• Al Jazeera America has named Bob Wheelock senior executive producer. Wheelock joins AJAM from Al Jazeera English, where he was EP of newsgathering for the Americas.

• The CNN Airport Network, which provides content on TV screens at airports across the nation, is adding TBS’ “Conan” and HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” to its lineup. Conan O’Brien and CNN president Jeff Zucker have a long and illustrious history, as you may recall.

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• ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff is planning a series of reports for “Nightline,” highlighting “the most dangerous and extreme places across the globe.” The debut segment airs tonight, and features a look at child coal miners.

• MSNBC.com continues to staff up. The latest additions include Irin Carmon and Tim Noah as reporters and Nisha Chittal as a social media content editor. Richard Wolffe‘s memo to staff, after the jump.

• Barbara Walters will be given the Excellence in Journalism Award by The American News Women’s Club at the National Press Club Friday. Norah O’Donnell will emcee, with Ted Koppel set to speak.

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• Investigation Discovery announced that the new season of “On the Case with Paula Zahn” will return Sunday, June 23 at 10 PM. “On the Case” will air its 100th episode this season.

• Al Jazeera is asking the government of Niger to release its crew that was arrested by authorities there. The four-person crew led by correspondent Yvonne Ndege was detained and charged with espionage.

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• NBC Sports has completed its move from 30 Rockefeller Plaza to a shiny new headquarters in Stamford, CT. Monday marks the first official day in CT. Sports Business Daily‘s John Ourand has details.

• PBS’ Gwen Ifill writes about the late Tim Russert, who was a mentor to her in both the world of TV news, and also Washington politics.

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• The Daytime Emmy Awards on HLN will have a decidedly different format this year: the winners will be interviewed on stage immediately after accepting the statues. Sam Champion, A.J. Hammer and Julie Chen will be among those interviewing the winners.

• RT took home the top prize in the 24-hour news category at the Monte Carlo TV Festival, beating out competition from CNN International, Al Jazeera and Sky News. RT took home the award for its coverage of the meteorite crash in Chelyabinsk.

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• The Television Critics Association released its 2013 TCA Award nominees. “60 Minutes,” “AC360,” “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “The Daily Show” and a PBS doc on the “Central Park five,” made the cut for “News and Information,” while Barbara Walters will receive a lifetime achievement award.

• As we noted yesterday, TV news talent goes to The Cable Show in DC to sign autographs and moderate panels. Below, the crew from FNC’s “The Five” signs for fans, while Liz Claman interviews NCTA’s Michael Powell.

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• CNN’s Erin Burnett will report live from Tehran later this week as Iranians prepare to go to the polls. On “OutFront” she will cover the candidates, talk with voters and find out whether economic sanctions – the toughest the West has ever placed on Iran – are actually working.

• CBS will present another in its Interfaith Specials: “What’s So Funy About Religion” airs Sunday, June 30. The program features a variety of voices from various religious traditions, and the humor that is often hidden within religion and faith.

• CNBC’s “The Profit” joins the network’s primetime reality line-up Tuesday, July 30. Corporate turn-around expert Marcus Lemonis puts $2 million of his own money on the line looking for the next great business to invest in.

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• A new PBS “Frontline” documentary will be getting a Spanish-language replay on Univision. The doc, “Rape in the Fields,” is about sexual assault among migrant workers. “Frontline” partnered with ESPN on a report on NFL concussions last year.

• NBC News is collaborating with NBCU’s “The More You Know” campaign on an ebook about child safety online. The book, which will be available for free on the major ebook platforms, features Brian Williams, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker and Dr. Nancy Snyderman.

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• TheBlaze, Glenn Beck‘s TV network and media company, continues to expand. The company announced today that it struck carriage deals with RCN, MCTV and Sky Angel, giving it carriage with five of the top 25 MSOs.

• A quick-turnaround documentary on the kidnapped women in Cleveland and the series premiere of “Southern Fried Homicide” gave Investigation Discovery its best night ever in the Nielsen ratings, averaging 1.08 million viewers from 8-11 PM.

