Matt Lauer not doing well in forced retirement. PEOPLE article <https://people.com/tv/inside-matt-lauers-quiet-life-one-year-after-today-show-firing/>
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 3:17 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > NBC's new 'Today' team marks 6 months > > NEW YORK (AP) - Matt who? NBC is marking six months with its new team of > Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb (HOE-dah KAHT-bee) at the "Today" show, a > pairing made necessary by Matt Lauer's firing on sexual misconduct charges. > By the numbers, it has gone well. The show is down 2 percent in viewers > compared with last year at the same time, a rate of decline slower than > rivals "Good Morning America" on ABC and "CBS This Morning." Still, NBC > consistently trails ABC for first place. > Guthrie said the new team has given "Today" the chance to be bold and not > always be hemmed in by the way things used to be. > She wants a show that's joyful and light, but also substantive and not > silly. > > On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 7:24 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> NBC source says they have no intention of paying the $30 million buyout >> to Lauer >> >> https://apnews.com/68557d1f6a2d444aafdaddb42468d698 >> >> On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 1:08 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> And now, in Australia, the retired host of a long-running lifestyle show >>> (a prime time series!) is under similar accusations: >>> >>> >>> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/world/australia/don-burke-sex-harassment.html?ribbon-ad-idx=3&rref=business/media&module=Ribbon&version=context®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Media&pgtype=article >>> >>> Mark Jeffries >>> Saints Spotlight Editor >>> [email protected] >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 10:00 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Lauer has committed "social media suicide," the rather dark phrase used >>>> to describe deleting his accounts. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 12:45 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Right; but that is not my point. My point is that it would be bad if >>>>>> we got to the point where people were fired as soon as an accusation was >>>>>> made. That is not what happened here, both because Lauer admitted to >>>>>> wrongdoing and because, even had he not, there was adequate persuasive >>>>>> evidence that he did. >>>>>> >>>>>> Imagine though that Lauer had completely denied the allegation, and >>>>>> as if Tuesday morning NBC had no real other evidence to go on, what ought >>>>>> they to do? I am saying they should suspend the employee and take some >>>>>> time >>>>>> to investigate. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Lauer was under contract to NBC and the corporation would have to be >>>>> careful with how they handled the firing in order to avoid a lawsuit. One >>>>> thing about these high profile cases is that the predators have been >>>>> acting >>>>> with impunity for years if not decades and word has, at least >>>>> unofficially, >>>>> gotten around. Women at the workplace have warned each other not to be >>>>> alone with the predator and reporters have heard rumors but can't publish >>>>> without on-the-record confirmation. These stories aren't the result of a >>>>> one time incident or a single accusation. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> TV or Not TV .... 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