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THIS WEEK
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Today's Broadcast
Grammar Lesson

>>Deadline looms for Young Broadcasting, bids due in one week
>>Will Young be auctioned in full or broken up?
>>Comedy Central exceeds real news in scope and execution
>>Major news divisions ramp up for Tuesday's Jacko memorial
>>Washington Post publisher backs off plans for exclusive "salon"
>>Fire at Seattle TV station forces morning newscast into park
>>New York station dumps weekend news, cuts nightly show in half
>>Buffalo anchor recovering from heart attack, two surgeries
>>Two Houston stations cut sports reporters
>>Dallas station dumps black-oriented show, anchor
>>CNBC claims death threats for calling bloggers "dickweeds"
>>Chicago Tribune paying bloggers $5 per 1,000 hits
>>Jay Leno wins possession of squatted domain
>>Two Augusta boneheads steal TV from TV station
>>Tampa station relocates 4th of July to July 5th
>>Mrs.B wishes you a Happy pre-4th of July

Thursday, July 2
>>Mainstream media flock to Neverland
>>Stossel sick of Jackson coverage, furious with ABC bosses
>>Pew poll: Too much Jacko, say 64 percent of Americans
>>Old media covering new media as news
>>CNN braces for Michael Jackson lawsuits
>>ABC News president suggests airing stock footage of hurricanes
>>Al Jazeera English flourishing in Canada
>>The live-shot slap heard around the world
>>Gannett says it will cut 1,400 jobs
>>Lin hires news director at Indianapolis flagship
>>Orlando morning anchor leaving for New Orleans
>>Chicago sports reporter bumped up to weekend anchor
>>TNT suspends NASCAR announcer for hotel shout-down
>>Tribune dumps Dallas reporter
>>Salt Lake City station parks news chopper
>>Veteran Mississippi anchor quits
>>Cincinnati station to expand 6:00 p.m. news
>>Tony don't friend, Brownie don't tweet
>>Mrs.B is annoyed by inaccurate and unnecessary words

Wednesday, July 1
>>Three charged with illegally accessing anchor's hospital records
>>LSD caused ex-news director's son to kill himself "accidentally"
>>Fired Fox entertainment columnist sues Rupert
>>Critic: Jacko coverage was "a nightmare of excess and nonsense"
>>MSNBC passes CNN, Fox News soars
>>Geraldo takes out hit on convicted child molester
>>Nielsen will increase People Meters in New York and LA
>>Gannett expected to cut between 1,000 and 2,000 jobs
>>Freedom orders across-the-board pay cuts
>>Layoffs continue at NBC's Miami station
>>Two reporters out in Orlando
>>Veteran Raleigh sports anchor takes buyout
>>Two cut in Buffalo, including longtime meteorologist
>>Meredith to cut 13 in "Better" relocation, co-host quits
>>Membership in Hispanic journalist association falls 36 percent
>>Star reporters give citizen journalists tips
>>Couric recalls nightmare actor interview
>>Mrs.B checks under the grammar hood

Tuesday, June 30
>>NBC financial woes force budget cuts in Miami
>>Fox axes six in Tampa following news-sharing agreement
>>Fox and NBC share affiliate video of Dallas car chase
>>Hit-and-run driver injures Fox reporter in El Lay
>>What if TMZ had been wrong?
>>Jacko smotherage slowly receding
>>Top Brit morning show orders 25-percent pay cuts
>>BBC whacks anchor salaries by 25-40 percent
>>Fired entertainment columnist sues Fox, Rupert
>>Veteran Kansas City sports guy takes buyout, retires
>>Tampa anchor cuts deal with DUI prosecutors
>>Former KC reporter sentenced in money laundering scheme
>>Norfolk weather guesser seriously injured in bike fall
>>Cops say former news director's son killed himself
>>Mind-altering substance may have led to stabbing death
>>Details emerge in Hartford suicide-murder
>>Meredith relocates lifestyle show to Hartford
>>Spokane station hires sports director
>>The Ed Murrow beauty contest winners
>>Mrs.B continues her war against redundancy

Monday, June 29
>>Fox gives layoff notices to 95 staffers in Los Angeles
>>Graphics, aviation, sports departments stripped to the bone
>>Late Breaking: Assignment editor dies in murder-suicide
>>Son of former ND stabbed to death in Columbus
>>Former Greenville anchor debuts on TMZ with Jacko coverage
>>Anderson Cooper and Michael Jackson at Studio 54
>>Vegas reporter defends live shot with stiff left jab
>>NBC farms out San Diego weathercasts to Los Angeles
>>Principal foreign correspondent leaves ABC's "No World News"
>>Couric stiff-arms nosy photogs
>>MSNBC begins transition to high-def
>>Former CNNer hired as New Orleans news director
>>Lexington station ousts three reporters, two producers
>>Meredith relocates daily syndicated lifestyle show
>>Tampa station interviews TV pitchman hours before his death
>>News media's irrational excess in celebrity coverage
>>Mrs.B reviews The Reverend Rule

