MSNBC Removes Olbermann & Matthews From Election Anchor Duties - Posted September 7, 2008
With less than 60 days until the election, MSNBC is replacing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as co-anchors of prime time political coverage and replacing them with NBC White House correspondent David Gregory. For months the network has been criticized for allowing Olbermann to anchor election coverage while he continued to... [TVNewser]

McCain Campaign's Problem With Brokaw? - Posted September 2, 2008
Sen. John McCain's "love affair" with the media is over, but has the rift hit a new height? Bloomberg's Heidi Przybyla writes about the recent uproar over Bristol Palin's pregnancy, media coverage campaign manager Steve Schmidt called "demeaning" yesterday. But in the wake of an angry letter delivered from the McCain campaign... [TVNewser]

NBC's Gustav Plans: Brian Williams to the Gulf, Tom Brokaw at the RNC - Posted August 31, 2008
This time, no one is taking any chances. With the potential of being as severe or even worse than Hurricane Katrina three years ago, Hurricane Gustav is challenging network executives like no story in recent memory. Just like RNC planners, themselves facing a scaled back gathering, news executives, too, have been... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 07.30.08 - Posted July 30, 2008
Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Whitaker's Long Distance Call-Up to the DC Bureau - Posted July 29, 2008
Gail Shister TVNewser Columnist L'amour, toujours l'amour. Mark Whitaker was attending a cousin's wedding outside Provence, France, when NBC News boss Steve Capus called to offer him the Washington bureau chief job. "I didn't want him interrupting me at the church, so I called him back between the wedding and the reception," Whitaker says. "It... [TVNewser]

Whitaker To Washington - Posted July 28, 2008
First on TVNewser: Insiders tell TVNewser that NBC News senior VP Mark Whitaker will be named chief of the network's Washington bureau perhaps as early as today. The bureau chief position has been vacant since the death of Tim Russert June 13. Whitaker joined NBC News in May of 2007 from... [TVNewser]

Whitaker To Washington - Posted July 28, 2008
First on TVNewser: Insiders tell TVNewser that NBC News senior VP Mark Whitaker will be named chief of the network's Washington bureau perhaps as early as today. The bureau chief position has been vacant since the death of Tim Russert June 13. Whitaker joined NBC News in May of 2007 from... [TVNewser]

Protesters Disrupt Roker's Weather - Posted July 23, 2008
Activists from the American Jewish World Service organization drowned out Al Roker as we was trying to tell viewers about Hurricane Dolly this morning. According to a press release, the group is calling on NBC "to beef up its coverage of China's complicity with the Sudanese government's genocidal campaign in Darfur... [TVNewser]

"It Would Make it More Interesting if Bill Was on And Did It Live" - Posted July 21, 2008
It was MSNBC's turn at the TCA today, which has become a hot spot for media stories the past couple of weeks. Matea Gold of the Los Angeles Times writes about NBC News president Steve Capus' response to questions about the dual role of MSNBC's primary team of Chris Matthews and Keith... [TVNewser]

NBC/MSNBC Announces TCA Panel - Posted July 17, 2008
Insiders at the Television Critics Association press tour tell TVNewser that NBC News president Steve Capus, political director Chuck Todd, and correspondents/anchors Andrea Mitchell, David Gregory, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Joe Scarborough will make up the network's panel next week. The session is scheduled for 1:30pmET Monday.... [TVNewser]

NBC/MSNBC Announces TCA Panel - Posted July 17, 2008
Insiders at the Television Critics Association press tour tell TVNewser that NBC News president Steve Capus, political director Chuck Todd, and correspondents/anchors Andrea Mitchell, David Gregory, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Joe Scarborough will make up the network's panel next week. The session is scheduled for 1:30pmET Monday.... [TVNewser]

