NBC: Nestle Baked Cookies - Posted August 6, 2008
So why did Sen. Barack Obama come to the back of the plane and join reporters on Monday? Well, it was, in part, to thank NBC embed Mike Memoli for the cookies his mother had sent to Obama. While home on Sunday, Memoli told his mother -- famous at The Hotline (Memoli's previous... [FishBowlDC]

NBC: Nestle Baked Cookies - Posted August 6, 2008
So why did Sen. Barack Obama come to the back of the plane and join reporters on Monday? Well, it was, in part, to thank NBC embed Mike Memoli for the cookies his mother had sent to Obama. While home on Sunday, Memoli told his mother -- famous at The Hotline (Memoli's previous... [FishBowlDC]

Vogel: "People Enjoy Working There and it Shows" - Posted July 31, 2008
Fox News correspondent Anita Vogel is profiled in The Armenian Reporter, and reveals a few things about her life — for one, that she's an Armenian reporter. She describes her most recent big "get," when she caught up with President Bill Clinton for an impromptu interview in Las Vegas. "I don't know... [TVNewser]

Vogel: "People Enjoy Working There and it Shows" - Posted July 31, 2008
Fox News correspondent Anita Vogel is profiled in The Armenian Reporter, and reveals a few things about her life — for one, that she's an Armenian reporter. She describes her most recent big "get," when she caught up with President Bill Clinton for an impromptu interview in Las Vegas. "I don't know... [TVNewser]

Cuil Runnings: Day Two of the Biggest Search Engine Ever! - Posted July 29, 2008
Yesterday we told you about a new search engine that had just launched, which was being heralded as the best thing since Google. Better actually. And created by a former Google employee no less. Well, apparently Cuil (pronounced "cool") had a less than auspicious start. However, first... [FishBowlNY]

Cuil Runnings: Day Two of the Biggest Search Engine Ever! - Posted July 29, 2008
Yesterday we told you about a new search engine that had just launched, which was being heralded as the best thing since Google. Better actually. And created by a former Google employee no less. Well, apparently Cuil (pronounced "cool") had a less than auspicious start. However, first... [FishBowlNY]

Tracing the "Talking Points" Comment - Posted July 29, 2008
It all started at 5:22pmET last Friday. That's when former White House press secretary (and best-selling author) Scott McClellan told Hardball's Chris Matthews the Bush White House would send Fox News commentators "talking points." McClellan made the distinction, "between the journalists and between the commentators," but when pressed by Matthews if "people say,... [TVNewser]

Tracing the "Talking Points" Comment - Posted July 29, 2008
It all started at 5:22pmET last Friday. That's when former White House press secretary (and best-selling author) Scott McClellan told Hardball's Chris Matthews the Bush White House would send Fox News commentators "talking points." McClellan made the distinction, "between the journalists and between the commentators," but when pressed by Matthews if "people say,... [TVNewser]

Who Are You?: Adventures in Anonymous Sourcing - Posted July 16, 2008
You may remember the kerfuffle that took place last month (also know as ancient history in this election cycle) when Vanity Fair published Todd Purdum's long and not-so-flattering article on Bill Clinton. In the uproar that followed much of the Clinton camp's criticism centered around the fact that almost all... [FishBowlNY]

Bob Woodruff Back to Anchoring - Posted July 12, 2008
Bob Woodruff's new show, "Focus Earth with Bob Woodruff," debuts tonight on the Planet Green network. His featured guest is former Pres. Bill Clinton, who discussed a range of topics concerning climate policy in the US, including his thoughts on how Sens. McCain and Obama differ on the issue. The show premieres... [TVNewser]

Camile Paglia on Hillary Clinton's Girly Men - Posted April 9, 2008
Salon's Camille Paglia answers one of the most pressing questions of our time: What kind of person would go to work for a Clinton in the first place? Chris Richard of Agora Hills wants to know why Hillary Clinton is surrounded with such beta-males. La Paglia answers: I agree that... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 04.07.08 - Posted April 7, 2008
Good morning Washington. Playbook tells us that Bloomberg's Billy McQuillen, "who provides 'adult' supervision to Catholic University's newspaper, is a birthday boy today.'" Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | WEST WING REPORTAGE | EVENTS | BOOKS | JOBS You think Monica... [FishBowlDC]

