Oprah’s inaugural week: She’ll host her show from Kennedy Center
Oprah Winfrey tells NBC's Access Hollywood that she will host her talk show from Washington, D.C. during the week Barack Obama is inaugurated as president. "That's the place to be," Winfrey said. She said she has rented out the Opera...Another news conference Wednesday for the president-elect
President-elect Barack Obama's team has confirmed reports about another news conference, set for 10:45 a.m. ET tomorrow. This one, like those yesterday and today, will also be related to the economy and its troubles. On the lighter side of things...Colmes is leaving Hannity
Alan Colmes, who has been in the liberal seat on Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes for 12 years, is leaving the show. In a statement released by the network, Colmes says that "I approached Bill Shine (FNC's senior vice...Obama’s White House communications team is set
Here's the team that will be in charge of communications and speaking to the news media when President-elect Barack Obama gets to the White House: • Ellen Moran, director of communications. She's now executive director of Emily's List, which works...‘Blog gridlock?’ Perish the thought!
Michael Kinsley writes in the new Time magazine that there are already way too many blogs in the world, as was proved during the "first presidential election dominated by the Internet." Then he makes the case -- gasp! -- that...‘Deep Throat’ gets a visit from Woodward & Bernstein
Mark Felt, the former FBI man who was the famous "Deep Throat" source for The Washington Post when it was leading the way in investigating the Watergate scandal, got a visit this week from the reporters who did that legendary...Different reporters, different styles for Obama ‘pool reports’
The different styles of reporters who are following President-elect Barack Obama's daily activities are beginning to show through in the "pool reports" they're sharing with other news organizations as the daily duty of covering the president-elect is rotated among news...Add another half million or so to ‘60 Minutes’ audience for Obama
November 18th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Media, Obama administration, Presidential race, 2008
CBS-TV just updated the numbers on the audience for Sunday night's 60 Minutes interview with President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. The latest estimate: 25.1 million. That's up from the preliminary count, released yesterday, of 24.5 million. Either way,...
In top markets, Obama interview gave ‘60 Minutes’ its best ratings in almost a decade
November 17th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Media, Obama administration, Presidential race, 2008
Last night's 60 Minutes interview with President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle was watched by 17.4% of all TV households in 56 top markets, CBS-TV just announced. The show got a "26 share" in those markets, CBS adds. That...