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The Associated Press: What happens to cable news without a campaign?
22 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) Chris Matthews refused to be drawn in to a debate last week when fellow MSNBC host Joe Scarborough talked on "Morning Joe" about whether President-elect Obama had fumbled the appointment of Rahm Emanuel as his White House chief of staff. Matthews said he wanted to "do ...
CNN's holograms not really holograms
cbc.ca — CNN made waves on Tuesday night by incorporating three-dimensional holograms into its coverage of the U.S. election.... The only problem was, they weren't really holograms. (more) CNN's holograms not really holograms
Matthews: "I Want To Do Everything I Can To Make This...New Presidency Work"
mediabistro.com — Chris Matthews appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe this morning to discuss Rahm Emanuel 's decision to announce... he has not yet accepted President-Elect Barack Obama 's offer for White House Chief of Staff and other Obama-related stories. But after some questioning by co-host Joe Scarborough ... (more) Matthews: "I Want To Do Everything I Can To Make ...
Obama Readies For "Press Availability"
mediabistro.com — President-Elect Barack Obama will make his first public appearance in his new role tomorrow afternoon, in what... the campaign is calling a "press availability" and not a news conference. The Hollywood Reporter's Paul J. Gough reports CBS and ABC confirmed they will carry the address, as ... (more) Obama Readies For "Press Availability"
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"People Have Learned New Viewing Habits"
mediabistro.com: TVNewser — ... The AP's David Bauder takes a look at the cable news landscape through the lens of an Obama White House. ...

MSNBC, Olbermann Renew Contract
TV Decoder — ... switching to all Mariah Carey as of tonight,” Mr. Olbermann joked. He dismissed a suggestion that he’d be soft on Democrats by saying that Hillary Rodham Clinton is still mad about his criticisms of her last spring. In the heat of the general election campaign, “Countdown” drew up to 2.5 million viewers a night. Undoubtedly, some viewers won’t be tuning in as frequently now that Barack Obama is the president-elect. “But a lot of them will,” the MSNBC president Phil Griffin told the Associated Press . “And they’ve found the voices they want to hear.”

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