Archives: February 2009
Is Twitter For the Narcissist Set?
Iseman Exclusive Moves to CBS
Your Money, Your Questions, Your Buffett News
Changes at NBC's D.C. Bureau
The Scoreboard: Thursday, Feb. 26
World News Heads West as California Jobless Rate Tops 10%
What Recession? Anderson Cooper Nearly Doubles in Price
Morning Show Ratings: Week of Feb. 16
News From CPAC: Mixed Reaction to Tucker
Two More Newsers Say So Long
"30 Rock" Leaves 30 Rock For Larry King Guest Spot
Nightline Tops Late Show Last Week
Stewart to Williams: "You Have the Best News"
O'Brien Talks "Inaccuracies" in Aviation Reporting, Future of Media on the "Menu"
It's Sam's Last Day
Miles O'Brien Joins Us on the "Menu"
Sammon and Boughton Promoted at FNC D.C. Bureau
What Will Roland Martin Mean For "No Bias, No Bull"?
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, Feb. 25
Cooper: "Pathetic May Have Been Too Strong a Word," But...
Senator Calls for FEMA Official's Resignation After CBS Report
Preaching To The Choir
Slavin: "We Still Have Lots of People Competing With Us"
Zirinsky Tweets...Hartman Doesn't...msnbc.com Streams...
The "Oh God" Response, and Reaction
The Ticker: FBN, NBC, SOTU...
The Scene at the Summit Party
Former CNNer Dornin Named SVP of Journalist-Expert Link-up Firm
FBN's FOIA Fight: "Not A Wild Publicity Stunt"
Olbermann Names Calderone "Worse Person" For "Oh God" Post
CBS, ABC Gaining on NBC's Sunday Grip
No Bull: Campbell Brown Moves From "Mold-Ridden" Apartment
Author Isobella Jade on Self-Publishing and More
Jonathan Karl Gets First Post-White House Interview with Laura Bush
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Feb. 25
And The Winner Is...
Carol Lin On Her New Life: "It's A Miracle"
February Ratings: Program Ranker
Roger Ailes: "The Dick Cheney of News Corp."?
Roland Martin to Sub For Brown at 8pm
Hawkins on "New Black Overclass" Doc: "This is in Line With What We Do at CNBC"
"Oh God" Book II: Chris Matthews Responds
33.6 Million Watch Obama on Broadcast Nets
"Please, Help Chuck Todd's Book Go Up To #1"
The List David Gregory Made That George Stephanopoulos Didn't (and Vice Versa)
Velshi: "There's A Little Too Much Complaining And Finger Pointing Going On"
CNBC Takes Town Hall to the Bank
Happy Birthday, Bob Schieffer
"Oh God" Heard From MSNBC Set As Gov. Jindal Appears for GOP Response
February Ratings: Cable Ranker
CNN's Velshi Talks Obama Address, Santelli Rant
Gracie Allen Award Winners Announced
The Ticker: 20/20, 48 Hours, Gough...
The Scoreboard: Monday, Feb. 23
Anchors Describe Obama Lunch on Web
February Ratings: MSNBC's Best February Yet
February Ratings: HLN Shows Most Growth
February Ratings: For CNN, What Goes Up...