L.A. Times Scoops the Snoops: How Ornstein Got the Dirt - Posted April 3, 2008
Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Charles Ornstein speaks to us about his story in today's LAT which details yet another breach of confidentiality at UCLA Medical Center: 1. How did you get this story? Just as I was tipped off by a source about UCLA firing workers in the Britney Spears snooping, I similarly... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 03.26.08 - Posted March 26, 2008
Good morning Washington. It's Nancy Pelosi's birthday! Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | JOBS This election cycle has changed how you view Bill Clinton -- in a bad way. REVOLVING DOOR Crain's Chicago Business reports, "Tribune Co. named Chandler Bigelow as chief financial... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 02.19.08 - Posted February 19, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | BOOKS | JOBS The Oscars are your favorite awards show. REVOLVING DOOR A release announced, "Science News, the weekly magazine of the Society for Science & the Public, has named Jonathan Oleisky its new... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 02.05.08 - Posted February 5, 2008
Happy Super Tuesday Washington! Better yet, it's Bobby Brown's birthday! Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | RADIO | JOBS Most of you wake up a couple of times during the night. NEWSPAPERS "For news media, the emergence of Bill Clinton as a key public player in the... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 02.04.08 - Posted February 4, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | BOOKS | JOBS Most of you don't even wear a watch anymore. NEWSPAPERS John Hendren and Jose Antonio Vargas shared a birthday this weekend. Bloomberg reports, "Gannett Co., the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, said fourth-quarter profit declined... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.30.08 - Posted January 30, 2008
Good morning Washington. It's Dick Cheney's birthday! Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | WEST WING REPORTAGE | JOBS REVOLVING DOOR Top of post NEWSPAPERS His Extreme-ness writes, "Who says the glory days of daring, swashbuckling Washington Post reporting have passed them by? In the past,... [FishBowlDC]

Congressman Cooter: Mika Is The Daisy Duke Of Morning Television - Posted January 29, 2008
Ben Jones, who played Congressman Cooter Davenport on The Dukes of Hazzard, appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe. While waiting for Bill Clinton, himself no stranger to cooter, Jones, a former Georgia congressman now campaigning for John Edwards, nearly got cut off by host Joe Scarborough.... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 01.29.08 - Posted January 28, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | WEST WING REPORTAGE | JOBS Most of you did plan on watching the SOTU last night. REVOLVING DOOR A release announced, "Joe Peyronnin has joined Gibraltar Associates as Senior Advisor for Global Communications and... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 12.21.07 - Posted December 20, 2007
Good morning Washington. You don't plan on watching any college football games on New Years Day. And, this morning, Kiefer Sutherland celebrates his 41st birthday sober, and in jail. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | WEST WING REPORTAGE | REVOLVING DOOR | JOBS NEWSPAPERS E&P... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 12.19.07 - Posted December 19, 2007
Good morning Washington. On this day in 1998, the House of Representatives sent articles of impeachment against Bill Clinton to the Senate. Oh, and Alyssa Milano turns 35. (Hat tip: MicCheckRadio) Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | REVOLVING DOOR | JOBS So far, you... [FishBowlDC]

Trude Feldman Leaves The White House - Posted December 7, 2007
(Photo Credit) It's the end of an era, in many ways: FishbowlDC has learned that long-time White House reporter Trude Feldman will no longer cover the White House: The White House canceled her pass. The frail and diminutive Feldman was a regular presence at the White House and certainly did her part... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 10.15.07 - Posted October 15, 2007
Good morning Washington. Thank you notes on paper are a sweet gesture. "FBN: The Schedule" Drudge reports that Imus is back. "WUSA Hires New Anchor to Join McGinty" Clark Hoyt and Deb Howell do some ombudding. "Group Plans to Provide Investigative Journalism" Washington Monthly's Paul Glastris is on tonight's "Colbert Report." "Everybody Sucks: Gawker and the rage of the... [FishBowlDC]

