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  • April 2008
    • CNN Apologizes to China for 'Goons' Remark

      CNN Apologizes to China for 'Goons' Remark

      (Newser) - CNN has issued an apology to Beijing after one of its anchors called the Chinese "goons" and called Chinese-made products "junk." Jack Cafferty, who appears on The Situation Room , said that the Chinese were "basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years." CNN's contrition came after an angry demand from the Chinese foreign ministry. More »

    • Trouble at CBS Runs Wide and Deep

      Trouble at CBS Runs Wide and Deep

      (Newser) - With trouble plaguing most divisions of CBS, last week's flap over Katie Couric's contract was just one of the countless items on Les Moonves' to-do list, the New York Times reports. Ad sales are down industry-wide, Fox is on the tail of the prime-time division and gaining fast, and the radio division and online presence lag competitors. More »

    • CBS in Talks to Outsource News to CNN

      CBS in Talks to Outsource News to CNN

      (Newser) - CBS, the network of Ed Murrow and Walter Cronkite that is widely credited with inventing television news, is considering outsourcing some of its news gathering activities to CNN, according to the New York Times. No deal is imminent but talks are reportedly taking place at the highest level at both networks. CBS denied negotiations were under way. More »

  • March 2008
    • CNN Anchor Cooper Has Skin Cancer

      CNN Anchor Cooper Has Skin Cancer

      (Newser) - CNN's Anderson Cooper returned to the air today after a two-day absence during which he had a cancerous mole removed from his face, E! News reports. Anderson wrote on his blog that he's fine and that the surgery went well, and a spokesman said doctors don't think the cancer has spread. "Don't want you to think I got into a fistfight with Charlie Rose," Cooper wrote to his fans. More »

    • Olbermann Rips Clinton Over Ferraro Flap

      Olbermann Rips Clinton Over Ferraro Flap

      (Newser) - If Keith Olbermann is the Rush Limbaugh of the left—as Chris Cillizza observes in his Washington Post Fix blog—Hillary Clinton couldn’t have been happy when Olbermann blasted her Wednesday night over the recent Geraldine Ferraro flap. “You are now campaigning as if Barack Obama were the Democrat and you were the Republican,” he said. More »

    • MSNBC Cans 'Tucker' for Rising Star

      MSNBC Cans 'Tucker' for Rising Star

      (Newser) - MSNBC today picked rising star David Gregory to helm a new political show in place of Tucker Carlson's low-rated "Tucker", TVNewser reports. Gregory's "Race for the White House" will air at 6 p.m. weekdays while he continues to report on the White House for NBC News and fill in for Matt Lauer on "Today", the New York Times reports. More »

    • CNN, in Comeback, Tops Fox, Boosts Profits

      CNN, in Comeback, Tops Fox, Boosts Profits

      (Newser) - Five years after CNN’s fortunes were so low that Time Warner considered selling it, the cable news icon topped Fox News among 25- to 54-year-old viewers for the first month since 2001. The upstarts had CNN running scared for several years, but a new president has streamlined management, increased audiences—and doubled profits in four years, the New York Times reports. More »

  • February 2008
    • Dem Debate Oddly Like 'SNL' Parody

      Dem Debate Oddly Like 'SNL' Parody

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton was so taken by last week's "Saturday Night Live" sketch that had moderators fawning over Barack Obama in a debate between the two candidates that she brought it up in the real debate last night. And the debate lived up to the SNL spoof, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times : the anchors needled her constantly and seemed to go out of their way to show Obama at his unflappable best. More »