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Wednesday, February 25, 2004 Quote of the day
Variety on the Passion: "Cable news net anchors hustled to pump up the passion, sending bookers on the hunt for Hollywood insiders, Christian clergy, Jewish leaders, media pundits and moviegoers. There were viewer polls and viewer call-ins. There were also clips from the movie -- and not the least violent ones either -- played again and again by Fox News, CNN and MSNBC." The excuse: they are provoking a thoughtful discussion on religion. Is that the real reason?... 11:01:58 PM Watch CNN On Your Cell Phone -- In Austria
LostRemote reports that "Austrians with Nokia 7600 cell phones can watch a live stream of CNN International." PaidContent adds that "in addition to the live TV option, the service will also have on-demand streaming of selected programs." Here's the press release. It's free at first, and there's no word on how much it will cost thereafter. How about a sliding scale based on amount of use? I'd pay a dollar to turn it on for an hour during a breaking news stories... 11:00:11 PM CNN's 'Crucial Slip-up' On Kerry's Amendment Stance
CJR's Campaign Desk is watching: "Several cable news networks made the same crucial slip-up yesterday in representing Sen. John Kerry's position on the sensitive issue of a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. CNN got it wrong a total of five separate times -- once each in the persons of Wolf Blitzer, and Larry King, plus three separate times on CNN Headline News." Here's the explanation of the error. "Makes you wonder if the left hand knows what the right hand is doing at CNN," they write... 10:52:24 PM New CNN VP to Focus on Branding and Promotional Deals
Evan Messinger, formerly a senior VP at Univision is joining CNN to "help brand" the channel. Variety reports: "Messinger will serve in the newly created position of senior VP for strategic integration, responsible for brand integration and promotional deals. He will report to CNN chief operating officer for ad sales and marketing Greg D'Alba, who announced the appointment Tuesday." Because promotional deals are exactly what will turn CNN around...? 6:44:59 PM Clarification
For about 25 minutes this afternoon, a headline on CableNewser said that "Bremner Hasn't Signed With FOX, Source Says." This headline has been withdrawn. A contract has not been signed, but Ms. Bremner is appearing exclusively on FOX. 6:43:01 PM Ball-Busting: Annihilation Live on MSNBC
MSNBC P.R. sent out a heads-up for tomorrow's curse-breaking: "MSNBC will present live coverage of the Steve Bartman Ball destruction on MSNBC’s 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' Thursday...Grant Deporter, Managing Director of Harry Caray’s Restaurant, and Jim Warren, a local Chicagoan, talk with Keith about what the destruction of the ball means for the city of Chicago and the Cubs." "[Wednesday] we'll have a dry-run on how that little sucker might be annihilated," the newsletter said today... 3:36:55 PM CNN Intl. Programming Changes, Part Two
More programming changes at CNN International, this time out of London. "CNN Today" is replacing "BizNews" in the mornings, and several changes are planned for primetime. "This new programming is about defining our positioning, building upon the very strong relationship we have with our viewers and providing a strong platform for our advertisers," Rena Golden says. The changes premiere March 1st. Digital Spy has more. 3:29:24 PM Growing Pains for CNBC Prime
"Growing pains for Dennis Miller's and Tina Brown's new shows mirror the network's struggle as it reinvents its prime-time lineup" is the subject of an LA Times story today. I'd tell you all about it, but the idiots at CalendarLive hide everything behind a paid registration wall. They'll learn... 3:28:28 PM Dennis Miller: Lazy?; Ten Days to Revamp
Dennis Miller is taking ten days off, beginning this Friday. All next week, CNBC will air "encore presentations." Why? Because Steve Friedman is retooling. The revamped show will premiere Tuesday, March 9 -- that's when the audience is coming in, he told viewers last night. He also dropped the 'Word of the Day' segment, an e-mailer writes in. "For once I enjoyed every segment of the show"... 3:03:53 PM Another Great 'Idea' Tonight
Kudos once again this week to Donny Deutsch's 'Big Idea' show. It's airing again tonight, with these guests: Michael J. Fox, Bernard Kerik, Mark Cuban, Lachlan Murdoch, "adult actress" Savanna Samson, and Gene Simmons. What other show offers that variety? Tonight at 10... 3:03:18 PM Avid Technology Incorporated at MSNBC
"NBC expands its Avid broadcast news workflow to include long-form editing at MSNBC," Avid Technology announced today. The press release has details... 2:12:52 PM Last Week's News Viewer Index
Cynopsis has the news viewer index for February 16 to 22. In total day, "Fox News had 47% of the viewing, CNN 28%, MSNBC 13%; and Headline News 12%." In primetime, "Fox News had 50%, CNN 31%, MSNBC 11% and Headline News 8%." Reese says that the numbers seemed to be remaining pretty constant... 1:20:13 PM Hosts: How Far Is Too Far?
John writes in on the multicultural idea: "MSNBC should try and get Chris Rock to host a show. Put him on at the same time as Larry King and Hannity and Colmes. Then you can say goodbye to those two shows. Then put Olbermann on after Chris Rock, and say goodbye to Aaron Brown and Greta. And Chris Rock knows his politics. He's funny. He's used to going live. He appeals to all audiences, and he won't be afraid to say something controversial." But do we really want a comedian hosting a show on a news network? Oh, wait a second...At least Rock would be funny. 10:44:29 AM CNN Intl. Programming Changes, Part One
Some changes are in the works at CNN International, Indiantelevision.com reports. "News broadcaster CNN International has announced that from 1 March it will rebrand two of its Hong Kong based shows. News Biz Today will be replaced with CNN Today while World News Asia will replace Asia Now." Also: A paper out of Dubai, UAE says that CNN's Arabic web site is quite popular... 9:38:20 AM |
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