Former NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker will be honored at the Center for Communication’s Annual Luncheon on Nov. 1, according to an update on the center’s website. At the ceremony Zucker will receive the Frank Stanton award for his work in media.
Zucker’s current work in media, however, is a bit up in the Read More
On Sunday, in honor of the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, President Obama stopped in for a chat with NBC News’ Brian Williams. And after some Katrina-related patter (Williams: Is the BP spill your Katrina? — Obama: Nope!), Brian Williams popped a question about the U.S. economy: “Do you have anything new on the Read More
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams sat for an interview with Andrew Goldman for Elle magazine. The two men talked about old girlfriends and sex and style and what turns them on in a woman (sexy voices, said Mr. Williams).
Then they started talking about khakis and somehow made the quantum leap to talking Read More
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Arts groups miss mayoral money. [WSJ]
Brian Williams, whatta guy. Playing softball and buying drinks. [NYP]
Apple has an announcement to make. Will they be recalling the iPhone? [CNN]
Have the Clintons outgrown Chappaqua? [NYT]
Best use yet of “Read More
Good news, fans of snarky news commentary! Last night Comedy Central announced that they signed an extension with Jon Stewart to host The Daily Show through June 2013. And here’s hoping one of the provisions allows for Mr. Stewart to get a new desk, since he seems none too happy with the current one.
Read MoreWillie Nelson went on Larry King Live and — spoiler alert — he was Read More
Jon Stewart sure picked the wrong week to take a vacation! The Daily Show host returned to the airwaves last night armed with week-old jokes about health care reform, which would have been a problem if they weren’t so funny. Particularly of note is the debate that happens between Mr. Stewart and Daily Show correspondents Read More
Shortly before taking the podium at the 2009 Matrix Awards ceremony honoring women in communications at the Waldorf Astoria on Monday, April 27, event emcee Meredith Vieira of NBC’s Today was explaining to the Daily Transom what female news anchors have over their male counterparts.
“You can’t totally stereotype it,” Ms. Vieira began, as if Read More
“By the way, that feline whitefish on a bagel, shmeared properly, is not so bad,” said Jim Cramer.
It was the night of Thursday, April 23, and the host of CNBC’s Mad Money was standing on a stage at the front of a ballroom in the New York Hilton, talking about Read More
"I’m going to put it on my mantle," said Christopher Andersen.
It was the night of Tuesday, Nov. 18, and Mr. Andersen was standing on the top deck of a multi-plateau ballroom in the Time Warner Center. Below him, hundreds of guests were strolling about sipping cocktails and inhaling mini-hamburgers.
Mr. Andersen was cradling in Read More