Trade Round-Up: Oct. 1, 2007 - Posted October 1, 2007
Game Plan Picks Off Kingdom Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson rocked the box-office over the weekend with his family laffer The Game Plan from Disney. The kid pic opened at $22.7 million, exceeding weekend expecations, THR reports. The showing bested the No. 2 movie in theaters, the Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner-starrer The Kingdom,... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Oct. 1, 2007 - Posted October 1, 2007
Game Plan Picks Off Kingdom Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson rocked the box-office over the weekend with his family laffer The Game Plan from Disney. The kid pic opened at $22.7 million, exceeding weekend expecations, THR reports. The showing bested the No. 2 movie in theaters, the Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner-starrer The Kingdom,... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 09.27.07 - Posted September 27, 2007
Good morning Washington. Vitamin Water wins out over Gatorade. We looked into this, "missing? washington post's technorati supplied 'who's blogging'" and discovered the Washington Post did not get rid of the feature. It just wasn't ready for the new home page launch. The paper tells us the "what blogs are saying" feature will... [FishBowlDC]

The Atlantic:October Issue - Posted September 7, 2007
The Atlantic celebrates October with a Values issue, complete with Bill Clinton on the cover. Inside, Jonathan Rauch finds out how Clinton is reinventing charity--and himself. Rauch writes: To Clinton, profit is necessary and entirely legitimate, a point he makes to anyone who will listen. "I think it's wrong to... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 08.27.07 - Posted August 27, 2007
Good morning Washington. Redskins? You're not really into it. An ABC release announced, "ABC News Digital increased unique visitors 19% to 9.9 million in July 2007 versus the same time last year, and ranked in ninth place in the Top 20 of general news sites, according to the Nielsen NetRatings." CNN announced in a... [FishBowlDC]

Was Chris Wallace Harder On Rove Than David Gregory? - Posted August 20, 2007
So says the NYT's Alessandra Stanley (emph. added): Fox News is usually considered by Bush officials as a safe harbor. But Mr. Wallace had the most prickly, and probing, interview with Mr. Rove, which is not surprising; Mr. Wallace has a way of needling his guests, Republicans and Democrats alike. Last year,... [FishBowlDC]

Bill Clinton = Condé Nast Traveler's 20th Anniversary Cover - Posted August 15, 2007
Bill Clinton just snagged the cover of Conde Nast Traveler's September issue. Apart from his work on Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 campaign and his public speaking work, Clinton has been active in outreach/publicity work for NGOs. The magazine's angle for their cover piece is the ex-President's work with the Clinton Global... [FishBowlNY]

Obama First Pol To Grace GQ Cover In 15 Years - Posted August 13, 2007
First on FishbowlDC... GQ asks: Does "the new star of the Democratic Party" have "the nerve, the political spine, and the will to do the (sometimes dirty) work it takes to get to the White House?" That was then (Nov. 1992)... ...this is now (Sept. 2007)... FishbowlDC has learned that Sen. Barack Obama will grace... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 08.06.07 - Posted August 6, 2007
Good morning Washington. Notice something different this morning in your New York Times? More on the Power of Drudge. A C-SPAN release announced "a new television series that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the modern American presidency. ... C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered is a 12-week series airing live on location from the 12... [FishBowlDC]

Gibson To Anchor Special Hour of 20/20 - Posted July 17, 2007
On Friday, August 10th, "World News" anchor Charlie Gibson will go primetime with his special report: "Pastor to Power: Billy Graham and the Presidents." The 20/20 special takes an indepth look at "the world's most famous evangelist" and his special access to the world's most powerful men: the presidents of the... [TVNewser]

