Alex Wagner

D-Lister Actor Pinches Woman's Behind at Elle Party - Posted April 27, 2012
Richard Kind. Heard of him? Well, he's not that kind. In fact, he behaved like kind of a d--k at a private dinner last night at Washington's Ritz hotel to honor women in media like CBS's Norah O'Donnell and MSNB... [FishbowlDC]

Stars to Dine With Journos Pre-WHCD - Posted April 18, 2012
That swank dinner and after party two days prior to the White House Correspondents' Dinner is back again this year. Consider this an anti-War on Women act. The Creative Coalition will host a private dinner to celebrate leading women in media with Lanmark Technology Inc. and ELLE at 8 pm on Thursday,... [PRNewser]

Stars to Dine With Journos Pre-WHCD - Posted April 18, 2012
That swank dinner and after party two days prior to the White House Correspondents' Dinner is back again this year. Consider this an anti-War on Women act. The Creative Coalition will host a private dinner to celebrate leading women in media with Lanmark Technology Inc. and ELLE at 8 pm on Thursday,... [FishbowlDC]

Rachel Maddow 'Drifts' to Top of Best Sellers List - Posted April 6, 2012
MSNBC hosted a party at Manhattan's Ace Hotel last night in celebration of Rachel Maddow's first book, Drift, which tops the New York Times ... [TVNewser]

Cable Networks Plan Louisiana Primary Coverage - Posted March 24, 2012
Voting in Louisiana's GOP primary is underway, and the cable networks will offer varying degrees of coverage when the polls close at 9pmET tonight. Here's what they have planned: On Fox News, Harris Faulker will anchor a live "Fox Report" at 10pmET. She will also provide live cut-ins beginning at 8pmET. Al... [TVNewser]

Fishbowl5 with Tommy Christopher - Posted January 23, 2012
The chatter has turned increasingly loud among Washington reporters that Mediaite's White House correspondent Tommy Christopher desperately wants to be invited on one of those fun-loving, free-wheeling panel-like shows on... [FishbowlDC]

Politico Turns 5. Let the Roasting Begin. - Posted January 23, 2012
Five years isn't really that long, but Politico has seen rapid growth and a lot of success since it first began in 2007. So on a highly self-congratulatory note on Monday, Politico released a video with clips of several high-profile political players roasting the publication on its half-decade mark. "Five ... [FishbowlDC]

Politico, with its 'Terminator Reporters,' Turns Five - Posted January 23, 2012
"It's truly a news organization that acts its age: a petulant 5-year-old concerned with only trivial matters," says David Gregory roasting Politico on its 5th birthday. Politico.com launched Jan. 23, 2007, the day of that year's State of the Union address. Early this morning, the site put up this video with... [TVNewser]

Staff Changes at MSNBC - Posted January 6, 2012
Some internal moves at MSNBC this week, and one new face added to the contributor mix. TVNewser has learned Robert Traynam, a former Comcast Network host, will join as a political analyst, while continuing as a columnist for Phi... [TVNewser]

2011 TVNewser Challenge: The Results - Posted December 29, 2011
Time for the results of the TVNewser Challenge. One year ago, we asked, and you answered, making predictions for the Year in TV News. And just to let you, we'll publish our 2012 TVNewser Challenge tomorrow afternoon. Where will Katie Couric be working at the end of 2011? CBS News -- ... [TVNewser]

Meghan McCain Officially Joins MSNBC - Posted November 21, 2011
MSNBC has made official what we reported a few weeks ago: Meghan McCain is joining the network as a contributor. She made her first regular appearance as a paid member of the MSNBC family on "NOW with Alex Wagner" during the no... [TVNewser]

MSNBC's 'Now' and FNC's 'On the Record' Ratings - Posted November 15, 2011
A couple of highlights from cable news ratings yesterday. At NoonET MSNBC debuted "Now with Alex Wagner." With 325,000 Total Viewers and 72,000 A25-54 viewers the show came in third in the timeslot behind FNC (1.03M/240K) and CN... [FishbowlNY]

MSNBC's 'Now' and FNC's 'On the Record' Ratings - Posted November 15, 2011
A couple of highlights from cable news ratings yesterday. At NoonET MSNBC debuted "Now with Alex Wagner." With 325,000 Total Viewers and 72,000 A25-54 viewers the show came in third in the timeslot behind FNC (1.03M/240K) and CN... [TVNewser]

'Now With Alex Wagner' Debuts Monday on MSNBC - Posted November 11, 2011
"Now with Alex Wagner," the newest addition to the MSNBC daytime lineup, will debut on Monday, the network a... [TVNewser]

Political Analyst Alex Wagner to Host New NoonET Show on MSNBC - Posted October 20, 2011
MSNBC political analyst Alex Wagner is getting her own show, TVNewser has learned. At some point in the next few months, the channel will debut a new NoonET program hosted by Wagner, who was most recently with the Huffington Post, and before... [TVNewser]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted July 7, 2011
QUOTES of the DAY FishbowlDC Reader Larry Kelly sent this photograph of his glorious front porch in Ohio where he sits in a rocking chair and reads and tweets. He explains that the cabin shell was built in 1836. Kelly was an avid tweeter during WeinerGate.... [FishbowlDC]

After Downsizing, Huffington Post Media Group Staffs Up - Posted March 14, 2011
Just two business days after it was out with the old at AOL and Huffington Post Media Group, it was in with the new, as the division created by the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Henneberger Seeks Funding to Resume Politics Daily - Posted March 14, 2011
We hear that Politics Daily Editor-in-Chief Melinda Hennenberger, who was formally laid off last week from HuffPost/AOL, is seeking venture capital to reassemble the Politics Daily team at a new sit... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted December 14, 2010
QUOTES of the DAY White House scribe all Scrooged out "Waiting for Obama to make remarks at diplomatic corps' WH xmas party involves sitting through quite a few holiday singalongs #Scrooged -- Politics Daily's White House Correspondent ... [FishbowlDC]

Middle of the Night Banter - Posted November 3, 2010
What are journalists like in the wee hours of Election Night? Some attended parties, others did TV hits and still others were holed up in bed with a dangerous combination of champagne and computers (thank you FamousDC for that excellent imagery). To give you a sense, we've rounded up the best... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Parties Like the Pink Panther - Posted October 29, 2010
It was Night 4 of NJ's flurry of launch parties at the rented space on E St. Thursday night was thought to be the mother of parties so far. The room was packed. So much so, that partygoers periodically slipped out into the cool air when they couldn't take the crowding.... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted October 21, 2010
QUOTES of the DAY Reporter takes in Arizona from the road "Still loving Arizona." But before that, "Nobody breaks and loses more pairs of sunglasses than I do. Nobody." -- RealClearPolitics's ... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted September 15, 2010
Quotes of the Day Bristol talks abstinence, hip shaking with Greta Asked about what are the good parts about being in the spotlight, Bristol Palin told FNC's Greta Van Susteren Tuesday night on her progam, "I have a huge platform to talk about... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted July 9, 2010
Quote(s) of the Day Press room smells rank, journo charges "Press room at the WH smells like hella crazy wildly bad garbage. Blame it on the #heatwave also my face is, like, melting?" - Alex Wagner, Politics Daily's White House correspondent, in a tweet earlier this week. And now for t... [FishbowlDC]

FishbowlNY Summer Music Preview: Who Was Your First? - Posted May 23, 2007
With the 2007 summer concert season upon us — one marked by the heralded return of rock relics like the Police and Genesis — FishbowlNY (inspired by Concert.TV's tagline) asked selected media types to recount their first time ... at a live sho... [FishbowlNY]