Al Franken

ABC News' Rick Klein Checks In To The Menu - Posted July 1, 2009
ABC News senior political reporter Rick Klein joined the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu today, talking about the week's big political headlines with GalleyCat's Jason Boog and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven. Today's political topics included Al Franken's new Senate seat and the new Vanity Fair profile of former VP candidate Sarah Palin. You can... [FishBowlNY]

ABC News' Rick Klein Checks In To The Menu - Posted July 1, 2009
ABC News senior political reporter Rick Klein joined the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu today, talking about the week's big political headlines with GalleyCat's Jason Boog and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven. Today's political topics included Al Franken's new Senate seat and the new Vanity Fair profile of former VP candidate Sarah Palin. You can... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Media Menu: ABC's Rick Klein - Posted July 1, 2009
ABC News' senior political reporter Rick Klein joined the Morning Media Menu today to discuss some of the week's big political headlines, including Al Franken's new Senate seat and Sarah Palin's rough profile in Vanity Fair. "In my estimation, if you're going to make a comeback, you have to go away first,"... [FishBowlDC]

Al Franken Wins! (Again)|Ex-FoxNew.com Columnist Sues News Corp.|There May Be Jobs In Atlanta|OK! Paid $500K For MJ Photo - Posted June 30, 2009
FishbowlLA: The Minnesota Supreme Court certifed Al Franken as the Senate winner after close to a year of fights put up by Republican rival Norm Coleman. Finally! TVNewser: FoxNews.com entertainment columnist Roger Friedman has sued his former employer for wrongful termination. MediaJobsDaily: A new tool created by WANTED Technologies shows that reporters should... [FishBowlNY]

Al Franken Wins! (Again)|Ex-FoxNew.com Columnist Sues News Corp.|There May Be Jobs In Atlanta|OK! Paid $500K For MJ Photo - Posted June 30, 2009
FishbowlLA: The Minnesota Supreme Court certifed Al Franken as the Senate winner after close to a year of fights put up by Republican rival Norm Coleman. Finally! TVNewser: FoxNews.com entertainment columnist Roger Friedman has sued his former employer for wrongful termination. MediaJobsDaily: A new tool created by WANTED Technologies shows that reporters should... [FishBowlNY]

Al Franken Wins Senate Seat...Again! - Posted June 30, 2009
Geez, Norm Coleman, it's nearly July. How much foot-dragging were you planning on doing? AP reports: The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state's long-running Senate race. The high court rejected a legal challenge from Republican Norm Coleman, whose options for regaining the... [FishBowlLA]

Al Franken Wins Senate Seat...Again! - Posted June 30, 2009
Geez, Norm Coleman, it's nearly July. How much foot-dragging were you planning on doing? AP reports: The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state's long-running Senate race. The high court rejected a legal challenge from Republican Norm Coleman, whose options for regaining the... [FishBowlLA]

With Future Of Media Uncertain, Mirror Awards Honor Journalists Covering Media - Posted June 9, 2009
Today's Mirror Awards luncheon at the Harmonie Club uptown was swarmed by all manner of media types. Media critics who were nominated for Mirrors like Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff, Rachel Sklar of Abrams Research (nominated twice for her work for the Huffington Post) and The New York Times' David Carr (who... [FishBowlNY]

FBLA Meets Al Franken...and Other Politicos - Posted January 17, 2009
We got to take a picture (a crappy one from an iPhone) with soon-to-be Senator-Elect Al Franken at the Media Matters party. And yeah, we are totally stoked about that. So suck it. We also met (and got our picture taken with - but we'll spare you the grainy horrible photo) political consultant... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Crashes Media Matters Inauguration Kick Off Party - Posted January 17, 2009
Don't ask how we ended up with these people. Let's just say security isn't that tight. First in the photo above is Al Franken. Yes, the soon-to-be Senator-Elect Al Franken. Also spotted was Arianna Huffington, Norman Lear, Congressman Paul Hoades (D-New Hampshire), Baratunde Thurston of The Onion and several hundred other people.... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 01.08.09 - Posted January 8, 2009
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Franken and Davis on Letterman - Posted January 6, 2009
The internets are being flooded with old film clips of new Senator-to-be-soon-elect Al Franken. This one we really like because it reminds us how much has changed in late night television. Now it's all promo tours after promo tours. Franken and his then partner Tom Davis, were going to be working... [FishBowlLA]

Franken Stirring It Up: The Repubs Love This Guy - Posted January 5, 2009
Al Franken took his "Saturday Night Live" gig to the next level when he was officially was announced the winner in the Senate race in Minnesota. But the Repubs are pulling out the stops. Dick Morris, who believe it or not was an extreme Democrat when he worked for Pres. Clinton, has... [FishBowlLA]

Al Franken Wins...A Senate Seat! - Posted January 5, 2009
Al Franken looks to the winner of the in Minnesota senate race with Norm Coleman. And yes, Nate Silver predicted as much. Well, it's about time a comedian could parlay those skills to gainful employment - or at least a decent health care plan. Yay dental! Anyway, incumbents need to watch their... [FishBowlLA]

Election Oracle, Nate Silver Projects Win for Franken - Posted November 24, 2008
Nate Silver, the guy that predicted the election better than anyone else, now says that it's likely that Al Franken will win the recount of the Senate race in Minnesota. He even shows his work here: In addition, the regression analysis contains interaction terms between each combination of two variables, as well as... [FishBowlLA]

Russert Grilled | Buffett Staked | O.J. Blocked | Diller | Green | Franken | Wholpin - Posted February 8, 2007
Tim Russert: Grilled at Libby trial. [NY Sun] Warren Buffett: Stake in Times Co.? [Reuters] O.J.: Blocked from spending If I Did It million by judge. [Reuters] Barry Diller: YouTube won't be on top for long. [B&C] Steve Green Wins $4.25M Air America Fire Sale: But won't pay Al Franken.... [FishBowlNY]

Air America Sold | Franken Out | Judy Miller Testifies | Top Chef Spoiled | Martha Lures Boodro From MacBain | Demetri Martin Shills | VH1 Loves Bloggers - Posted January 30, 2007
Air America Sold: And Al Franken's leaving. [AP | ETP] Judith Miller: First up to testify at Scooter Libby CIA leak trial. [E&P] Top Chef Winner: Spoiled again before show airs. [Eater] Martha: Lures Culture & Travel editor Michael Boodro away from Louise T. MacBain. [NYP] Nickelodeon: Launches "Second Life... [FishBowlNY]

Someone Wants To Buy Air America ... - Posted January 29, 2007
... and the AP reports that his name is Stephen Green, the founder and chairman of the New York-based SL Green Realty Corp. If the surname sounds familiar, it might be because Stephen's brother is Mark Green, a New York politician. The struggling liberal radio network, which launched in 2004... [FishBowlNY]