John Thain
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Bartiromo's Thain Interview: 'She Strips Him Bare' - Posted February 2, 2009
NPR's David Folkenflik had this to say about Maria Bartiromo's interview with recently-ousted (carpet purchasing) Merill Lynch CEO John Thain:As we segue from the golden age of bashing the media to the golden age of eulogizing the media, I'd like to pause for a moment to admire an example of a... [FishBowlNY]
Bartiromo's Thain Interview: "A Nice Example of a Television Journalist Simply Doing Her Job" - Posted February 2, 2009
NPR's David Folkenflik applauds CNBC's Maria Bartiromo for her interview with former BofA executive John Thain.
Bartiromo has been accused at times of being too cozy with the financial giants she interviews - a charge that has also been leveled more generally at CNBC and at TV financial news shows. A column... [TVNewser]
A Bartiromo-Thain Non-Disclosure? - Posted January 28, 2009
CNBC's Maria Bartiromo got the first exclusive interview with former Bank of America president John Thain on Monday. Today, Page Six questions why there was no disclosure given for the interview.
"[Bartiromo] and Thain both pay public relations guru Ken Sunshine to represent them, and he apparently helped set up the exclusive,"... [TVNewser]
Morning Media Menu: January 28 - Posted January 28, 2009
Today on the Menu we talk to Fox Business Networks' Liz Claman about what it's like to report on the continually shifting economic crisis, as well as, what she would like to say to Merrill Lynch's John Thain in an interview. Claman also confesses to being a newspaper "purist" but... [FishBowlNY]
Why is This Man Smiling, Part II - Posted August 22, 2008
Earlier this week, there was Part I.
Now, the Associated Press reports today CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves was the 3rd highest paid CEO last year, earning $67.6 million (Oracle's Larry Ellison and Merrill Lynch's John Thain were the top two).
All that, despite stock drops over the last two years and... [TVNewser]