February Ratings: FNC Beats CNN and MSNBC Combined in Total Viewers
Reporter Who Posted Doctored YouTube Video Fired
Broadcasting/"Freezing" on the White House Lawn
Meet the Anchors
Evening News Ratings: Week of Feb. 16
Coverage Plans For Obama Address
The Scoreboard: Sunday, Feb. 22
The Scoreboard: Saturday, Feb. 21
D.C.'s Top Twitterers, Rupert's Apology on the Menu
Clemente Leaves ABC News for Fox News
Murphy's Law: Diane Sawyer "Better Re-up"
The Scoreboard: Friday, Feb. 20
Ballabon: "I Will be a Nonpartisan Member of This Team"
Another CNBC Outburst: Kernen Rips the Times, Literally
Tucker Carlson Joins Cato Institute
9pm Battle: Colmes, Ayers on "Hannity," Clooney, Iseman on "King"
Morning Joe Broadcasts From White House
Kurtz Talks Goldberg, Santelli on Reliable Sources
Florida Cops Issue Trespass Warning to Geraldo Rivera
John Ziegler's NBC Media Tour: "You Guys Were in Love With Barack Obama"
NYT Analyzes News Corp.'s Dow Jones Acquisition
Kevin Goldman Leaves CNBC for NBC
Oscars Morning: GMA Tweets, Parties Through the Night
Oscars Morning: Harry in Hollywood, Levy's Parents
Oscars Morning: "Slumdog" Cast/Crew Live on Today
Post-Oscars, Post-Rush Media Menu
Octodad?! Maybe, Says Man on GMA
One More Look at "BBS" Video Doctoring
D.L. Hughley Breaks A Wide Range of News
Rush Cites TVNewser Interview with Terry Moran; Moran Responds
Programming Notes...
Morning Show Ratings: Week of Feb. 9
Meet Wins, But This Week Shows Most Growth
The Scoreboard: Thursday, Feb. 19
The Ticker: Ross, Concorde, Rather...
"Rude? I Wasn't Being Rude"
Gupta Gets Endorsement From Controversial Former SG
White House Responds to Santelli's Outburst
Judge Orders Treasury to Comply With FBN FOIA Request
Couric: "It's A Little Retro To Strictly Talk About Ratings"
CBSDoc.com Launches...Gregory Blogs...Donvan Tweets
TVNewser Summit: Strength in Numbers
TVNewsers Make Top Market Mover List
FNC's John Gibson Responds to Doctored Clip
Moran Talks Aggressive White House Reporting, Air Force One Tweeting on the "Menu"
Brian Williams to Co-Anchor Today Tomorrow
Back From Phoenix, Moran Joins the "Menu"
ABC News Pays For Anthonys' Stay at Ritz-Carlton
"Long Island Girl" Petallides Describes Covering Economy in Tough Times
Burnett: "It's a Wonderful Moment For Us As Journalists"
The Ticker: CBS, BBC, ABC...
This Has Been A Fox News Alert
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, Feb. 18
From Palin to Clinton: Greta Interviews Bill in NY
Glenn Beck Thinks Bret Baier Looks Like He "Should Be On 'Leave it to Beaver'"
Zakaria on Viewers From Washington to Kabul
Mika in the Media
Patty Hewes Goes On the Record
One More Time: Vote For MSNBC's 10pm Host
CNN Gears Up For Another "Heroes"
Jeff Ballabon Joins CBS News
Did Rick Santelli Just Compare What Happened in Cuba to What's Happening Now in the U.S.?
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Feb. 17
Touby on Paid Online Content: "Wake Up and Start Working Together"
"The Best Romantic Team on Television"
The Founder Joins the Menu
Fox News Parodies The Ratings Asterisk
The Ticker: Schonfeld, Glor, Abrams...
The Scoreboard: Monday, Feb. 16
Couric's Evening News Cuts Gap With ABC World News
Cable Ranker: Week of Feb. 9
John Roberts to Speak at CU Commencement
Showbiz Tonight Sees Best Ratings Ever Post-Grammys
Viewers Send Help In Response To Sawyer's "Hidden America"
HLN's Howard Diagnosed With Cancer
McCaughey Demands Correction, Apology from Olbermann
The Situation with Peanuts
Double Shot of "First On" With Starbucks CEO
Production Executive Dies From Bacterial Meningitis
Evening News Ratings: Week of Feb. 9
Accused Scammer Told CNBC in May '08 "It Is Fun Being a Billionaire"
Cavuto/O'Reilly (Sort of) Simulcast Coast to Coast
"Menu" Looks at D.C. Media
The Scoreboard: Sunday, Feb. 15
The Scoreboard: Saturday, Feb. 14
What Do Octo-Mom, Bill Clinton & Darfur Refugees Have in Common?
