last, the suspense is over. The Huffington Post has revealed its "Media Winners of 2007". The list includes a few entries you’d expect — Rupert Murdoch, Brian Williams, Stephen Colbert, Oprah — and...
View ArticleAm I Hot or Not?
While we’re linking to end-of-year lists … here’s Inside Cable News’ awkwardly introduced "list of the hottest and not hottest cable news related stories for 2007." Almost every prominent cable-news...
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