The Media’s Christmas Hangover
Some media workers got pink slips in their stockings this Christmas. Others nursed hard liquor in order to stay alive.
Posted 12/08/08 in Daily Intel
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Bob Schieffer vs. David Gregory: It Is ON
The 'Face the Nation' host promises to 'beat' his competitor's 'brains out.' Er?
Posted 12/04/08 in Daily Intel
Gossipmonger
Tabs Obligatorily Report Emptiness Behind Britney’s Rehabbed Smile
She had her 27th b'day bash at Tenjune, but of course she wasn't really happy or present! Plus, Jenny Humphrey wants to rock out when she grows up, just like her dad. In the gossip roundup.
Posted 12/02/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Chris Matthews’s Potential Senate Run Sends a Thrill Up Our Leg
Absurd Matthews lines like the one in the headline are exactly why we're so excited.
Posted 09/17/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Awesome
Tina Fey’s Star Turn As Sarah Palin Almost Didn’t Happen
Lorne Michaels had to pressure Fey to return to ‘SNL’ for a night, and Oprah almost made her miss the show.
Posted 09/10/08 in Daily Intel
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Phil Griffin: Leave Olbermann Alone!
The MSNBC president’s chi is totally out of wack over all these unjust rumors circulating about his network.
Posted 09/08/08 in Daily Intel
That's the End of That
NBC Tells Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews to Go to Their Rooms and Think About What They’ve Done
Complaints about liberal bias and on-air squabbling caused MSNBC to remand the anchors back to their own shows.
Posted 08/14/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
Michael Phelps Is Gold for NBC
Plus, lawyers make criminals sing (to 'Don Giovanni'), another spectacular apartment you can't afford hits the market, and more, in our daily industry roundup.
Posted 08/13/08 in Daily Intel
In Other News
Jeff Zucker Has a Throne in His Office
In a 'Portfolio' profile, we learn a little bit about Jeff Zucker's personal castle.
Posted 08/13/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
The Upper East Side Completes Renée Zellweger
The actress smoothly buys into a hard-to-crack co-op, while JPMorgan and the New York 'Times' struggle, in our daily digest of real-estate, finance, media and law news.
Posted 08/12/08 in Daily Intel
In Other News
Plum Sykes to Write NBC Comedy ‘Mogulettes’
It will be about sexy, well-dressed twentysomething women who are already captains of industry, but still have rollicking social lives. You know, a farce.
Posted 08/08/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts Expand Their Real-Estate Horizons
The Hollywood couple will be moving into bigger digs than originally planned at One Madison Park. Plus, the latest on Wall Street, in the Hamptons, and down at 30 Rock in our daily industry roundup.
Posted 07/17/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
JPMorgan Chase Profits Fall 53 Percent
But they did better than analysts predicted. That, plus the latest on Hamptons real-estate prices, Condé Nast's upper echelons, and the "You go girl!" spinner, in our daily industry roundup.
Posted 07/10/08 in Daily Intel
In Other News
Tim Russert As Guardian Angel: Is the Media Going Too Far?
The endless memorials were one thing, but now he's saving people's lives from beyond the grave?
Posted 07/07/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
Ashley Alexandra Dupré Drops Suit Against ‘Girls Gone Wild’
Technically, the famous call girl is forced to admit, she exploited herself. Plus! Boutique hotels in Brooklyn are fighting, NBC gets a bargain on the Weather Channel, and we all may all end up paying for the Fed bailout of Bear Stearns, in our daily roundup of law, real estate, media and finance news.
Posted 06/30/08 in Daily Intel
Intel
New York’s ‘Biggest Loser’ Hopefuls Want to Trade Muumuus for Prada
The hit NBC weight-loss show held auditions on Saturday at Rockefeller Center. We were there chubby-chasing.
Posted 06/26/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
Advertisers Still Wary of Don Imus
Plus, the latest on what's going on at Citibank, JPMorgan, and on the Upper East Side, in our daily industry roundup.
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