Beck Talks "Twilight," Clooney, Jolie
The Scoreboard: Friday, Feb. 13
Schieffer To Speak at Maryville Commencement
Shuster Highlights "Progressive Blogosphere"
U.S. Muslim TV Founder Charged With Beheading Wife Profiled in '04 By NBC
The Ticker: Velshi, Applegate, Claman...
"In The Trenches" With Some DCNewsers
Cablers To Cover A-Rod Newser
Strategy Room Profiled...Gregory Tweets...TodayShow.com's Valentines...
60 Minutes Wins Polk Reporting Award
Barbara Walters' Evening News Prediction
Every Network Picks Up Greta's Bristol Palin Interview
Quick: "Content is Knowledge and the Knowledge is Worth Something"
"Screw-ups" and "Missing the Point": Kurtz on Competitors
CNBC's Quick Talks Financial Coverage on the "Menu"
The McCaughey-Olbermann Volley
Pre-Summit Party in New York City
Greta Talks to Bristol in First TV Interview
FBN Spends Presidents' Day Live
Not-So-Exclusive With the Former President
Sam Donaldson to Retire from ABC News
Look Back At Two Months of Menus
Covering the Downturn, Looking for the Upswing
Velez-Mitchell on Octomom Coverage: "We're Doing it for Ratings"
Fmr. NY Lt. Gov. To Olbermann: "Do You Have the Backbone (and the Facts) to Debate Me?"
Luke Russert Gets to the Bottom of Valentine's Day Gifts
20/20 Has Best Night in More Than Four Years
"Cards" Draws Viewers
CNN Looks at NIU Murders, One Year Later
Kathy Frankovic To Retire From CBS News
With Wedding Back On, Today Talks to Peterson
The Scoreboard: Thursday, Feb. 12
Cable News Ratings During Crash Coverage
The Ticker (Flight 3407 edition): O'Brien, Brokaw, Citizens...
Todd Takes on White House Over Press Access
Pat's Tat and Morning Drinking
Bill O'Reilly Sends Flowers to Helen Thomas
Flight 3407 Crash: Cable News Notes
Flight 3407 Crash: Network News Notes
Fox News Fires Producer Charged with Porn Possession
Friday's "Menu" and Look Back at Sanchez, Levy and More
CBS News Goes Reporter-Less For Upcoming Series
Reporting The Crash of Continental Flight 3407
Williams on Nightly's Bounce: "We Haven't Seen These Numbers In a Long Time"
The Ticker (p.m. edition): Matthews, Raddatz, Jonas Bros....
Where Are They Now? Bobbie Battista Moves to Fake News
The Ticker: FNC, BBC, MSNBC...
Morning Show Ratings: Week of Feb. 2
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, Feb. 11
Who Is This Hunting TVNewser?
"He's Reinvented The Medium of Television by Melding it With the Nightmares of Opium Addicts"
Saturday Morning Network News Shows Growth
New Twitterer Gregory Wins Last Sunday
Off-Color? Alexander's Interview with NAACP President
Who Is Kelly O'Donnell's Favorite Active Journalist?
Early Show Flies High Next Month
NPR Examines Contributor Juan Williams' FNC Association
Cablers Cover Obama's Lincoln Speech
Gupta Still Reporting For CNN As SG Job Looms
Levy, of "The Most Radical Show on Cable News," Talks Media on the "Menu"
NBC Confirms No Money Changed Hands Over Octo-mom Interview
Power Lunch Town Hall
Red Eye's Ombudsman Andy Levy on Tomorrow's "Menu"
Just The Fat Facts, Keith. Olbermann to Issue Murdoch Correction
The Ticker: Hill, McIntyre, Simpson...
