The Ticker: Watts, Hazlett, Wilson…

> Politico’s Helena Andrews has a Q&A with Black Television News Channel founder J.C. Watts. Says Watts: “The mission for us…is to create a venue that the African-American community, or anybody for that part, that they can come to a certain venue and get reliable, credible information and resources.”

> MSNBC entertainment correspondent Courtney Hazlett‘s web site, The Scoop, has been re-designed, and it sure is pink. The site puts a bigger emphasis on the video elements.

> Yes, that was Emmy-nominated The Office cast member Rainn Wilson doing the weather on CNN this afternoon. Missed it? Click continued…

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