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NBC Universal Unveils New Plan For West Coast TV Operations HQ

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday January 4, 2012 @ 2:15pm PSTTags: NBC News, NBCUniversal

NBCUniversal will build a new broadcast center on its Universal Studios lot to house its West Coast television operations. The announcement of the state-of-the-art headquarters — which will includes newsrooms, production studios and content distribution centers for the LA bureaus of NBC News and Telemundo as well as local stations KNBC-TV and KVEA-TV — comes as NBCU pulled out of plans to move its operations to an office and production complex that was to be built across Lankershim Boulevard atop the Metro Red Line station. That project, which was being developed by LA-based Thomas Properties Group Inc, is now dead, with NBCU set to pay a $9 million breakup fee as part of the agreement — it was to be the complex’s flagship tenant. Thomas said in an SEC filing that the project, dubbed Metro Studios@Lankershim, “was not economically viable at this time,” and that the developer and NBCU on December 19 mutually agreed to to terminate work on it. (The Metro Studios project was not related to NBCU’s greater NBC Universal Evolution Plan, which calls for various upgrades on the 391-acre Universal City property.)

The new headquarters will be a 150,000-square foot all-HD facility, formerly occupied by Technicolor. Construction is slated to be completed in late 2013. “This is a significant investment in our West Coast broadcast operations and ensures that the incredibly talented teams at KNBC, KVEA, and the NBC News and Telemundo’s News Bureau will have the latest technologies and journalistic tools,” said John Wallace, President, NBCUniversal Operations & Technical Services, in the release announcing the project. “It also further consolidates the locations of our businesses, making the Universal Lot the center of our operations on the West Coast.”

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Chelsea Clinton Will Work For NBC News

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday November 14, 2011 @ 5:11am PSTTags: NBC News, NBC Nightly News, Rock Center With Brian Williams, Steve Capus

Today will be Chelsea Clinton’s first day of work as an NBC News special correspondent. The daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton will handle pieces that NBC Nightly News will use for its “Making A Difference” segment that focuses on people who do volunteer work, as well as segments for Rock Center With Brian Williams. Reportedly, she’ll donate her NBC salary to the Clinton Foundation and George Washington University Hospital. Hiring Chelsea may further fuel GOP claims that NBC is soft on Democrats, but NBC already employs Jenna Bush and Meghan McCain. This is an intriguing career choice for Chelsea because she has spent much of her adult life stiff-arming the press: When she made public appearances during her mother’s presidential campaign in 2008, Chelesa refused to answer questions from reporters — although she did respond to those from audience members. She also seems to have a full plate outside of NBC: After working at a management consulting company and a hedge fund, Clinton is going for a doctorate degree at Oxford University. She works at New York University, the Clinton Foundation, and the Clinton Global Initiative. And in September she joined the board of Barry Diller’s IAC. Here’s NBC’s release:

November 14, 2011 — New York, N.Y. — Chelsea Clinton is teaming up with “Rock Center with Brian Williams” and “NBC Nightly News” as a Special Correspondent, the network announced today. Clinton’s role with the shows and the network will be to highlight stories within the “Making a Difference” franchise. “Making a Difference” segments have a history of profiling organizations and individuals who represent the best of what works in the United States and around the world, frequently emphasizing stories about everyday people doing extraordinary things.

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TV Promo: ‘Rock Center With Brian Williams’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday October 27, 2011 @ 11:16am PDTTags: Brian Williams, NBC, NBC News, Rock Center With Brian Williams

NBC’s primetime newsmagazine Rock Center With Brian Williams, which is set to premiere on Halloween, is getting the word out via some short promos. This one introduces the show’s contributors — and one who didn’t quite make the cut. Williams has always been good at letting his sense of humor … Read More »

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Natalie Morales Joins NBC’s ‘Rock Center’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 18, 2011 @ 7:11am PDTTags: NBC, NBC News, Rock Center With Brian Williams, Today
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With so many hires, maybe we should write a story on who from NBC News isn’t on NBC’s new primetime newsmagazine Rock Center With Brian Williams. Today news anchor Natalie Morales is the latest to be tapped for the … Read More »

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Ted Koppel Joins NBC’s ‘Rock Center’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday October 13, 2011 @ 10:59am PDTTags: Brian Williams, NBC, NBC News, Rock Center With Brian Williams, Steve Capus

October 13, 2011 – New York, NY – NBC News today announced that Ted Koppel, the legendary and highly respected broadcast journalist, has joined “Rock Center with Brian Williams” as a special correspondent. Koppel will bring his award-winning reporting to the new broadcast, led by Brian Williams, and premiering on Monday, October 31 at 10pm. The announcement was made today by Steve Capus, President of NBC News.

“We’re truly honored to have Ted join ‘Rock Center with Brian Williams’ as a special correspondent,” said Capus. “A pioneer of broadcast journalism, Ted has touched every major news event spanning nearly 5 decades, and not only does he bring a tremendous amount of experience to the broadcast, he is a tireless advocate for quality journalism, and is one of our profession’s premier storytellers.”