Friday, June 26
>>Fawcett-Jackson exacta throws mainstream media for a loop
>>TMZ.com scoop was ignored until AP confirmation
>>Nets scramble to air prime-time obituaries
>>Twitter, Google, YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia go white-hot
>>Cronkite family slaps down "false rumors"
>>Fox hires news director in Houston, leaves WNBC searching
>>Booted Houston anchor sues for defamation
>>Judge tosses evidence in Tampa anchor DUI
>>WABC confirms sports anchor departure
>>Mendte-Lane kiss count recalculated
>>Global calls all-hands-on-deck meeting
>>Providence news departments "getting desperate"
>>Breaking News: Couric "miscast as an anchor"
>>David Gregory throws a fit, gets Scarborough bumped
>>Critic: ABC News was fair and balanced with health-care
>>Obama special finishes third in time slot
>>News cycle speeds forward, leaves cheating governor in wake
>>Mrs.B has a phenomenal grammar lesson

Thursday, June 25
>>Mendte asks federal court to reduce his sentence
>>Says he was the victim of bad lawyering
>>Claims he kissed Alycia Lane five times
>>South Carolina newspaper confronts governor at airport
>>Cable blather deflects attention from health care special
>>ABC rushes reporter to Argentina to read newspaper excerpts
>>WABC sports anchor dropped as rumors swirl
>>Minneapolis reporter tries to bounce back from DUIs
>>Wrongful death lawsuit filed against Dayton anchor
>>BBC anchor assaulted on her doorstep
>>Cleveland ND calls in sick to avoid firings
>>Tampa anchor retires rather than take pay cut
>>Associated Press announces strict Twitter guidelines
>>Future News Czar orders Couric to primetime
>>Mrs.B bails out the question of bond

Wednesday, June 24
>>Wisconsin anchor gets restraining order against former co-host
>>Global Broadcasting partners split, days after CBS lawsuit
>>Legendary Chicago broadcaster dead at 72
>>Gannett Broadcasting orders across-the-board pay cuts
>>Forty news organizations conspired to hide kidnapping news
>>Amanpour: "If I’m kidnapped, make sure people know about it"
>>Obama disrupts world order by acknowledging blogger
>>Republicans launch cable attack on ABC News
>>Westin pledges to avoid "political high theater" on health care
>>Turner to move truTV to HLN facilities in Atlanta
>>Banfield, Ford out of work in November, at least 30 jobs lost
>>Columnist: Cronkite would have hated reports of his illness
>>NBC News hires former CBS News president
>>Substitute anchors pull record low audiences at CBS, ABC
>>Comcast, Time Warner try to stop free online distribution
>>New York Times not for sale, insists top exec
>>San Fran PBS boss announces retirement plans
>>New York TV reporter quits to host real estate show
>>Olbermann buys $810K condo in Trump Palace
>>Mrs.B gets into a family discussion

Tuesday, June 23
>>Fatal DC Metro crash collapses local news-sharing agreement
>>FCC loophole could create new TV stations in New York, Philly
>>Power shift at Black Rock, CFO replaced
>>Shoptalk editor canned in Vault cutbacks
>>Media Bistro shuffles blog editors
>>Columbus news director promoted to GM
>>Shreveport anchor hired from across the street
>>Anchor rumors in Minnesota
>>Belo abandons Tucson station after fire
>>Fox moves local news in Boston to make way for Dr. Oz
>>Oakland anchor tries not to screw up
>>Fox News anchor headed for another divorce
>>Hottest female newscasters in Houston
>>Writer sues Hasselbeck for lifting material
>>SPJ names Historical Journalism Site in Minneapolis
>>Newspaper editor studied gerbalism in college
>>Mrs.B has problems with one of

Monday, June 22
>>Angel of death not hovering over Walter Cronkite, says assistant
>>TVNewser waits 26 hours to correct "grossly exaggerated" report
>>Philadelphians mourn the loss of Gary Papa
>>Fox fires 20 at two New York stations
>>Kidnapped reporter escapes Taliban
>>At least 24 journalists arrested in Iran
>>Did Brian Williams clog the White House toilet?
>>Media General names news boss in Providence
>>Shreveport primary anchor reassigned to street reporter
>>Belo hires morning weather guesser in Portland
>>Searching for a meteorologist/scientist in Phoenix
>>Pumping Syracuse news into Watertown
>>Content sharing can jeopardize ratings, claims B&C
>>Larry King breaks a leg in Vegas
>>Greta tosses first pitch, Mets lose
>>Shep gets a tongue bath, hardcore Foxers howl
>>Mrs.B's grammar lesson is unique

