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Listen: CNN's Don Lemon on User Generated Content - Posted October 21, 2009
This morning TVNewser and co-host Matt Van Hoven were joined on the Morning Media Menu by CNN Newsroom anchor Don Lemon. The topic of today's discussion: user-generated content in the ever-changing media landscape. "I don't think it's new media vs old media," he said. "We're all evolving." Part of that evolution for... [TVNewser]

On The Menu: CNN's Don Lemon On The Power Of User-Generated Content - Posted October 21, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, host Matt Van Hoven of AgencySpy and special guest host TVNewser's Kevin Allocca "CNN Newsroom" anchor Don Lemon, who discussed user-generated content, Twitter and blogs and how he uses them on his show. "I've been using it on the show now for over a... [FishBowlNY]

CNN Introducing Two New Specials This Week - Posted August 21, 2009
CNN will be broadcasting a new special as well as a special series over the next week, both of which appear to be sobering, grave, and other similar adjectives. Saturday, Don Lemon is hosting a special entitled "Inside Chicago's Killer Town" about violence in a Chicago neighborhood. A press release states,... [TVNewser]

CNN Introducing Two New Specials This Week - Posted August 21, 2009
CNN will be broadcasting a new special as well as a special series over the next week, both of which appear to be sobering, grave, and other similar adjectives. Saturday, Don Lemon is hosting a special entitled "Inside Chicago's Killer Town" about violence in a Chicago neighborhood. A press release states,... [TVNewser]

Jon Stewart Concurs With FBLA - Posted July 28, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cQuitterwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorJoke of the Day Jon Stewart, by accident we are sure, made fun of the exact same Don Lemon clip we were obsessed with yesterday. Just sayin'. Previously on FBLA: Don Lemon Tries To Be Positive About Palin... [FishBowlLA]

CNN Anchor is Reminded Pres. Obama's Welcome in Ghana is Not Unprecedented - Posted July 11, 2009
CNN anchor Don Lemon wonders if Pres. Obama's welcome to Ghana is unprecedented. It's not, CNN's correspondent in Ghana tells him. ... [TVNewser]

TV Coverage Plans For Michael Jackson Memorial Service - Posted July 6, 2009
Michael Jackson's memorial service is tomorrow at the Staples Center in LA. Here's how the nets and cable will cover the service, via TVNewser: • ABC: Charlie Gibson will anchor live coverage "Remembering Michael Jackson" at 1pmET, joined by "Nightline" anchor Martin Bashir. Some updates: Diane Sawyer, in NY, and Barbara Walters,... [FishBowlDC]

CNN's Don Lemon Thinks the Criticism of Jackson Coverage is "Elitist" - Posted July 6, 2009
On Reliable Sources Sunday Howie Kurtz asked CNN anchor Don Lemon whether the networks are "overdoing" the coverage of the death of Michael Jackson. "No," said Lemon. Then he called the criticism "elitist." ... [TVNewser]

CNN/HLN Plans for Michael Jackson Memorial - Posted July 5, 2009
Anderson Cooper, Larry King, Don Lemon and Soledad O'Brien will host coverage live from Los Angeles, with Campbell Brown and Roland Martin anchoring live from New York, starting at NoonET Tuesday on CNN and simulcast on CNN International. Robin Meade, A.J. Hammer and Jane Velez-Mitchell will anchor live coverage for HLN. >... [TVNewser]

CNN/HLN Plans for Michael Jackson Memorial - Posted July 5, 2009
Anderson Cooper, Larry King, Don Lemon and Soledad O'Brien will host coverage live from Los Angeles, with Campbell Brown and Roland Martin anchoring live from New York, starting at NoonET Tuesday on CNN and simulcast on CNN International. Robin Meade, A.J. Hammer and Jane Velez-Mitchell will anchor live coverage for HLN. >... [TVNewser]

CNN Re-Airs "Man in the Mirror" and Finds Bubbles - Posted July 4, 2009
CNN will be re-airing Don Lemon's report on the life and death of Michael Jackson. The "CNN Presents" documentary features interviews with musician/performer/conductor Quincy Jones, music artist Usher, Smokey Robinson and Lionel Richie. "Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror" airs tonight and tomorrow night at 8pmET, 11pmET and 2amET. And on... [TVNewser]