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• BBC News correspondent Ian Pannell and cameraman Darren Conway were awarded the David Bloom Award at last night’s Radio/Television Correspondents’ Association Dinner. Pannell and Conway were recognized for their reporting from Syria.

• Mika Brzezinski and Arianna Huffington are finishing up their first conference for women in New York. “The Third Metric” is about achieving success through well-being, wisdom and giving back. Katie Couric, Lesley Stahl and George Stephanopoulos participated.

• Savannah Guthrie was among 500 volunteers helping restore the working-class Brooklyn neighborhood of Gerritsen Beach today. Meredith Corporation and Lowe’s partnered with Rebuilding Together to help bring long-term recovery following Hurricane Sandy.

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• Sharyn Alfonsi debuts on “60 Minutes Sports” tonight at 9pm on Showtime. Alfonsi, who joined CBS from ABC in January, gets strapped into a high-tech catamaran to reveal why the need for speed is also bringing controversy to America’s Cup racing. Here’s a preview.

• NBC Learn is teaming up with the United States Golf Association and Chevron for the “Science of Golf.” The 10-part series uncovers the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) topics behind the game. Check it out free here.

• “Girl Rising,” a CNN Films production, debuts Sunday, June 16 at 9pm. The film is the centerpiece of a global campaign and documents the stories of girls from across the globe fighting to overcome impossible odds to realize their dreams.

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• CNN is touting results from a new EMS survey in Europe. The survey, which measures media consumption among affluent Europeans, says that CNN reaches 41% of the dataset, compared to 30% for Sky news and the BBC, 29% for Euronews, 15% for CNBC and 12% for Bloomberg.

• Turner Broadcasting has an ad out in trade magazines this week, with a giant arrow filled with talent, and the slogan “Want to know where media is heading? We’ll lead you there.” Which talent made the cut? Check it out after the jump.

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• CNN is launching another original series. “Crimes of the Century,” from acclaimed director Ridley Scott and his Scott Free Productions, focuses on a single major news event that had has far reaching repercussions. The first of 8 episodes airs Sunday, June 23 at 9pm ET.

• NBC’s “Dateline” was Friday’s #1 show among all broadcast networks. “Dateline’s” look at the Michael Peterson case drew 6.4 million viewers between 8-1opmET. It drew the biggest overall audience for the timeslot since February 15. The show was also #1 in the younger viewing demos of A18-34, A18-49 and A25-54.

• Page Six wonders if CNN and new anchor Chris Cuomo got special coverage from the new BEACH magazine, which is edited by Chris’s wife Cristina Cuomo. Nope, says the Mag: “It’s a no-brainer that the host of a highly anticipated new morning show, his boss, and some high-profile colleagues, who all have houses at the beach, would be on Beach’s media power list regardless of who is editing the magazine.”

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• CBS has acquired the 50% of TV Guide Digital it didn’t already own. TVGuide.com and TV Guide Mobile will become part of CBS Interactive. CBS and Lionsgate’s 50/50 deal for the TVGN cable network continues. TV Guide the magazine is owned by OpenGate Capital.
• Rich Stockwell, most recently EP of “The Ed Show,” has been promoted to Senior Executive Producer reporting to MSNBC VP Yvette Miley. Stockwell has been with MSNBC since 1996.
• Yoni Mintz, who oversees the digital media center for “Good Morning America,” has expanded his duties and will now with all of ABC News Special Events for live events and breaking news across the network.

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• Greta Van Susteren is not happy with some of her colleagues. The FNC anchor and prolific blogger took to GretaWire to ask: “Have these men lost their minds?” speaking of FBN host Lou Dobbs and Fox contributors Juan Williams and Erick Erickson.
• Christiane Amanpour and husband, former State Dept. official and Bloomberg editor Jamie Rubin, are moving to the U.K. Amanpour will continue to do double duty as ABC’s global affairs anchor and as CNN International anchor from London.
• The BBC has received more than 150 new allegations of sexual abuse and harassment by dozens of current and former employees since revelations longtime BBC host Jimmy Savile, now deceased, was accused of abusing as many as 300 people over a 40-year-period.

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