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June 14, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

It was with abundant anticipation the reporters and editors from B&C headed over to the W Hotel in midtown this afternoon to attend the Newhouse School's first annual Mirror Awards--an award that honors the best in media industry reporting.

While we are always flattered to be invited anywhere socially, the reason for today's excitement was because a piece by B&C's  Allison Romano and the late, great John Higgins, "Why Journalists Risk Their Lives to Cover Iraq" received a nomination for Best Coverage of Breaking Industry News. 

While we didn't take home the glass statuette, we were pleased-- as they say-- to have been included among such a distinguished group of nominees and presenters--and to have the opportunity to honor Reed's own Peter Bart, the editor-in-chief of Variety, for earning ...Read More

June 14, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

It was with abundant anticipation the reporters and editors from B&C headed over to the W Hotel in midtown this afternoon to attend the Newhouse School's first annual Mirror Awards--an award that honors the best in media industry reporting.

While we are always flattered to be invited anywhere socially, the reason for today's excitement was because a piece by B&C's  Allison Romano and the late, great John Higgins, "Why Journalists Risk Their Lives to Cover Iraq" received a nomination for Best Coverage of Breaking Industry News. 

While we didn't take home the glass statuette, we were pleased-- as they say-- to have been included among such a distinguished group of nominees and presenters--and to have the opportunity to honor Reed's own Peter Bart, the editor-in-chief of Variety, for earning ...Read More

May 29, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (4)

I spent my morning in a kind of anxious anticipation for first Rosie-less installment of The View to begin.

I wondered how they were going to handle Rosie's early departure or--more importantly--how they were going to deal with the reports in all the papers (read: gossip pages) this weekend that Rosie's head writer drew mustaches all over pictures of Elizabeth Hasslebeck, and THAT was why Rosie was leaving.  Or, how they were going to finesse the fact that Rosie was blogging her way through the holiday weekend talking about how she hasn't spoken to Elizabeth since their on-air dust-up, and that it was unlikely she would talk to her again. Me-ow!

The answer? They didn't. Or, at least, not in any way that felt satisfying.

The show opened up with the women (minus O'Donnell and plus Whoopi Goldberg) strutting acros...Read More

May 15, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Not to self: One must not arrive fashionably late to the annual William Morris party at the Four Seasons.

After arriving at seven o'clock on the dot and looping the block in my heels to kill a little time, I entered the pool room section of the fabled restaurant. Or, at least, I tried to--the bodies were already backing up out the door. It was 7:10.

A server offered me a glass of wine from her tray with a knowing nod.  "Better take it now as you don't know how long it's going to take you to get the to bar, " she advised. 

After weaving through the swelling room and securing a safe spot on the steps, I surveyed the impressive crowd. Ben Silverman, Steve Mosko, Dan Abrams, Dave Howe, Bonnie Hammer were in attend...Read More

May 10, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

I was just watching CNN at my desk and they mentioned that Jane Fonda did her entire interview on the Colbert Report last night perched come-hitherly on Steven Colbert's lap. Curious, I immediately went to YouTube, momentarily forgetting the Viacom had all content pulled from the site a few months ago. I guess this is the first time I needed to do this? Anyway, I found two things:

1.) The clip WAS available--but only because someone had videotaped their own TV screen and zoomed in on the action. The volume was bad and picture wasn't ideal, but I did get to see the clip well-enough.  I wonder how often this happens now--and what, if any, the legal repercu...Read More