Early Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 2, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Programming Note: Meet the Press will not air Sunday, July 5 due to NBC's coverage of the Wimbledon tennis finals. We will return at our regular time on July 12. CBS' Face the Nation: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, Sen. Chuck Grassley... [FishBowlDC]

Early Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 2, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Programming Note: Meet the Press will not air Sunday, July 5 due to NBC's coverage of the Wimbledon tennis finals. We will return at our regular time on July 12. CBS' Face the Nation: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, Sen. Chuck Grassley... [FishBowlDC]

Early Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 1, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Programming Note: Meet the Press will not air Sunday, July 5 due to NBC's coverage of the Wimbledon tennis finals. We will return at our regular time on July 12. CBS' Face the Nation: ABC's This Week: Fox News Sunday: CNN's State of the Union: Former Secretary... [FishBowlDC]

CNN's Weekend Michael Jackson Special - Posted June 27, 2009
CNN's Don Lemon anchors "Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror" during several airings this weekend. The CNN Presents documentary airs tonight and tomorrow night at 8pmET and 11pmET. The documentary includes new interviews with music artist Usher and producer and close family friend Rodney Jerkins who collaborated with Jackson on his... [TVNewser]

Greta Van Susteren: Todd Palin's "Handler"? - Posted May 10, 2009
Many TV networks had celebrity guests at their White House Correspondents Association Dinner tables, but FNC's Greta Van Susteren seems to have taken the task of making Fox guest Todd Palin feel welcome a step further. With Gov. Sarah Palin in Alaska, Palin was flying solo. But Politico writes Palin "was being... [TVNewser]

CNN To Air Entire "I Have a Dream" Speech - Posted January 18, 2009
CNN has reached agreement with the estate of Martin Luther King, Jr. that will allow the network to replay King's "I Have a Dream" speech in its entirety tomorrow at NoonET. In 1999, a federal court ruled in "Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc." that the speech... [TVNewser]

Israel-Gaza Ground War Changes Cable Plans - Posted January 3, 2009
The cable news channels have been covering breaking news from Gaza for much of the afternoon. The official word of Israeli Defense Force ground troops moving in to Palestinian territory was reported around 1:40pmET this afternoon, but had been expected for days. Fredricka Whitfield anchored much of the afternoon on CNN with... [TVNewser]

CNN's Gustav Plans: Cooper Live at 8pm - Posted August 31, 2008
Anderson Cooper anchors a two-hour special, beginning at 8pmET, from New Orleans. Cooper is one of the more than 120 anchors, correspondents, producers and support personnel in the Gulf Coast region for CNN. Other correspondents in the region include Don Lemon, Gary Tuchman and Ali Velshi. At 10pmET, Rick Sanchez, the Twitter superstar,... [TVNewser]

CNN's Gustav Plans: Cooper Live at 8pm - Posted August 31, 2008
Anderson Cooper anchors a two-hour special, beginning at 8pmET, from New Orleans. Cooper is one of the more than 120 anchors, correspondents, producers and support personnel in the Gulf Coast region for CNN. Other correspondents in the region include Don Lemon, Gary Tuchman and Ali Velshi. At 10pmET, Rick Sanchez, the Twitter superstar,... [TVNewser]

Marvelous Mal's Return to the Olympics Includes CNN Anchor/Daughter - Posted August 15, 2008
CNN's Fredricka Whitfield is leaving Monday for China, but she's not just going to report on the games, or the athletes, or on Beijing. Whitfield will be reporting on her father, former U.S. Olympian Mal Whitfield and his return to the Olympics with several other octogenarian athletes. 60 years ago, Marvelous... [TVNewser]

Changes to CNN Newsroom - Posted August 7, 2008
The Monday after the GOP convention (September 8) will bring a new daytime line-up for CNN Newsroom. TVNewser has obtained an email from Scott Matthews to the CNN Newsroom Staff. Matthews was named director of programming in January. Heidi Collins continues from 9-11amET, followed by Tony Harris 11am-1pmET. Kyra Phillips anchors from 1-3pmET... [TVNewser]

Willis Talks Issues on The View - Posted July 21, 2008
CNN anchor Gerri Willis talked personal finance this morning with the ladies of The View, in the final segment of their Day of Hot Topics. But finishing the taping just before NoonET left little to no time to make the trip from ABC's studio on 65th and West End to CNN at... [TVNewser]