But for those who tuned into Francesa’s YES Network simulcast, they witnessed the nap in its entirety–less than 50 seconds.

During that time, Francesa (shown on the larger split screen with a still shot of Murti) appears to be reading something. Then his head drifts lower. Ultimately, he catches himself and awakes with a look for the ages. It’s not certain if Francesa bounced back on his own, if the producer was screaming in his ear, or if Murti startled Francesa. To his credit, Francesa didn’t miss a step. Not sounding groggy, he promptly resumed his professional give and take with Murti.

Along with a You Tube clip generating more than 200,000 views, All Access says the story was been reported as far away as Australia and Britain.

In July, as part of WFAN’s 25th anniversary, Francesa, 58, admitted that he was 50-50 on retiring after his contract expires in 2014.

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Keeping the news flowing, WCBS 880 afternoon anchors Wayne Cabot (r) and Steve Scott

It’s only been a six-year partnership, but WCBS 880 afternoon drive anchors Wayne Cabot and Steve Scott can already be considered a classic radio team. The duo compliment each other perfectly in style and substance.

On the ear, their voices are the right blend to give the listener a smooth transition from story-to-story.

FishbowlNY recently visited the two men at their new Hudson Street studios. WCBS-AM was the final holdout from the New York CBS Radio cluster to head downtown in December.

While on the air, the anchor team took a few moments to speak about what makes its chemistry terrific.

“It’s easy to work with a good partner,” Cabot says. “I have a good partner. It’s easier to work with a good partner because they have your back, because while they’re doing one thing you can focus on something else.”

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The platform, which will be available across the publication’s multiple channels, will offer step-by-step recipe guides, behind-the-scenes at eateries and discussions with chefs. It debuts with more than 300 originally produced segments.  Bells and whistles include an HD player and a site-wide program guide.

“Food is a multisensory experience and the web is a multimedia platform, this provides the perfect complement to our already appealing content,” said Jim Spanfeller, president and CEO of Spanfeller Media Group. “The video network will allow us to better engage our community, putting them in the heart of the action, while providing new real estate for advertisers.”

Speaking of which, the network wants to work with advertisers to create custom content in addition to more traditional promotional placements.

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The Wall Street Journal

The channel will feature on-demand content from WSJ’s growing video programming. In conjunction with the launch, the channel will showcase, “Off Duty,” a daily lifestyle show based on the eponymous section of WSJ Weekend. The show, hosted by WSJ reporter Wendy Bounds, will air each business day at 6 p.m. ET on WSJ.com and WSJ Live, the paper’s video app, followed immediately by on-demand availability on YouTube and additional channels. Live episodes begin Monday, February 6.

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At Mediabistro’s Publishing App Expo, we interviewed Craig Ettinger, the general manager at Time.com.

In the video clip embedded above, he shared tips for publishers looking to put their content on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.

Here’s more about his career: “Ettinger was named General Manager for TIME.com in October 2010, overseeing site strategy, business development and product development, including all mobile initiatives. Ettinger previously worked as V.P. of Marketing & Operations for TIME.com. He joined TIME’s finance team in 1999. Before joining TIME, Ettinger worked at Salomon Smith Barney focusing on media and telecommunications.”

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CineSport, already the number one online sports programming service, was named tops in the comScore Video Matrix Sports category for May, its second consecutive monthly victory.

The number one position places CineSport ahead of Yahoo! Sports and ESPN for total unique video views. 

“CineSport’s goal is to create quality and contextually relevant video programming with and for our partners,” said Gregg Winik, CEO and founder, CineSport. “Our comScore ranking is a direct result of the content we create, our publisher partnerships and the distribution network that we’ve built.”

The company’s sports content includes local and national sports highlights, features, and in-depth local sports reports produced in association with its media partners.

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Ricky reveals that they’re focused on content, but have an eye for emerging types of advertising and even areas like virtual goods. Check out part 1 here!

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One of the co-founders, Ricky Van Veen, stopped into the mediabistro.com offices a couple weeks ago for our video series Media Beat. We began by talking about how the 11-year-old site is growing up.

Part 2: College Humor Co-Founder: Celebrity Retweeting Doesn’t Guarantee Traffic As Well As Facebook Sharing

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Watch this ad currently being aired by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Disgusted at the way it depicts gay men? Or maybe you’re just happy that the ad is out there. These two views appear to sum up the reaction to the spot, titled “It’s Never Just HIV,” part of the city’s campaign against a growing sense of indifference toward what it’s like to live with HIV.

Because the spot uses stark images and stats (people with HIV are “28 times more likely to contract anal cancer”) the public reaction has been extremely dichotomous. Sumathi Reddy, a Metropolis contributor at The Wall Street Journal touched on the controversy last night, but FishbowlNY decided to go a bit deeper. We spoke to Dr. Monica Sweeney, Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, which operates under the NYC Department of Health, and Krishna Stone, Assistant Director, Community Relations for New York’s Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) about the role of media when taking on such a sensitive subject.

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There has been a lot of talk this week about Mark Halperin and John Heilemann‘s book Game Change this week, and what Sen. Harry Reid may or may not have said about Barack Obama.

In a video interview with the authors, Time magazine executive editor Rick Stengel gets to the bottom of the story and learns how and why Reid encouraged Obama to run for president.

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Alan Meckler, CEO of mediabistro.com’s parent company WebMediaBrands, may be all doom and gloom as the Ghost of Christmas Future, but Mediabistro founder Laurel Touby still wants to wish happy holidays to you and yours. And as we head into a new year and a new decade, we’re hoping 2010 won’t suck as much as 2009.

And may we offer some advice to those wanting to get into the media in the coming year? Check out our job listings before you do anything extreme.

Wishing you a peaceful holiday season and a very happy, creative and productive New Year, from FishbowlNY and the whole Mediabistro.com family!

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When union negotiations with NBC stalled earlier this week, members of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians threatened to pull the plug for the network’s biggest holiday event: the lighting of the tree in Rockefeller Center.

But at the last minute, the union decided to rescind its warning and go on with the broadcast despite NBC’s failure to negotiate, as a “gesture of goodwill,” according to Local 11 president Ed McEwan. Then again, maybe the NABET-CWA realized if they went on strike during the biggest Christmas spectacle on television, it wouldn’t be NBC that looked Grinchy.

Press release and statement from the union, after the jump.

Previously: Union Threatens To Darken Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting Over Negotiations With NBC

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Last Wednesday Tina Brown and The Daily Beast hosted a round-table discussion with James Carville, Christopher Buckley, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski about the way this year’s electoral climate was influenced by issues such as emerging technologies, health care, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, and of course, Glenn Beck.

Favorite part: Christopher Buckley denouncing the 24-hour news cycle and our faster means of communication by creating a hypothetical WW2 scenario where a CNN “asshole” comments on the Normandy invasion.

Forget about how emerging media shaped this election in a way that hasn’t been seen since the first televised Nixon/Kennedy debates, think of what a mess Vietnam would have been if our troops had access to Twitter.

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