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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 1d

Is that local-radio announcer Marty Moon getting elbowed aside by the Hartford Courant? 'You didn't say I'd actually have to jockey for quotes with 'real' media outlets,' he says, knowing he's lost the grip his perch at WMFD has granted him for decades on Gil Thorp post-game reax

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 1d

Goofus thinks first of himself and the money and benefits he feels he is owed...

Gallant puts the needs of others ahead of his own, reaping rewards by helping those around him....

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 1d

MISSING: Have YOU seem Sam and Barfy?

These two lovable canines provided crucial emotional support to the Keane family for more than six decades until the eldest child's mercurial outbursts became too much for them to take....

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 1d

Santa Royale firemen are the best in the business, according to Mary Worth, but it's unclear why this first-responder is holding on to the gurney without having his own buckle or tether in place to keep him from falling and suffering what would likely be a massive injury...

Rebecca Blumenstein Expands NBC News Duties in Executive Reshuffle

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 1d

Rebecca Blumenstein came to NBC News with impeccable journalistic credentials -- but not in TV.

Now she's expanding her oversight, the latest example of TV news orgs tapping non-traditional execs as streaming upsets the economics of the TV sector....

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Rebecca Blumenstein will take on more duties at NBC News, which is folding three separate business operations into two after a split from MSNBC

Rebecca Blumenstein Expands NBC News Duties in Executive Reshuffle

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 2d

And then there were two.

After unveiling an unorthodox three-division structure for NBC News in 2023, the top executive overseeing news operations at NBCUniversal, Cesar Conde, is bringing two units under a single person’s oversight.

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Rebecca Blumenstein will take on more duties at NBC News, which is folding three separate business operations into two after a split from MSNBC

CNN Jumps Into Fashion With Hire of Washington Post Critic Rachel Tashjian

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 2d

CNN Jumps Into Fashion With Hire of Washington Post Critic Rachel Tashjian variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety.com

CNN hires Rachel Tashjian, who has been fashion critic at The Washington Post, as the Warner Bros. Discovery outlet seeks new digital presence

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 2d

Make sure to take time out for an evening dinner date at Jordan's, where the food is 'fantastic; and greatly aided by the availability of squeeze bottles of ketchup and mustard!

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 2d

'How would I know? As you can tell from the color in my nose, I am at least three sheets to the wind.'

C-SPAN Chief Jumps to ‘Ceasefire’ After ‘Crossfire’ in Bid to Create News Programs That Unify, Not Divide

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 2d

Is there a business to be found in news programs that try to have partisans find common ground? The new CEO of C-SPAN thinks so, and has convinced two of the nation's biggest streamers to carry the network....

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C-SPAN's new chief, Sam Feist, bets the network's programs appeal to Republicans and Democrats. One new show, 'Ceasefire,' aims to find common ground

C-SPAN Chief Jumps to ‘Ceasefire’ After ‘Crossfire’ in Bid to Create News Programs That Unify, Not Divide

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 3d

C-SPAN Chief Sam Feist Jumps to 'Ceasefire' After 'Crossfire.' Can he make a business out of news programming that aims for a broader audience, not a divided one?

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C-SPAN's new chief, Sam Feist, bets the network's programs appeal to Republicans and Democrats. One new show, 'Ceasefire,' aims to find common ground

Paramount Bets Digital Provocateur Bari Weiss Can Re-Energize CBS News

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 3d

“This is a great moment for The Free Press," says Bari Weiss in a statement. But is it also one for CBS News?

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Paramount said digital opinion figure Bari Weiss will lead CBS News as editor in chief

Erin Doyle Joins ‘SNL’s’ Top Circle of Producers

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 4d

The creative team behind 'Mary Worth' has smartly placed a translation of the dialogue for the strip's canine readers in a pink caption box....

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 4d

Erin Doyle, a senior production operative at "SNL" who has often served as the show's conscience when it comes to airing provocative sketches, has been elevated to its top circle of managers....

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Erin Doyle, a longtime senior producer at 'Saturday Night Live" has been joined the ranks of the program's top production executives

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 5d

When the book reviewer winds up being more compelling than the book being reviewed.....

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 5d

The NYT seems to have a deep fascination with Fox News Channel. This real-estate section story on Dana Perino in today's paper follows last Sunday's page one story about the network's book-publishing efforts and a Style front about Kat Timpf.

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 6d

'Oh, boy,' says Rex Morgan, M.D. dejectedly, while coming to the realization that he will have to spend his own money on feeding his children....

Bari Weiss Poised to Join CBS News as Editor-in-Chief as Paramount Nears Acquisition of Free Press

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 6d

A.I. is quickly usurping the natural rhythms of 'Blondie'... Can 'Hi & Lois' or 'Pearls Before Swine' resist our new automation overlords....?

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 6d

If consummated, Paramount CEO David Ellison will have installed a provocative writer and thinker who has expressed partisan leanings on several major topics at the head of a mainstream news organization that has long sought to cultivate broader audiences.

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Paramount has closed a deal for The Free Press, with its founder Bari Weiss tapped as editor in chief of CBS News.

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 6d

If you suffer from xylophobia, this week's 'Mary Worth' may just be for you....

Paramount’s Potential Odd Couple: CBS News, Bari Weiss May Not Mesh

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 6d

Paramount's plans to pair CBS Ness with provocative opinion journalist will likely create an odd couple that will have trouble functioning well....

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Paramount Skydance's plans to combine outspoken opinion journalist Bari Weiss with the traditional CBS News will likely create an odd media coupling

FanDuel Sports Brings ‘Whip Around’ Format to Local Pre-Game Programming

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 8d

It's really started to infiltrate a lot faster than expected!

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 8d

Is this really how General Halftrack is behaving after yesterday's Quantico address?

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 8d

The Red Zone 'whip around' format is coming to your local pre game show, courtesy of FanDuel Sports and former ESPN exec Norby Williamson. Stan Verrett will host....

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FanDuel Sports Brings 'Whip Around' Format to Local Pre-Game Programs