Every weekday in 2014, I'll be keeping an eye on what's happening in the media. My focus will be on some of my favorite subjects...the moguls, the pundits, the broadcast news biz, and show business. (Read "$everance" if you want a crystallization of my positions on those subjects.) And, of course, I'll also keep tabs on Chicago's media.
~Chicago Media...
Pete McMurray and their crew talk about their old radio internships.
Love these old Chicago radio stories.
Smooth Jazz back in Chicago radio
WTMX is broadcasting it now on it's HD2 channel, if you're a fan of that music.
~The Moguls...
Roger Ailes offered employee a raise if she had sex wih him
That's one of the revelations in the new book about him. I told you this book was going to be a good one. And by the way, this happened when he worked at NBC, not Fox.
The New York Times reviews the Roger Ailes book
It's not really a full-fledged review, it's more of a book summary. Here's my favorite part:
At Fox News, the book says, Mr. Ailes was disdainful of even his most bankable on-air talent, privately calling Bill O’Reilly “a book salesman with a TV show” and Brian Kilmeade, a peppy Fox host, “a soccer coach from Long Island.”
~Broadcast News...
Jimmy Kimmel rips LA TV news
Great clip of Los Angeles newscasters bitching about the "cold".
NBC Prepared for the Worst at Sochi
This year's Olympic Games have the added potential of security issues...
“Although obviously we have our fingers crossed that nothing happens, if anything the prospect of a terrorist event, the controversy of the anti-gay laws, those things in an odd way have increased awareness and interest in those games,” NBC’s chief Olympics anchor Bob Costas told reporters Tuesday.
Diane Sawyer in Ladies Home Journal
You wouldn't expect an article in Ladie's Home Journal to break news, but in this piece, Sawyer talks about her potential retirement.
~The Pundits...
Dennis Miller story about meeting Frank Sinatra
It's nice to hear Dennis when he's not talking about politics. He can still be funny.
~Show Biz...
Honey Boo-Boo's family injured in a car crash
I've never seen the show, but I know some of you are obsessed.
