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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 1h

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NBC News Cuts 7% to 8% of Staff, Or 100 To 150 Positions

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 1d

CBS tells news staffers via union that they don't have to respond to a much-scrutinized memo from new editor in chief Bari Weiss that asked them to discuss how they do their jobs and what might be improved at the Paramount Skydance news unit....

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CBS News Staffers Won’t Be Disciplined for Not Responding to Bari Weiss Memo, Union Says (EXCLUSIVE)

CBS News staffers won't face discipline if they decline response to a memo from new editor in chief Bari Weiss that put the Paramount newsroom on edge

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 1d

Alex Wallau, who rose from calling boxing matches in the post-Howard Cosell era to advising Disney stalwarts ranging from Bob Iger to Jimmy Kimmel, has died...

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Alex Wallau, One-Time Boxing Announcer Who Helped Disney Navigate Media Sector, Has Died

Alex Wallau, a key lieutenant over the year to Disney CEO Robert A. Iger and who advised people both working off camera and in front of it, has died

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 1d

Creators of 'Luann,' in bid to get closer to the generation depicted in the strip, appear to have taken some Molly?

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 1d

CBS News staffers suffering from 'mass confusion' as some producers urge them to respond quickly to an eyebrow raising memo from new editor in chief Bari Weiss, while their union says to refrain....

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Bari Weiss Memo Sparks Confusion at CBS News: Some Producers Urge Staff to Respond After WGA Says to Wait (EXCLUSIVE)

A memo from Bari Weiss has sparked great confusion at CBS News, as staffers are told by producers to respond and by WGA to refrain

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 1d

'Yes, dear girl we're all okay, thank goodness...but could you help me align my mouth with my straw?'

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 3d

It's too late now, buddy....

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 3d

Fans of the Kremlinology of 'Saturday Night Live' have had reason to get revved up in the past two weeks, with senior moves disclosed in the credits of the first two episodes of the show's 51st season....

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SNL ‘Veteran’ Ken Aymong Returns to Producer Role After Retiring in 2021

Ken Aymong, a veteran "SNL" producer who retired in 2021, has returned to help with the NBC mainstay during its 51st season

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 4d

Did not expect a comics-page shout-out to Josh Ritter today....

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 4d

'You're absolutely right. But I can dump her off on other older adults who can give her just minimal supervision while I go about my regular life....'

Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 4d

Jeffy's excessive drinking (how would YOU cope if you weren't allowed to mature to adulthood after six decades of entertaining American kids and families?) is starting to cause some real strain in the Keane household....

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 4d

Dagwood's reliance on processed snacks like chips and dips laden with preservatives have given rise to wild, unkept hair, while Herb's paleo-friendly diet of chicken wings and sliced sausage leaves him with a balding pate that is more appropriate for a male of the species...

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 4d

NBCU really trying to make sure no one forgets about its new NBA contract.

Don't they usually put these graphics (this is on Bravo at present) at the bottom of the screen?

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 5d

New CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss asked staffers in a memo to detail how they spend their working hours in a missive that had echoes of recent DOGE letters to federal employees as well as the 1999 workplace satire 'Office Space'....

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Bari Weiss’ ‘How You Spend Your Working Hours’ Memo Raises Eyebrows at CBS News

Bari News, CBS News' new editor in chief, issued a memo to staffers asking them to detail how they filled their working hours and other thoughts

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 6d

SiriusXM will devote an entire channel to Megyn Kelly and programming backed by her under the terms of a new production deal....

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Megyn Kelly to Lead Her Own Sirius XM Channel in New Multi-Year Deal

Megyn Kelly will lead her own SiriusXM channel starting in November

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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...

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 7d

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 Expands NBC News Duties in Executive Reshuffle

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

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 7d

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 Expands NBC News Duties in Executive Reshuffle

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

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 8d

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

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

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

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 8d

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 · 8d

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

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Brian Steinberg @bristei.bsky.social · 8d

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

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

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