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Making News Rather Than Covering It: Tales From Campaign 2012

Alissa Krinsky — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 10:04:39 +0000

Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, and Ricky Martin were just three of the numerous celebrity endorsers of President Barack Obama in 2012. All appeared at re-election events, part of a meticulously organized entertainment publicity effort.

One of the key players in attracting talent and overseeing coordination was former GMA and 20/20 Senior Producer – and former CBS News consultant and NBC News producer – Eric Ortner (photographed at right with Jon Hamm at the Democratic National Convention in September).

Now a Los Angeles talent manager and tv/film producer, Ortner became co-chair of the campaign’s Entertainment Advisory Council. He tells TVNewser the celebrity mix was important in helping the campaign “build a network for voter registration and get-out-the vote-efforts” and to “engage and mobilize the audience”.

Otrner says his background as a tvnewser - who’d covered politics for the networks - was helpful. “The real benefit and brilliance” of the entertainment council effort, he reflects, ”was that celebrity surrogates provided media that the campaign didn’t have to buy.”

(Photo Courtesy of Eric Ortner)

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Which CNN-er is Conan O’Brien’s Guardian Angel?

Alex Weprin — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:51:02 +0000

As we mentioned yesterday, last night was the premiere of Conan O’Brien‘s new late night show “Conan” on TBS. The program started with a cold open “recapping” the last few months in O’Brien’s life, and included cameos from people like Jon Hamm, in addition to a moment taken straight from the 1967 classic “Bonnie and Clyde” (Update: actually, it was a reference to “The Godfather,” not sure why I had “Bonnie and Clyde” on my mind).

But Hamm wasn’t the only guest star to make a surprise appearance. A well known CNN personality popped in to serve as O’Brien’s guardian angel in a time of need:

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ABC’s Martha Raddatz on HBO’s ‘Real Time’

Alex Weprin — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:36:46 +0000

ABC News senior foreign affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz was a guest panelist on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday night. She was joined by Republican strategist Mark McKinnon and actor Jon Hamm.

“Real Time” is a tough show for journalists to be on, given the extremely opinionated nature of Maher and his regular guests.

Indeed, Raddatz was pushed into giving her opinion about everything from the Tea Party movement to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq… the latter two being subjects she covers for ABC. That being said, she has appeared on the program in past seasons, so presumably she knew what she was getting herself into:

Ep. 189: September 17, 2010 – Overtime

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The Jon Hamm-Brian Williams Rivalry Gets Taken to a Creepy Level

Alex Weprin — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:01:39 +0000

“Mad Men” star Jon Hamm appeared on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” last week, where he talked a little bit about his last stint hosting “Saturday Night Live.”

It seems Hamm starred in an “SNL” skit that was originally written for “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams.

Williams did not take this lightly:

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