Rosie O’Donnell Leaves ‘The View’ .. AGAIN
Rosie O’Donnell is leaving “The View” after just five months to focus on her family, following a breakup with her wife Michelle.
Report: NBC’s Tom Brokaw Wants Lyin’ Brian Fired
“Brokaw wants Williams’ head on a platter,” an NBC source said. “He is making a lot of noise at NBC that a lesser journalist or producer would have been immediately fired or suspended for a false report.”
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Mark Ramsey of Mark Ramsey Media has 7 points to be digested
Ramsey will be one of the guest speakers in Pentiction in May at the BCAB convention....
With His Apology, NBC’s Brian Williams Digs Himself in Deeper
A Fox News analyst, Howard Kurtz, said, “The admission raises serious questions about his credibility in a business that values that quality above all else.” On CNN’s “New Day,” the host Chris Cuomo said that attributing the lie to “the fog of war” wasn’t acceptable and the Internet would “eat him alive.”
Apparently, Peter Mansbridge still doesn’t get it…
If McGuire hoped her porous ban would stop the questions about CBC News stars getting cozy with the financial and political elite, Mansbridge’s high-profile appearance at FarmTech has promptly reignited them.
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FRIDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 6th
Frank Sinatra debuted as star of the 'Lucky Strike Hit Parade' on CBS radio,
The final episode of the talking horse comedy 'Mr. Ed' (with Vancouver's Alan Young) aired on CBS-TV.
One of OTR's last dramatic gasps 'CBS Mystery Theatre' (airing 5 times a week) had its premiere.
And Simon Fraser University's CJSF-FM began testing at 90.1 MHz; its official launch was a week later on Valentines Day.
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U.S. Copyright Office Endorses Performance Royalty for Radio
Among the recommended major changes to current copyright laws are requiring terrestrial radio broadcasters to pay performance royalties from sound recordings and giving publishers and other music rights owners the power to withdraw streaming rights from services.