Gibson To Anchor Special Hour of 20/20 - Posted July 17, 2007
On Friday, August 10th, "World News" anchor Charlie Gibson will go primetime with his special report: "Pastor to Power: Billy Graham and the Presidents." The 20/20 special takes an indepth look at "the world's most famous evangelist" and his special access to the world's most powerful men: the presidents of the... [TVNewser]

Bill Clinton's Activism Book To Be Published In September - Posted July 10, 2007
In between co-stumping for Hillary's campaign and spoofing the Sopranos finale, Bill Clinton has managed to write a book based on his lucrative inspirational speaking engagements on citizen activism. The book, Giving: How Each Of Us Can Change The World, is due September 4 from Knopf, the publisher of Clinton's 2004... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 06.21.07 - Posted June 21, 2007
Good morning Washington. New York Times reports, "The presidents of dozens of liberal arts colleges have decided to stop participating in the annual college rankings by U.S. News & World Report." PRNewswire reports, "The Newspaper Guild of New York, which represents the Editorial Department employees at several major magazines published by Time Inc.,... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 06.14.07 - Posted June 14, 2007
Good morning Washington. You have lofty hopes for your summer reading list. Eric Boehlert points out "a whopping error" by the Washington Post's Andrew Ferguson in his column about Al Gore's new book, The Assault on Reason. Slate is "taking the Gonzo-Meter down to zero." "Matthews' Son Debuts Video on His Dad's Diabetes" TVNewser reports, "ABC... [FishBowlDC]

Will Jared Paul Stern's Lawsuit Against Ron Burkle & Co. Botch Hillary's Prez Run? - Posted March 29, 2007
Interesting question, and one that likely hinges on how much Stern's conspiracy allegations against Burkle, the former president and current New York senator will involve the latter, particularly if this case ever comes to a jury trial. Specifically, allegations contained on page 14 of the civil complaint filed in New York,... [FishBowlNY]

Finally: Jared Paul Stern Sues Billionaire Ron Burkle — Bill & Hillary Too - Posted March 22, 2007
Ever since the Jared Paul Stern-Page Six-Ron Burklegate scandal — in which Burkle alleged Stern tried to extort thousands from him in exchange for favorable Page Six coverage — broke last summer, the former gossip columnist has maintained that he planned to sue the billionaire supermarket magnate. (He even told FishbowlNY... [FishBowlNY]

Obamagate Fallout: Is Hillary's Communications Director On Way Out? - Posted February 22, 2007
The plot thickens in L.A. following yesterday's Democratic campaign sludge-slinging between Camps Clinton and Obama over comments made by David Geffen in a Times article. Now Nikki Finke reports that Hillary Clinton's communications director, Howard Wolfson, the one that fanned the flames yesterday. Finke says senior campaign adviser Ann Lewis, formerly White... [FishBowlNY]

Soft in the Head, Soft Tissues, Soft Money: Gossip Goodies - Posted February 21, 2007
Britney Spears checks into rehab and has a great story for the baldie thing--head lice. (But they're everywhere--she really can't escape.) Anna Nicole Smith's body is decomposing too fast for a public viewing. Strange, we thought drugs preserved soft tissues. Barack Obama raised over 1 million bucks in Hollywood. David Geffen reportedly calls... [FishBowlLA]

Soft in the Head, Soft Tissues, Soft Money: Gossip Goodies - Posted February 21, 2007
Britney Spears checks into rehab and has a great story for the baldie thing--head lice. (But they're everywhere--she really can't escape.) Anna Nicole Smith's body is decomposing too fast for a public viewing. Strange, we thought drugs preserved soft tissues. Barack Obama raised over 1 million bucks in Hollywood. David Geffen reportedly calls... [FishBowlLA]

Harold Ford, Jr. Joins Celebrity Speaker Circuit - Posted January 23, 2007
Fresh off his loss in November, former Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. (D-Tenn.) is joining the likes of Dick Gephardt, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton in his post-political career: public speaking. New York-based Greater Talent Network has just announced its exclusive representation of Ford, Jr.: Harold Ford, Jr. Former U.S. Representative, D-Tenn. Exclusive Representation by... [FishBowlNY]