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Morning Media Newsfeed: Discovery Earnings Up | Megyn Kelly Renews | Roberts Most Trusted

James Crugnale — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:25:44 +0000

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Discovery Reports Higher First-Quarter Earnings (B&C)
Discovery Communications reported higher first-quarter earnings as international growth offset a decline in digital distribution revenue. First-quarter net income rose 4 percent to $231 million, or 63 cents a share, from $221 million, or 57 cents a share. The Wrap / The Box Discovery also said it expects Oprah Winfrey’s OWN to meet its previously stated goal of breaking even in cash flow in the second half of this year, Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav said. OWN viewership was up 3 percent in its key women 25-54 demographic in the first quarter, even though the first quarter of 2012 included OWN’s highest-rated broadcast, Winfrey’s interview with Whitney Houston’s daughter. THR The latest figure was impacted by a range of factors in addition to what the company called “the strong underlying operating performance in the current year’s quarter.” Among the items affecting the latest profit were a $92 million gain from the consolidation of results for Discovery Japan and $46 million of improved equity earnings, but also higher equity-based compensation expenses and a $59 million loss from “hedging activities primarily associated with the acquisition of the SBS Nordic operations.” continued…

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Boring Guy Tom Hanks Tops ’100 Most Trusted People in America’ List

Chris O'Shea — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:30:16 +0000

Reader’s Digest just published a piece titled the “100 Most Trusted People in America” and Tom Hanks took the top spot. This is not surprising. Hanks is perhaps the most boring dude alive. You know those dreams you have where nothing significant happens and you wake up knowing you had a dream so you feel like you should tell someone about it but it’s so vague you end up not saying anything? That’s what hanging out with Hanks is like.

Anyway, Sandra Bullock was number two in the poll. Which uh, see above.

Other highlights:

Jay Leno was more trusted than David Letterman (were people drunk when they voted?)
Robin Roberts was the most trusted woman on TV
Other highly trusted media people include Diane Sawyer, Brian Williams, Katie Couric, Barbara Walters, Anderson Cooper, Oprah Winfrey, George Stephanopoulos, Scott Pelley, Kelly Ripa, Steve Harvey and Savannah Guthrie.
Judge Judy is more trusted than Matt Lauer.

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Good To See You | Dumb Download | Oscar Worthy Try

Chris O'Shea — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:00:12 +0000

TVNewser: A standing ovation for Robin Roberts, who returned to GMA this morning.

AppNewser: A new Android app lets parents to spy on their teenage kids, just in case you were wondering how to be a terrible adult.

Lost Remote: Speaking of apps, there’s an official one for the Oscars that will probably not make the show any less boring.

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Looping Idiots | Death Wishes | Back Again

Chris O'Shea — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:00:27 +0000

SocialTimes: Twitter has launched a video sharing app called Vine. You used to only bore people with words, now do it with your “short films!”

PRNewser: Irish officials say “moderate” drunk driving is cool. So is “moderate” dying, apparently.

TVNewser: Give it up for Robin Roberts, who returned to the GMA studio this week for “dry runs.”

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Idiot Wars | Inked | Right Start

Chris O'Shea — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:00:52 +0000

FishbowlDC: Here is your weekly “Media people get into a Twitter fight and the end result is everyone questioning their maturity” story.

UnBeige: Since we know you haven’t been able to sleep at night without this information — Marc Jacobs’ favorite tattoo is a couch on his stomach.

TVNewser: So that we all start next week on a good note, Robin Roberts is making a “special announcement” Monday on Good Morning America.

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The Morning Time | Less Filters | App War

Chris O'Shea — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:00:16 +0000

TVNewser: The “When will Robin Roberts return to GMA?” articles are increasing. One great thing to arise from all the coverage? We learned that Roberts was just reunited with her dog.

AppNewser: Instagram usage has declined which means… Nothing, really. Unless you work at Instagram.

AllFacebook: Mafia Wars was the top Facebook app in 2012, which is just another reason to use Facebook less in 2013.