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Lee Cowan Back At CBS News After Four Years At NBC

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Wednesday October 12, 2011 @ 12:54pm PDTTags: CBS News, NBC News

Lee Cowan will return to CBS News as National Correspondent, CBS News Chairman and 60 MINUTES Executive Producer Jeff Fager and David Rhodes, President, CBS News, announced today. Cowan will contribute to CBS News broadcasts and platforms across the division and he will be a substitute anchor for CBS SUNDAY MORNING. He will be based in Los Angeles. His appointment is effective November 1.

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Athena Jones Jumps To CNN From NBC News

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday July 25, 2011 @ 7:58am PDTTags: CNN, NBC News

Athena Jones will join CNN as a general assignment correspondent, it was announced today by Sam Feist, Washington bureau chief and senior vice president. Jones will report on a wide range of general news stories and will appear on programs across the network. Jones will be based in the Washington D.C. bureau and will begin her position with the network immediately.

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What Will Harry Smith Do At NBC’s Mysterious Primetime Newscast?

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday July 11, 2011 @ 1:56pm PDTTags: Brian Williams, Brian Williams newsmagazine, CBS News, CBS The Early Show Shakeup, Chris Wragge, David Rhodes CBS News, Erica Hill, Harry Smith, Maggie Rodriguez, NBC News, The Early Show

NBC didn’t spill any secrets about the unnamed hourlong prime time news program that Brian Williams is developing when it announced today that former CBS News anchor Harry Smith will join the team as “one of the correspondents.” The … Read More »

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Ex-NPR Boss Vivian Schiller Tapped For Top Digital Post At NBC News

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday June 2, 2011 @ 10:52am PDTTags: National Public Radio, NBC News

Vivian Schiller, the former National Public Radio president and CEO who resigned in March in the wake of a hidden-camera scandal at the organization, has joined NBC News in the newly created position of Chief Digital Officer. She will … Read More »

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NBC Eyeing Brian Williams In Primetime?

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 12, 2011 @ 5:15pm PDTTags: Brian Williams, NBC, NBC News, Upfront

NBC is developing a prime-time newsmagazine series with NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams as host, according to a published report, and it could be announced as early as Monday during the network’s upfront presentation in New York. The Wall … Read More »

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Matt Lauer On Doing Talk Show With Katie Couric: “It’s Not Going To Happen”

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday May 9, 2011 @ 3:23pm PDTTags: Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, NBC, NBC News, Today
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At a press conference today discussing the pending anchor switchover on NBC’s Today triggered by the upcoming departure of Meredith Vieira, co-host Matt Lauer addressed speculation that he might join former Today cohort Katie Couric on her potential syndicated talk show. “We certainly spoke about the possibility, but we’ve talked about a lot of possibilities over the years,” Lauer said, according to press reports. “It turned into just talk. And that’s where we left it. It’s not going to happen.” Word is those overtures to Lauer infuriated NBC brass and led to the network pulling out of contention for the Couric talker. As for the rumors that one way or another Lauer may be leaving Today when his contract is up in December 2012 or even sooner, “I have a long-term deal with NBC News,” he said. “I’m going to be here for a while. You’re going to get sick of me.” Read More »

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NBC Teams Up With ITN For Royal Wedding

By TIM ADLER in London | Monday March 28, 2011 @ 12:33pm PDTTags: Kate Middleton, NBC News, Prince William, Royal Wedding

NBC News has partnered with ITN, the news service run by UK broadcaster ITV, for its royal wedding coverage. The U.S. broadcaster will offer 20 hours of combined coverage with MSNBC on the wedding day, April 29. Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira will present a one-hour primetime doc the night before Prince William and Kate Middleton walk down the aisle, while Martin Bashir –- the Brit reporter who famously got Princess Diana to admit Prince Charles’ adultery on TV –- will lead MSNBC’s London coverage. Every NBC brand will be devoting swathes of coverage to the event including live coverage on Today, Access Hollywood, Bravo, E!, Telemundo, The Weather Channel and women’s website iVillage, which will feature “an exclusive interview with the couple’s former landlady”. Puh-lease. Read More »

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EMMYS: PBS, ’60 Minutes’ Dominate News and Docu Emmy Nominations; Jailed Letterman Extortionist Gets a Nom Too

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 15, 2010 @ 1:18pm PDTTags: 48 Hours Mystery, 60 Minutes, ABC News, CBS News, David Letterman, Emmy, Emmy News and Documentary, NBC News, PBS
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emmyPBS once again leads the News and Documentary Emmy nominations announced today with 37 noms, followed by CBS with 31 noms, including 16 for venerable newsmagazine 60 Minutes, the most nominated program by a mile; HBO (20); National Geographic (19); NBC … Read More »

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