Griffin Upped at MSNBC - Posted July 16, 2008
Phil Griffin has been named President of MSNBC, continuing to report to NBC News President Steve Capus. Griffin was named NBC News SVP in April 2005, and was given "executive-in-charge" status in June 2006, overseeing day-to-day management of the cable network. He has been with MSNBC since its launch in 1996, and... [TVNewser]

Tony Snow's Death: Brian Williams Statement - Posted July 12, 2008
Statement from NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams: When I lost my own Sister to breast cancer, Tony was among the first to contact me to offer comfort. He faced his own struggle with the bravery of an infantryman. He was a rare combination of true believer and honest broker — and... [TVNewser]

Torch-Passing, TVNewser Style - Posted July 26, 2007
For a couple hours, the back room at Michael's was transformed into a television news executive bender, a happy hour in honor of our outgoing TVNewser, Brian Stelter [right], and incoming TVNewser, er, 'Newsers: Chris Ariens, Diane Clehane, Alissa Kinsky and Philadelphia Inquirer TV columnist and Katie Couric nemesis Gail Shister. Some... [FishBowlNY]

Peacock Productions Following Proud Tradition - Posted July 12, 2007
Is Ben Silverman influencing NBC News by some insidious mind control? Peacock Productions, which sounds like a soft-porn video company, is a new nonfiction provider for NBC, MSNBC, etc. NBC News president, Steve Capus says: There have been times in the past where the news category was viewed too narrowly. This is... [FishBowlLA]

'Killer' Coverage - Posted April 19, 2007
Media notes on the bizarre twist in the Va. Tech shooter case: NYT: The package sent by the killer to NBC forced the network to make "tough decisions," many orchestrated by NBC News prez Steve Capus. It arrived yesterday at NBC headquarters in New York and was almost immediately flagged as suspicious,... [FishBowlNY]

MSNBC Drops Imus: NBC Prez Plays Hardball - Posted April 11, 2007
Steve Capus on MSNBC's Hardball tonight: "I've received hundreds, if not thousands of emails, both internal and external, with people with very strong views about what should happen. I've listened to those people with their comments. And many of them are people who have worked at... [FishBowlNY]

MSNBC Drops Imus: NBC Prez Memo To Staff - Posted April 11, 2007
For the second time in a week, NBC president Steve Capus had to send an Imus memo to staffers — and this time it's to deliver the good-bad news: Over the course of the last week many of you have reached out to me and expressed your strong viewpoints on the Don... [FishBowlNY]

NBC News Prez' Imus Memo: 'I Take Imus At His Word' - Posted April 10, 2007
NBC News president Steve Capus sent this note to all NBC/MSNBC employees last night: This afternoon we took decisive action as it relates to the deplorable comments by Don Imus on his nationally broadcast radio program. We've suspended the Imus MSNBC simulcast for two weeks, beginning next Monday. We decided to start... [FishBowlNY]

NBC Memo: Imus to Take Meaningful Actions - Posted April 10, 2007
Tabloid Baby has the NBC memo from NBC News honcho Steve Capus and it's a little masterpiece of ass-covering. Capus believes that Imus will take serious, meaningful corrective actions. Whatever those are. The closing 'graph reads: I want all of us to be mindful of the diversity issues we have in our... [FishBowlLA]

Alex Wallace Named EP Of NBC Nightly News - Posted March 5, 2007
MEMO from Steve Capus President, NBC News Subject: Nighty News Executive Producer NBC News, today, begins a new era with an outstanding announcement. Alex Wallace has been named executive producer of the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. As you know, Alex has been my primary deputy in the front office, serving as a... [FishBowlNY]

Brian Williams: 'A Reporter, Not A Cowboy' - Posted March 5, 2007
Brian Williams is in Iraq. "The decision to come here was mine." Bono is apparently not with him. Good line from NBC News president Steve Capus, lifted from his exchange with "Howie" Kurtz on CNN's Reliable Sources over the weekend: KURTZ: Steve, did you have any reservations about sending your anchor into a... [FishBowlNY]