Is MSNBC.com Looking for a New Name?
MSNBC management is thinking about changing the name of its website, according to The New York Times, to better distinguish it from its more liberal cable network.
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'Parker Spitzer' Is a Bust, and CNN May Already Know It
CNN says it's confident about its newest show, starring Kathleen Parker and Eliot Spitzer, but there's reason to think the network is already quietly lining up the fire trucks next to the runway in expectation of a flameout.
Parker Spitzer: Low Ratings, Scathing Reviews
CNN's great 8PM hope, Parker Spitzer, garnered lackluster ratings in its debut Monday night, trailing Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and CNN's own sister network HLN. Television critics, meanwhile, savaged the program.
Anderson Cooper as Daytime Talk Show Host: Good Move?
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is set to get his own syndicated daytime talk show, a program that will address "social issues, trends and events, pop culture and celebrity, human interest stories and populist news," whatever that means.
CNN Hopes to Spin Its Own Story with Change at the Top
CNN is sick of being the punching bag of the cable news world. Explaining why the network replaced the head of CNN U.S., CNN Worldwide President Jim Walton cited what he described as unfair press coverage focusing on CNN's declining ratings, while ignoring its growing profitability.
CNN Replaces Jon Klein as Makeover Looms
CNN president Jonathan Klein has been hard at work this year remaking the network's primetime lineup, its most important programming block. But whether or not his effort proves successful, he won't be around to find out.
Piers Morgan Finally Lands Larry King's CNN Job
The British newspaper journalist and TV personality will take over in 2011 from King, who was originally set to retire this fall. Morgan is already known to U.S. viewers of America's Got Talent, the British show's spin-off.
ABC News's David Westin: 'The Right Time' to Leave
ABC News President David Westin is leaving his job after 14 years. A corporate mandate to increase his division's profitability apparently conflicted with his own commitment to high-prestige journalism.
Dan Abrams's Mediaite Tests the Limits of Fair Use
Just what constitutes "fair use" of copyrighted material has always been hard to define. Now a new website, Mediaite.com, is using that ambiguity to build a business model on other companies' content.
NPR's Daniel Schorr Dies at Age 93
Daniel Schorr, a commentator on National Public Radio and former reporter for both CBS and CNN, died Friday at the age of 93.
Out of Context: The Hazards of Acting Fast
Agricultural Department director Shirley Sherrod and CNN editor Octavia Nasr both lost their jobs because they said things that sounded bad out of context. In the pressure of a lighting-fast news cycle, did their employers act too fast?
Crossed Signals: Social Media Betwixt Boss and Staff
CNN firing Octavia Nasr over a questionable Tweet is the latest high-profile controversy regarding social media. The dust-ups show the difficulties many corporate cultures have as their employees embrace new ways of communicating.