Friday, June 19
>>Cronkite gravely ill, say CBS sources
>>Longtime aide insists legendary newsman is "doing well"
>>Jacksonville TV news legend dies at 93
>>Late Breaking: Cancer claims longtime Philly sports anchor
>>Comcast takes control of NECN, boots founding news director
>>Former Boston news director lands in Pittsburgh
>>Pay cuts ordered in Watertown
>>KRON loses longtime operations manager
>>Minneapolis newsroom "shell-shocked" by layoffs
>>Gannett VP won't comment on layoffs, salary reductions
>>Tampa reporter sucked into vortex of bad behavior
>>Nielsen gives ABC News another 800,000 viewers
>>Obama lapdog? Which is it? ABC or NBC News?
>>Producers uses seat-fillers to slenderize NBC newsroom
>>NBC News walkie-talkie experiment declared "a mess"
>>Minnesota reporter maintains shrine for Katie Couric
>>CBS anchor embraces "simple little gay boy"
>>Local TV news a "dead-end" job? Photographic proof
>>Mrs.B wishes you a happy first-day-of-summer Father's Day

Thursday, June 18
>>CBS sues station owner for $5-million in syndication dispute
>>Will sinking Dr. Phil ratings trigger affiliate backlash?
>>National ad buyers demanding lower rates for new fall shows
>>Veteran Phoenix anchor out the door when contract expires
>>Newport fills news director vacancy in Fresno
>>ABC hires cheerleader at "Good Morning America"
>>Daily Show smart-ass to report from Iran
>>NBC chief foreign correspondent booted from Iran
>>Networks ponder foreign coverage without news bureaus
>>Fox News says President Obama "is avoiding us"
>>Shep Smith says ideologues are all in the family
>>Glenn Beck uses mentholated balm to cry fake tears
>>HBO blacklists Artie Lange for obscene Joe Buck rant
>>Larry King headlines in Las Vegas
>>Norfolk reporter suddenly out, bio disappears
>>Weather Channel plots new course with prime-time shows
>>Sunny the Nashville cockatiel dodging thunderstorms
>>Social Security check arrives for Grammar Queen
>>Mrs.B prepares for the summer solstice

Wednesday, June 17
>>Prosecutors say Vance confessed to murdering Little Rock anchor
>>Vance says cops used gun to pressure his confession
>>CNN anchor defends his network's Iran coverage
>>Ann Curry says networks aren't keeping pace with world news
>>State Department asked Twitter to delay site maintenance
>>Critic warns media of "Fidel syndrome"
>>Local TV stations in DC, Boston go missing
>>ABC "No World News" questions lowest ratings ever
>>Nielsen Media admits to mistake, promises recount
>>Will ABC town hall meeting be "glorified infomercial"?
>>Surly Editor® shows persistent left wing liberal bias
>>Anti-aging supplement practices the art of deception
>>Babs tweets that ads are "false"
>>Glenn Beck says Republicans suck
>>Former Seattle anchor launches run for office
>>Flamboyant clotheshorse lands in Detroit
>>Station managers named in Chicago, DC
>>Nashville reporter loses her bird 
>>Mrs.B celebrates an anniversarius

Tuesday, June 16
>>The uprising has been Tweeted, turn off your cable noise
>>Twitter postpones maintenance to avoid disrupting Iranian tweets
>>Glenn Beck says Fox News is not to blame for fringe hate crimes
>>Media-centric web plans to rank media talkers by relevance
>>Letterman backs down, apologizes for bad joke
>>Comedian turns Joe Buck Live into HBO train wreck
>>Young Broadcasting fails to make Monday payroll
>>Gannett CEO to take four-month paid leave of absence
>>Indianapolis ND quits for production job
>>Hartford anchor quits to spend time with family
>>Blog insists Tribune is targeting older female anchors
>>Louisville reporter quits to pursue advanced degree
>>WNBC will replace crime with fashion news
>>El Paso station abruptly shutters 6 p.m. newscast
>>How CBS spun tiny ratings uptick as unprecedented growth
>>Mrs.B's grammar lesson revolves around centers on

Monday, June 15
>>Psychiatrist says suspect in Little Rock anchor murder is mentally fit
>>Prosecutors won't say if they'll seek death penalty
>>Another tragic turn in the death of Las Vegas anchor
>>Feds investigating Chicago sports guy, records seized
>>Late Breaking: Lin Indianapolis news director quits
>>Twitterers pressure CNN to extend overseas coverage
>>Robin Meade does Poppy Bush, world yawns
>>O'Reilly, Beck accused of fueling extremists
>>Shep, Herridge praised for rejecting "the big hate"
>>Fired entertainment columnist says he'll sue Fox...
>>Claims Church of Scientology pressured Fox to dump him
>>Prejean says she was asked to make "inappropriate appearances"
>>Redesigned Orlando newscast fails with viewers
>>Couric at 7 p.m. pulls .6 rating, 2 share in O-Town
>>Denver sports guy not renewed after gambling misstep
>>Veteran Philly street reporter calls it quits at 68
>>Atlanta station loses two weekend anchor-reporters
>>Lansing news director out following internal investigation
>>Raycom fills news director vacancy in Huntsville
>>Legendary Portland weatherman dead at 86
>>Ernie reflects on 30 years in New York TV
>>Women prefer their TV fuzzy
>>Mrs.B asks: Can "meantime" replace "meanwhile"?

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