My First Big Break - AppNewser http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser App News and Reviews. What to Use? How to Build? Copyright 2013 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:22:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Spike Lee: My First Big Break

In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s “My First Big Break,” we talk to legendary filmmaker Spike Lee.

While Lee is well-known for his movies, did you know that if it wasn’t for NBA superstar Michael Jordan and a pair of Nike Air Jordan sneakers, Lee–and Nike–might not be the icons they have become today? It all came down to a risky commercial shoot.

“So Michael Jordan could easily have said, ‘I can’t take a chance on this young gun, this young boy, just give me the reels of the top guys on Madison Avenue.’ But Michael Jordan didn’t do that,” the Red Hook Summer  director recalls. “For some reason, he decided to give me a shot. And the commercial I did with Michael Jordan ended up being some of the greatest campaigns ever in the history of advertising and Nike took off.”

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]]> Alex Weprin http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/spike-lee-my-first-big-break_b27075#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/spike-lee-my-first-big-break_b27075 http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/?p=27075 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:31:54 +0000 Glenn Beck: My First Big Break
In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s “My First Big Break,” we hear from radio personality, author, former Fox News host and GBTV founder Glenn Beck. While he has found tremendous success across many different forms of media, did you know that he almost left the business to go to cooking school? If it wasn’t for a heart-to-heart conversation with his father, he may never have found his professional voice.

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]]> Alex Weprin http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/glenn-beck-my-first-big-break_b22771#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/glenn-beck-my-first-big-break_b22771 http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/?p=22771 Thu, 10 May 2012 14:31:10 +0000 Bonnie Fuller: My First Big Break
In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s “My First Big Break,” we hear from HollywoodLife.com editor Bonnie Fuller. Fuller gained international acclaim as the editor of magazines such as Marie Claire, US Weekly and Cosmopolitan, but did you know that she started out as a beat reporter writing about sports clothes? Or that a friendship with an upcoming fashion designer named Tommy Hilfiger led to a meeting that would change her professional career? Watch below, as Fuller explains how she went from a young cub reporter, to one of the most powerful women in publishing.

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]]> Alex Weprin http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/bonnie-fuller-my-first-big-break_b22138#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/bonnie-fuller-my-first-big-break_b22138 http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/?p=22138 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:23:37 +0000 Deborah Norville: My First Big Break
In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s “My First Big Break,” we talk to “Inside Edition” anchor Deborah Norville. Now everyone knows her as the face of the syndicated CBS news program, but before she got her shot nationally, she started in Georgia, working at CBS affiliate WAGA. As for her break, it came before she even graduated from college, and involved a little bit of luck, and former President Jimmy Carter.

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]]> Alex Weprin http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/deborah-norville-my-first-big-break_b21325#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/deborah-norville-my-first-big-break_b21325 http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/?p=21325 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:25:01 +0000 Dan Rather: My First Big Break
In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s series “My First Big Break,” we speak to HDNet “Dan Rather Reports” anchor and former “CBS Evening News” anchor Dan Rather. Did you know that if it weren’t for a hurricane that struck near Galveston, Texas, he might never have had his shot at working in network news? That among other things, he had to deal with thousands of snakes in order to report on the story? That he helped create a weather-reporting graphic that has become ubiquitous on TV news? Below, Rather talks about the event that brought him to the attention of CBS in New York, and changed his professional life.

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]]> Alex Weprin http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/dan-rather-my-first-big-break_b20499#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/dan-rather-my-first-big-break_b20499 http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/?p=20499 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:30:28 +0000 Brian Williams: My First Big Break

MediabistroTV debuts a new series today, “My First Big Break” where we talk to media heavyweights about that break that got them to where they are today. Our first episode features Brian Williams, the anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News.” You know what he’s doing now, and you may know a bit about his past. But did you know he went bankrupt, that he maxed out his credit cards, and that he took a job in technical operations after failing in small market TV? Well, Williams finally got his First Big Break. He tells us who gave it to him, and how it changed the course of his career.

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]]> Chris Ariens http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/brian-williams-my-first-big-break_b19930#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/brian-williams-my-first-big-break_b19930 http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/?p=19930 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:24:19 +0000