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Media Beat: How Brian Stelter Almost Became a Network TV Campaign Embed

Chris Ariens — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:00:10 +0000

How did an 18-year-old college student in Maryland gain the trust of and get access to TV executives and anchors in New York? “By posting 10 or 15 posts a day meant that the industry knew it was a reliable consistent source,” says Brian Stelter, creator of this site and now a media reporter for the New York Times and author of the just released “Top of the Morning.”

As he neared graduation, Stelter had to make a choice: work in TV news, or cover it.

Part I: Stelter on Being Matt Lauer’s “nemesis”

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Media Beat: Brian Stelter on Being Matt Lauer’s Nemesis

Chris Ariens — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:15:20 +0000

Brian Stelter, who launched the blog you’re reading almost 10 years ago, is now a published author. “Top of the Morning,” out today, lays bare a tumultuous year which saw one anchor pack her bags, another face a serious health issue, a ratings leader fall — and lose a quarter of its audience — and an entirely new show launch. In his first interview for the book, Stelter tells us about the secrecy behind “Top of the Morning,” the access he got, and what he thinks about being called Matt Lauer‘s nemesis.

Part II, tomorrow: What happens when Brian Stelter Tweets something he shouldn’t?

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Matrix Awards: Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski Talk About Making It In Media

Alex Weprin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:44:52 +0000

Today New York Women in Communications held their annual Matrix Awards, and Vicki Salemi, editor of MediaJobsDaily and host of MediabistroTV series “Score that Job” was there. Salemi caught up with “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski as well as comedienne Joan Rivers among other attendees, who shared their best advice for those trying to make it in the media business.

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HLN’s Kyra Phillips on Keeping Viewers Hooked After the Jodi Arias Trial Ends

Kevin Eck — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:10:30 +0000

HLN has seen its viewership increase during the Jodi Arias murder trial, but what happens after the verdict is reached?

In this episode of Media Beat, “Raising America” anchor Kyra Phillips tells TVNewser’s managing editor Chris Ariens about the opportunity and the challenge presented by the network’s coverage of the Arias trial. “I want to say to them, ‘OK, I get it. I understand you’re interested in this. OK, we can give you some of that. We can continue to give you that. But also give me a chance to show you another way that we do TV, another way that we do news.”

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Score That Job: Rubenstein Public Relations. Watch The New Show From MediabistroTV!

Chris Ariens — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:00:29 +0000

As most TV news reporters, producers and bookers know, there’s often a PR firm on the other side of the story you’re working on. But what’s it like to work at one of the major public relations companies?

“Score That Job,” a new show from mediabistroTV, takes you inside media companies to guide you through the never ending maze of online resumes, emails to nowhere and phone calls that go unanswered. Join career expert, author and MediaJobsDaily editor Vicki Salemi as she gives you the inside scoop on how to “Score That Job.”

In this episode, Vicki finds out what it takes to get hired at Rubenstein PR.

You can view our other MediabistroTV productions on our YouTube Channel.

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Cubes: A ‘Better’ Look at Meredith

Kevin Eck — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:25:56 +0000

The MediabistroTV crew got an inside look at Meredith’s Midtown Manhattan lair. Meredith owns 12 local TV Stations and publishes magazines like Better Homes and Gardens and Fitness, and also produces a nationally syndicated lifestyle show called, the “Better Show.”

“Better” co-host Audra Lowe showed off Meredith’s state-of-the-art TV studio that comes complete with a Mohawk red carpet that can withstand the nastiest celebrity spill, a green room the size of some Manhattan apartments and a test kitchen where Meredith’s staff of chefs dream up recipes to rival what mom used to make, only ‘Better.’

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Christiane Amanpour: My First Big Break

Kevin Eck — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:15:39 +0000

Her first big break was the Iranian Revolution. Her dream was to be a foreign correspondent. In this episode of My First Big Break, Christiane Amanpour talks about how escaping Iran with her family was the first step of a journey that took her from a local NBC station in Rhode Island all the way to the front lines of the first Gulf War as a reporter for CNN.

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The Best Of ‘My First Big Break’ In 2012

Alex Weprin — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:23:13 +0000

Early this year mediabistroTV launched a brand new video series called “My First Big Break.” The premise was simple: sit down with big names in the media business, and have them explain what their first big break was. We spoke to a number of huge names, including Ken Burns, Spike Lee and Dan Rather. Below is a selection of some of the best “Breaks” we saw this year. And stay tuned for “My First Big Break: Christiane Amanpour” coming Wednesday. Enjoy.

The very first episode of the series featured “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams:

Fox News anchor Shepard Smith told us about his local news days:

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The Hottest TV News ‘Cubes’ Of 2012

Alex Weprin — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:57:22 +0000

Our colleagues at mediabistroTV have had a great year talking to big media personalities and exploring the coolest offices in the business.