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Feb. 10
Octo-mom Dateline Interview Brings Big Ratings
Roberts, Gunn To Host Oscars Red Carpet Special
Sawyer's "Hidden America" — and ABC Contract
Grace's Anthony Special Brings Record Emailers
"I Will Never Forgive Him For His Cruelty and the Manner in Which he Decided to Dispose of Me"
Scott Responds to Media Matters Over Story "Prompted By a News Release"
Behind-The-Scenes at FBN's Web Show
What Are You Doing March 10?
"To Catch a War Criminal" Coming to NBC? Critics Preemptively Speak Out
Jaconi Leaves NBC, Named EP of CNN's "State of the Union"
Glor Named Saturday Evening News Anchor
NYT's Stelter Discusses His War Criminals Show Story on Today's "Menu"
Cable Ranker: Week of Feb. 2
"Those Were Some Great Ambushes...Of Justice"
The Ticker: Suze, NBR, Writers...
The Scoreboard: Monday, Feb. 9
"Anti-Anchor" Shep Smith Moves to HD "Playroom"
FNC Producer Aaron Bruns Arrested
Tapper "To Be This Administration's David Gregory"?
Notes from The East Room: "Another Shift in the Ever-Evolving News Media Landscape"
Evening News Ratings: Week of Feb. 2
Moran Tweets... FBN Goes Live... PBS Engages...
Jim Cramer: "Brilliant Market Commentator," But...
Sanchez Talks "Marriage" Between Old and New Media on the "Menu"
The Scoreboard: Sunday, Feb. 8
The Scoreboard: Saturday, Feb. 7
"Get Him A 6-Pack of Budweiser and We'll Meet Hannity Wherever He Wants To Go"
Robert Gibbs: "Is It Really Going to be Sen. Scarborough?"
CNBC Documentary Uncovers "The Greatest Financial Collapse Since the Great Depression"
Rick Sanchez Takes Break From Twitter To Join Tomorrow's "Menu"
Sully And Crew Land at NBC After All
"The Most Popular Person in the White House" — Besides The Obamas
"Nothing To" Scarborough Senate Run Speculation
Baier Profiled on Entertainment Tonight
The Scoreboard: Friday, Feb. 6
Maxwell Joins Peacock Productions
Major Garrett's Favorite Active Journalist Works For ABC
A-Rod: "How Could I Be Truthful With Katie Couric or CBS?"
Corporate Synergy? Barron's Knocks Cramer, Again
GMA Has Octuplet Mom's Mom Exclusive
President Obama Takes Beer Outing With Sean Hannity "Under Advisement"
Schedule Shake-Ups As Cablers Cover Obama Newser
CNN Launches Congressman Reality Show
What Jon Wald's Departure Means to All Media
The Ticker: Raddatz, Rather, Corrigan...
Grammys, Obama's Caution With the Press on the "Menu"
Couric: "It's Not a Lot of Fun Being Pummeled in the Press"
Hoda, Kathie Lee...and Cramer
CBS News Given Captain Sully "Veto Power"
Beck: "I Will Never Say What I Don't Believe"
Glick's Tips in This Month's Men's Health
The Scoreboard: Thursday, Feb. 5
Roker Reports For MSNBC's "Promise"
The Ticker: Willis, Moyers, Folbaum...
Networks To Carry First Obama News Conference
Red Eye Turns Two: "It's Intentionally Stupid, But Secretly Smart"
Pilots and Pregnancies: What To Expect Monday Morning
Who's Chatting on MSNBC.com? Willie and Welch
The Ticker: Schieffer, Romney, Blank...
With Obama in White House, FNC's Ratings Grow
Cable News Snapshot: 8:30pmET Last Night
New Fox Business Show Premieres Monday...
"Matt Lauer Can Suck It!"
Meet the Competition: Sunday Morning Ratings Tighten
Morning Show Ratings: Week of Jan. 26
Friday's "Menu": More Bad News (And Some Good)
Zucker on Olbermann's O'Reilly Feud: "He Knows That I Wish It Weren't So Personal"
Tapper to Gibbs: Obama "Doesn't Believe in Transparency?"
The Ticker: PBS, FNC, MTV...