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Ask About It | Bo Knows Comebacks | Three Steps

Chris O'Shea — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:43:24 +0000

TVNewser: President Obama is being interviewed by Robin Roberts on Good Morning America this Friday. We’re hoping she’ll ask him about the NFL lockout, because we’re starting to get nervous about that.
SportsNewser: Speaking of the NFL, Al Michaels says there will eventually be two teams in Los Angeles. We’re guessing both will attempt to bring Bo Jackson out of retirement.
SocialTimes: A game teaches kids how to be safe on the Internet. First step: Get off the Internet. Second step: Go outside. Third step: Play.

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Busted | New Tweets | Sexy Critter

Chris O'Shea — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:20:26 +0000

SportsNewser: The ratings for the NCAA basketball tournament are up 17 percent. Like we said earlier, we don’t want to talk about our picks.
TVNewswer: Robin Roberts has joined Twitter. We know, that just made your day.
AgencySpy: Here’s an ad from a French organization using a cartoon cat – with humping problems – to communicate the seriousness of AIDS. We have nothing further to add.

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Lunch: Hillary—Obama Smackdown!

Noah Davis — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:32:51 +0000

— DIANE CLEHANE

Bill Clinton isn’t the only one who is getting a little testy about the endlessly long and increasingly tabloid-y battle for the democratic nomination. At today’s lunch, politics were on the menu as supporters of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama took sides over their Cobb Salads. Our unofficial dining room poll finds Obama holding a commanding lead. Producer Joan Gelman — between commuting from Canada where her show Triple Sensation is going great guns — has taken to handing out her very own campaign buttons. “I do one for every election,” she told us. Her latest creation got lots of attention at a party at Tina Brown‘s recently when ‘Mayor’ Joe Armstrong arrived wearing one. It boasts a picture of President George Bush and John McCain in an embrace and is emblazoned with the words — Four More Years. Here’s the punch line: There’s a question mark at the end of the phrase. Joan was handing them out today (thanks!) and people were gobbling them up like mad. A few tables down, the exchange at David Patrick Columbia ‘s regular perch between David (a Hillary booster — “I just don’t know why she is the subject of so much hate”), Charlie Scheips and Terry Allen Kramer (decidedly not a fan) rivaled the dust ups on Sunday morning on The McLaughlin Group. But it was all in good fun. Isn’t it always?

Here’s the rundown on today’s crowd:

1. One big happy family: Michael’s wife Kim McCarty and kids Clancy and Chas with Martin von Haselberg and daughter Sophie. The families’ friendship goes back 30 years, says Michael. To wit: a painting of Martin (done by Kim) hangs in the reception area of the restaurant. There was plenty to celebrate all around: Clancy just graduated from NYU last week, Chas is starting his first year at Bard and Sophie is at Yale. Impressive! We were hoping that Martin’s wife — none other than Bette Midler — would join the party but, said Michael, she was rehearsing for her eagerly anticipated Las Vegas show (the family leaves for the desert tomorrow). Knock ‘em dead, Bette!

2. Peter Brown.

3. ‘Mayor’ Joe Armstrong and yours truly. The Mayor was the subject of a glowing New York Times piece last week which bore more than a passing resemblance to this column. But imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, isn’t it?

4. Phil Smith and agent extraordinaire Ron Konecky.

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NYWICI’s 2008 Matrix Awards — Diane Sawyer on Robin Roberts: ‘Made for Margaritas and Dancing’

Rebecca — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:45:45 +0000

Today at New York Women In Communications’ annual Matrix Awards Luncheon (from left): Presenter and ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff; honoree and Disney Media Networks co-chair/Disney-ABC Television Group president Anne Sweeney; honoree and Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts; and presenter and co-anchor of Good Morning America Diane Sawyer

Emcee and Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi (pictured below the jump), when complimented on her “amazing appetite,” gave away why “I’m uniquely qualified to do my job: I sit on my ass, I eat, and I talk”; honoree and playwright Anna Deavere Smith did her best Studs Terkel impression; Good Morning America co-host and ABC News co-anchor and presenter Diane Sawyer divulged that GMA co-anchor and honoree Robin Roberts is a friend “made for margaritas and dancing,” while Roberts confessed to the crowd that she calls Sawyer “Thelma,” as in half of the eponymous duo that drove the 80′s girls-gone-liberated buddy flick Thelma and Louise because “sometimes in the morning [hosting GMA], we feel like we’re about to go over that cliff holding hands.” More heartstring-pulling, hand-holding, hijinks and pictures from the event after the jump…

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