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December 21, 2007

CNBC's Money Honey Money Honey Says Mind the Gap Earlier this week, while in Grand Central Terminal we heard a familiar voice reminding us to “Mind the gap.” It turns out it was CNBC “Money Honey” Maria Bartiromo. Apparently Metro-North riders aren’t the only ones who are being reminded, as the Post reports that Long Island Rail Road commuters are getting similar reminders. The recorded messages were the brainchild of MTA board member Mitchell Palli.......

Continue Reading "Television Watching: MTA, WGA, DCA, WNBC"

December 18, 2007

After Letterman announced his show's comeback with new episodes, writers' strike or no writers' strike, the leaders of late night all followed suit. Conan O'Brien, who has been growing a "strike beard" and paying his non-writer employees out of pocket, will return on January 2nd -- and his West Coast network-mate, Jay Leno, will do the same. Yesterday the WGA released the following statement regarding this move.“The AMPTP walked away from the bargaining table on......

Continue Reading "Late Night Returns, Writer-less"

November 11, 2007

Members of the Writers Guild of America have been striking in Los Angeles and New York this past week over details of a basic contract between writers and producers - one of the biggest sticking points is the amount of residuals writers get from DVD and new media distribution. The NY Times op-ed columnist Maureen Dowd asked Seth Meyers (who we spoke to on Tuesday) to give her a weekend update about the strike:......

Continue Reading "Writers Guild Strike Heads into Second Week"

May 15, 2005

Today you are hopefully joining approximately 45,000 other New Yorkers and taking part in the 20th Annual AIDS Walk. If not, there is still time. Sign in starts at 8:30am but the walk doesn't begin until 10am. So head to 59th St and 5th Ave...and don't miss the special performance by Norah Jones. Once you're done there maybe cool down with a little stroll in Brooklyn. 20+ galleries + 20+ restaurants = Taste Williamsburg. A......

Continue Reading "Sunday Strolls"

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