News Corp. Earnings Release Highlights FNC Performance
Good Morning America Celebrates The Holiday
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, Feb. 4
Autograph-Seeking Journalist ID'ed: Son is Blamed
Curry Gets Octoplet Mom Exclusive
Nightline Edges Letterman Again
Couric's Grammy Special Finishes Third
ABC Officially Responds to Stephanopoulos-Emanuel Phone Call Questions
WebNewser: CNN.com, TodayShow.com, Web Hit...
Is Rachel Maddow Still A Radio Host?
Networks Cover DTV Transition Delay
O'Reilly on Early Show: "Of Course I Want Him To Succeed"
Jossip's Hauslaib Talks Media and Gossip on "Menu"
Obama Meets the Anchors: "It Did Have a 'Picture Taking with Santa' Kind of Feel To It"
The Ticker (p.m. edition): Brown, Zucker, Regan...
Joe Torre Today, Lil' Wayne Tonight
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Feb. 3
The Story Behind Jim Bell's "Dulcet Tones"
With Up Not An Option, Wald Moves Out
Want to Work in Sunny Florida?
Frank Radice Joins NATAS as President/CMO
Bloomberg Cuts 100 From Radio/TV Division
New Sets Across The Pond
Beck: "The Cavalry Has Arrived. FOX Is Here"
"Sully" Expected to Get Two-Part Treatment During Sunday's "60 Minutes"
Evening Newscasts Continue Strong Numbers
The Ticker: Couric Speaks, Scarborough Writes, Bell Voices...
Rodriguez Talks Blago, Sully on Today's "Menu"
Cable Ranker: Week of Jan. 26
The Choice On Park Ave.?
Maggie Rodriguez on Tomorrow's "Menu"
Obama to Wallace: "I Think It's Fair to Say That I Don't Always Get My Most Favorable Coverage on Fox"
The Ticker: NBC, FNC, ABC...
The Bong Hit Heard Round The World
Fox Business Network Is "On The Case"
Obama Today, Regis Tomorrow
The Scoreboard: Monday, Feb. 2
Obama Tells Charlie Gibson "This is an Embarrassment"
Schneider Out At Bloomberg; Night Talk Canceled
Wendy Wilkinson Leaving NBC News
Get Ready For Anchor Baseball: President Obama's Rotating Interview Plan
FBN Goes Gold, FNC Upped to Bronze on DISH
The Ticker: ABC, CBS, MSNBC...
Financial Blog Calls For CNBC Boycott
Evening News Ratings: Week of Jan. 26
After CBS Scooped NBC, Did ESPN Scoop CBS?
No Spin: O'Reilly's Super Bowl Prediction is Closest
Breaking: Jonathan Wald Leaving CNBC
The Scoreboard: Sunday Feb. 1
The Scoreboard: Saturday, Jan. 31
Bill O'Reilly in HD
Tuesday's "Menu": Press on President Obama's Payroll — Fair?
The Scoreboard: Friday, Jan. 30
Brian Williams' Oval Office Interview with Pres. Obama
Cavuto On Martha Stewart
Rush Fans Jam ABC News Phone Lines
The Ticker: Super Ratings, Oscar Nominees, Grammy Special...
Bartiromo's Thain Interview: "A Nice Example of a Television Journalist Simply Doing Her Job"
Cody Willard on the Stimulus Plan: A "Money and Power Grab by the Socialist Republican/Democrat Regime"
Gregory "Working Like Hell" To Live Up Russert Legacy
Geist Talks Blago as TV Star on Today's "Menu": "I Think He's Too Crazy"
GretaWire....CBS Web....Blago Outtakes
Morning Joe's Geist on Tomorrow's "Menu"
"Technical Difficulties" During Lauer's Wide-Ranging Interview with Pres. Obama
Meet the Press #1 Last Week
Howard Kurtz Calls Out Bernie Goldberg For Canceling on Him
After Making TV Rounds, Carlos Watson Settles in at MSNBC, For Now
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