For our series “Cubes,” we go behind the scenes at media companies of all stripes. In the world of television, “ABC World News” anchor David Muir showed us around ABC News, while former “CBS This Morning” co-anchor Erica Hill (who is now at NBC’s “Today”) took us around the CBS Broadcast Center. NBC, the ball is in your court.

Cubes: Tour of ABC News Headquarters

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Cubes: VIP Tour of AOL and The Huffington Post

Kevin Eck — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:09:14 +0000

Combine tasty treats, sleek design, and the now famous ‘Sitting Cameramen of Astor Place’ and you get the latest episode of “Cubes.”

In this episode of Cubes, the MediabistroTV crew is invited into the New York Headquarters of AOL and The Huffington Post. Hosted by the founding editor of The Huffington Post and president of HuffPost Live, Roy Sekoff, the crew visits the cavernous Huffington Post newsroom where hundreds of writers sit keyboard to keyboard under the watchful gaze of Arianna Huffington herself who plays the always gracious hostess by offering up some tasty Greek Christmas cookies. After burning through the sugar high, the guys mingle with the ghosts of journalism past in the HuffPost Live newsroom where live news is served up eight hours a day by tables of writers, producers and editors who always know what time it is in Funkytown.

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Ken Burns: My First Big Break

Kevin Eck — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:20:47 +0000

When you hear a letter written by Thomas Jefferson being read by actor Sam Waterston or see a photograph showing the intensity in the eyes of a Civil War soldier, you know you’re watching a Ken Burns documentary.

In this episode of My First Big Break, the iconic filmmaker tells the MediabistroTV crew how he channeled his feelings of humiliation into his first masterpiece on the Brooklyn Bridge and reveals how his mother’s death sparked his need to bring the dead back to life, shaping the style we know today as the “Ken Burns Effect.”

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Ken Burns is Coming to MediabistroTV

Kevin Eck — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:33:27 +0000

Watching a Ken Burns film is like watching the past come alive through the expert use of narration and still photographs. So how did he develop his signature style? The iconic filmmaker sits down with MediabistroTV in, “Ken Burns: My First Big Break.”

>UPDATE: Watch “Ken Burns: My First Big Break” in three weeks on MediabistroTV, Thursday, December 6.

And if superstorms on the East Coast and unseasonably warm weather on the West Coast wasn’t enough to satisfy your craving for major weather events, PBS presents an Extreme Weather Night of TV this Sunday (11/18), beginning at 7pm ET.

NOVA gets the party started with the premiere of “Inside the Megastorm” an original one-hour documentary taking viewers moment by moment through Hurricane Sandy. Then Ken Burns gives us reason to give thanks when he presents “The Dust Bowl.” Burns tells the story of the worst man-made environmental disaster in American history in a two-part, four hour documentary detailing how the convergence of a terrible drought and the scramble for the American Dream nearly changed the southern plains forever.

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Cubes: Conde Nast Shows Off Its Lucky Side

Kevin Eck — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:43:35 +0000

Conde´ Nast recently hosted MediabistroTV at its Times Square offices. Lucky magazine style editor and network television morning show contributor Lori Bergamotto walked the crew through Lucky’s offices revealing the hidden corners where nail polish and make up are put through their paces, colors and fabric samples are checked by the art department, shoes and handbags await their close-ups and racks of outfits hang around waiting for their models.

Take a look at all the small parts that make up a big fashion magazine like Lucky.

Next Thursday MediabistroTV premieres, “My First Big Break: Ken Burns.” You can view our other MediabistroTV productions on our YouTube Channel.

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How Dan Rather Changed Hurricane Coverage

Alex Weprin — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:28:15 +0000

Most Americans know Dan Rather as an anchor at CBS News, or in his current role at AXS TV (formerly HDNet). What many people may not know, however, is that Rather was the originator of what is now a ubiquitous part of hurricane coverage: superimposing radar of the storm over a map.

Rather, who was a local reporter in Texas, jerry-rigged the graphic while covering Hurricane Carla near Galveston in 1961. He told us all about it when we interviewed him for the mediabistroTV series “My First Big Break.”

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Go Inside Newsweek, as Iconic News Magazine Announces End to Print Edition

Chris Ariens — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:54:33 +0000

FishbowlNY reports that after 80 years, Newsweek is ending its print edition. December 31 will see the final Newsweek in print. In a note to staff, Newsweek/Daily Beast chief Tina Brown writes, “The inexorable move to an all-digital Newsweek comes with an unfortunate reality. Regrettably we anticipate staff reductions and the streamlining of our editorial and business operations both here in the United States and internationally.” FBNY has the full memo from Brown and CEO Baba Shetty, who joined the company just last month.

At least one NewsBeast staffer has already found work, at Fox news. Politico’s Mike Allen Tweets:

big Fox get: Peter J. Boyer, who joined Newsweek/Daily Beast after 18 yrs at New Yorker, to Fox News as editor at large; announcement soon

MediabistroTV recently took a tour of the IAC Building and the NewsBeast offices. CNN contributor John Avlon was our tour guide. Take a look:

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