Re: [TV orNotTV] News Sells? WaPo Increases News Room Jobs

2017-02-14 Thread Kevin M.
Meanwhile, "tronc" has adopted a layoff strategy that has forced many to go look up the word "attrit" http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/feb/10/ticker-tronc-union-tribune-attrit-now/ On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Doug Eastick wrote: > I'm glad to see this. There

[TV orNotTV] Colbert Continuing To Ride The Trump Resistance Wave

2017-02-14 Thread PGage
When Trump beat Fallon last week (or was it the week before) some sources attributed it to an appearance by Jon Stewart, but it appears to be a rather broader phenomenon, at least for now. My dirty secret is that after the election I was unable to watch much in the way of late night television

Re: [TV orNotTV] small TV world....

2017-02-14 Thread Doug Eastick
well, Brad, thanks for that (darker) update. I didn't see anything on the wikibox. Geez. Sobering. On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:44 PM Brad Beam wrote: *From:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Doug Eastick *>*now I'm afraid

Re: [TV orNotTV] Administrivia: New email client

2017-02-14 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 7:22 PM, Bob wrote: > I'm in the process of switching my account from the dinosaur Juno client > to (the now drifting-away-from-)Mozilla Thunderbird (current v38.2)... > dad's email, what's left of it, will remain on the client... if for any >

RE: [TV orNotTV] small TV world....

2017-02-14 Thread Brad Beam
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Doug Eastick >now I'm afraid to read up what Jimmy The Greek's kids are doing. At least two of his children succumbed to cystic fibrosis, while a third was still fighting the disease at the time of this 1981

[TV orNotTV] small TV world....

2017-02-14 Thread Doug Eastick
So I've stopped watching Scandal on ABC and now just read the Washington Post, CNN, and other US media outlets. Tonight, while watching the 10pm EST show on CNN, one of the regular reporters is Pamela Brown @pamelaBrownCNN . I was curious about her background so I looked her up on the wikibox.

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Bob Hope closer to being forgotten in one respect

2017-02-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
> On Feb 14, 2017, at 4:33 PM, Jim M wrote: > > I guess this is part of the transitional aspect of the increasing maturity of > TV. Milton Berle, Jackie Gleason and Danny Thomas, icons of the 50's and > early '60's, are all but forgotten now, and Carson, Letterman and

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Bob Hope closer to being forgotten in one respect

2017-02-14 Thread Jim M
I guess this is part of the transitional aspect of the increasing maturity of TV. Milton Berle, Jackie Gleason and Danny Thomas, icons of the 50's and early '60's, are all but forgotten now, and Carson, Letterman and Martin will be eventually. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV)

[TV orNotTV] Administrivia: New email client

2017-02-14 Thread Bob
I'm in the process of switching my account from the dinosaur Juno client to (the now drifting-away-from-)Mozilla Thunderbird (current v38.2)... dad's email, what's left of it, will remain on the client... if for any reason I'd need to switch to another client if something major happens to

[TV orNotTV] The evening anchors, together

2017-02-14 Thread Bob Jersey
Brian Steinberg of Variety asks 'em about the hassles from the administration, mainly... The setup , the actual chat (links) B -- -- TV or Not TV

[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Bob Hope closer to being forgotten in one respect

2017-02-14 Thread Bob Jersey
The Burbank airport that was renamed for him in 2003 (BUR in the code book) plans to remove that name from its signs by June (legal records will still bear the name); meanwhile the terminal (with a statue of Hope) could soon be replaced after having stood since the 1930s... a vote by the

[TV orNotTV] Re: Colbert on Bob Schieffer's podcast

2017-02-14 Thread Bob Jersey
Kevin M.: > > I just downloaded it now, but I suspect it will be worth a listen > > Bob Schieffer's "About the News" with H. Andrew Schwartz by CSIS | Center > for Strategic and International Studies > https://itun.es/us/VYgadb.c > Or http://feeds.feedburner.com/StateOfJournalism , and scroll

[TV orNotTV] SemiTV: Disney breaks up with 'toober PewDiePie

2017-02-14 Thread Bob Jersey
I found this on The Guardian (link), but the legwork was the WSJ's: the Swedish videomaker, born Felix Kjellberg, snuck in a few pieces with anti-Semitic/pro-Nazi imagery every so often,

[TV orNotTV] Re: Colbert on Bob Schieffer's podcast

2017-02-14 Thread Kevin M.
I just downloaded it now, but I suspect it will be worth a listen Bob Schieffer's "About the News" with H. Andrew Schwartz by CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies https://itun.es/us/VYgadb.c -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received