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EveryBlock could still be sold, says Schiller, after abrupt closing of hyperlocal pioneer

Jeff Sonderman — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:05:07 +0000

EveryBlock, the hyperlocal news and community discussion site that abruptly closed last week, may be resurrected if NBC can find a suitable buyer.

NBC News Chief Digital Officer Vivian Schiller told me Monday that the network is continuing to … Read more

DC police investigating “Meet the Press,” David Gregory, who will not be hosting Sunday

Julie Moos — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:50:24 +0000

NBC’s Richard Engel: ‘We weren’t expecting a rescue’

Julie Moos — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:15:57 +0000

During the five days Richard Engel and a crew of four others were held in Syria, the kidnappers “didn’t really know who we were,” Engel told Savannah Guthrie during an interview that aired Friday on the “Today” show. The … Read more

NBC’s Richard Engel, crew freed after 5 days of captivity in Syria

Julie Moos — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:34:06 +0000

NBC | “Today” | CPJ | Gawker
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is safe in Turkey after five days of captivity in Syria, the network said Tuesday morning. Engel and his crew were last heard from Thursday just … Read more

Report: George Zimmerman to sue NBC over botched edit of 911 call

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:11:55 +0000

New York Post
Accused Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman is preparing a lawsuit against NBC, NBC News President Steve Capus and correspondent Ron Allen, the New York Post’s Page Six reports.

A source tells us, “The suit will be
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NBC apologizes to affiliates for Kardashian interview during 9/11 moment of silence

Julie Moos — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:57:21 +0000

The New York Times
Though NBC said it would not apologize for airing an interview with Kardashian mom Kris Jenner on Tuesday’s “Today” show during the moment of silence to honor victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, NBC News President … Read more

msnbc.com becomes NBCNews.com after network, MSN split

Steve Myers — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:28:00 +0000

NBC News | The New York Times
NBC News announced Sunday night that it had bought the remaining half of msnbc.com from Microsoft on Friday. Users who type “msnbc.com” into their browsers are now redirected to the NBCNews.com domain. … Read more

NBC’s failure to correct Zimmerman audio on-air highlights lack of TV news corrections

Craig Silverman — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:11:49 +0000

David Carr of The New York Times does an important bit of follow-up in his latest Media Equation column.

Carr asks why, after launching an internal investigation, firing the offending party and issuing a statement of apology over … Read more

NBC tells Romney campaign to stop running ad with footage of Tom Brokaw

Steve Myers — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:12:23 +0000

The Associated Press | Politico | The Washington Post
NBC says the ad, made up almost entirely of video from a 1997 NBC News broadcast reporting on Newt Gingrich’s reprimand by the U.S. House of Representatives on ethics charges, was … Read more

NBC News experiments with serious opinion polling through Facebook

Jeff Sonderman — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:55:26 +0000

As the 2012 elections finally begin, NBC News has been polling the public to see what issues concern them the most. What’s unusual is that it collected the data not by phone interviews, but through Facebook.

The polling is one … Read more