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Today Reunion Brings Back Anchors Past And Present, And A Look Back At 60 Years (TVNewser)
Friday morning, Today dedicated most of its broadcast to its 60th anniversary celebration, kicking off with an introduction from Matt Lauer. The program featured congratulations and proclamations from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, President Barack Obama and a cadre of celebrities (Tom Hanks delivered the birthday cake), along with a number of retrospective packages. The culmination was a reunion of anchors -- everyone from Meredith Vieira, Katie Couric, Barbara Walters, Jane Pauley, and Deborah Norville, to Bryant Gumbel, Tom Brokaw, and Hugh Downs. HuffPost: It was on Jan. 13, 1952, that Dave Garroway kicked off the very first Today episode, and the show has never left. It is now the fifth-longest-running American television show of all-time. TVNewser: Breaking into the boys club of Today hosts was no easy task for Walters in 1974. She had to do it over Frank McGee's dead body. Literally. TVNewser: NBC spared no expense flying in correspondents from other NBC bureaus including Andrea Mitchell, Kerry Sanders, Kevin Tibbles, Janet Shamlian, and Luke Russert for the party Thursday night at the Edison Ballroom in Times Square, as Today celebrates its 60th anniversary.

Michelle Obama Joins Her Husband On Twitter (AllTwitter)
Michelle Obama has finally signed up for her very own Twitter account, tweeting to support her husband's re-election efforts in November. Nieman Journalism Lab: The Boston Globe is quietly testing a redesign of its Your Town product on Boston.com to give the locally focused sites a more engaged, real-time feel. And "real-time feel" is short for a blog-like, Twitter-like stream of stories and information. mocoNews.net: Twitter looks like it is ramping up its staffing and operations in the United Kingdom: It was announced Friday that the company will be making a new hire, Lewis Wiltshire, who oversees social media for BBC Sport. The loss is a keen one for the BBC: Among Wiltshire's responsibilities, he was playing a big role in how the broadcaster would be covering the Olympic Games -- taking place this year in London -- across different platforms.

Dish Closing More Blockbuster Stores Than Expected (CNET / The Digital Home)
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