THE REPORT comes from the Hollywood Reporter: Keith Olbermann has resolved the $50 million legal dispute with Current TV over his firing from the network, a well-placed source tells The Hollywood Reporter. A settlement is said to have been reached during a private mediation session in San Francisco on Tuesday. Terms of the deal will [...]
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The Full Episode of HBO’s “The Newsroom”
THE FIRST EPISODE is brilliant, Aaron Sorkin at his finest. HBO has uploaded the entire episode on YouTube, though it’s non-embeddable, so watch it while it lasts. Jeff Daniels reminds me of the image of Keith Olbermann when he last left Current TV, in the wake of MSNBC. The Daniel’s character, Will McAvoy, this lumbering, [...]
Joe Scarborough’s Ego
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook JOE SCARBOROUGH’S EGO in full flight is something to behold. As you see in the exchange from “Morning Joe,” complete with priceless Jon Stewart mocking, Scarborough won’t back down even when Willie Geist gives him proof [...]
Panties in A Bunch Over Politico
Let’s call this article for what it was. It wasn’t journalism. It was business. – Devin Gordon, GQ TINA BROWN didn’t call her new media blog The Daily Beast for nothing. It’s a ravenous industry, whether the new media company is large or tiny, with every report, post or column a moment to get more [...]
‘Texts From Hillary’ on Tumblr Frames Iconic Hillary Moment
It’s so 3:00 a.m. and I’m in charge. It’s power, baby. The ultimate Hillary Effect, which has been earned. That “Texts From Hillary” on Tumblr has gone viral is due to Secy. Clinton’s Madonna meets Gaga pop culture cool aboard a C-17, which was Malta bound for Libya at the height of a crisis, which [...]
Chris Licht, Al Gore’s on Line One
Al Gore’s Current TV has bigger problems to deal with than a potential lawsuit from fired news anchor Keith Olbermann – namely not getting kicked off Time Warner Cable for low ratings. – Exclusive: Low ratings could end cable deal for Gore’s Current TV, by Peter Lauria IT‘s been a very bad week for Al [...]
Keith to Dave: ‘I screwed up’
“Do they know what they’re doing over there?” – Dave Letterman The biggest casualty last night was Current TV. Olbermann said he had no idea if “Countdown” had ever aired, because he couldn’t find Current on his dial. Dave acted positively stumped on where to find it and this routine went on throughout the interview. [...]
Keith Olbermann and Al Gore’s Unseemlyly Dog Fight
Okay, boys, zip it up. No one cares who did what to whom. There’s too much at stake to fuel energy into an oxygen suck that makes everyone look petty at a time when things are fairly serious. There’s nothing from the outside that could possibly break in at this point, with Olbermann’s legal trigger [...]
Keith Olbermann Out at CurrentTV, Eliot Spitzer In
Current said on Friday afternoon that it had fired Mr. Olbermann — one of the nation’s most prominent progressive speakers — just a year into his five-year, $50 million contract. It was the culmination of months of murky disputes between Mr. Olbermann and the channel that he was supposed to save from the throes of [...]
If Romney Wins Iowa It’s Huge
UPDATE 1.4.12 (12:01): Rick Perry gives 1st concession speech of life. Not assessing gravity of back surgery & trying to run for presidency looms large. UPDATE (10:54 pm): NBC News Predicts Ron Paul places 3rd. Romney team can exhale. Republican establishment & Iowa state boosterism, inspired by threats of extinction, kept Paul from winning. Santorum [...]
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The Hillary Effect Hits Amazon
Now available on Amazon for your Kindle! I received the hard copy yesterday and it was great to see, hold and read. Our PR team will be sending it out far and wide in the coming weeks, so media outlets can request a copy through that link. If you feel so compelled, I’d appreciate a [...]
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Woman Gets Prison Over Food Stamp Fraud
From Matt Taibbi: Last week, a federal judge in Mississippi sentenced a mother of two named Anita McLemore to three years in federal prison for lying on a government application in order to obtain food stamps. – Woman Gets Jail For Food-Stamp Fraud; Wall Street Fraudsters Get Bailouts This is about fundamental fairness. When Wall [...]
BARNES & NOBLE Chooses THE HILLARY EFFECT in ‘NOOK First’ Featured Authors Campaign
It’s incredibly exciting to announce that The Hillary Effect has been selected as one of two non-fiction e-books in the Barnes and Noble “NOOK First” featured authors campaign, just launched. Being selected as part of this “NOOK First” Barnes and Noble project was an incredible honor and opportunity. Now you know why we waited until [...]
Update on the The Hillary Effect
Today’s not going to be the day we publish, but I promise we’ll have a big send off for the publication next week! It will be worth the wait. Some book PR to give you a little more on what it’s all about. Spanning nearly two decades of American politics, The Hillary Effect is the [...]
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