MSNBC's Ed Schultz Wants to Stay Relevant ​

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MSNBC's Ed Schultz signed off from his Ed Show and prime time cable news last night. Schultz swears he's not be demoted (even though he totally is) and says he's going to make his his weekend time slot the "best hours in cable."

“Well, I guess I wouldn’t want it any other way because we’re going to build those hours to the best hours in cable.” He vowed to stay loyal to the subjects he’s always covered on The Ed Show: “The people on the road, the stories, the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, the middle class Americans who are fighting for a fair share.”

Got some bad news for Ed. We're guessing that the candlestick maker and the baker will be watching infomercials about baking and making candles while his show airs.​ 

​Oh Well...There's always the butcher.

H/T Mediaite

ABC Staffer Busted for Child Porn

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ABC Staffer Busted for Child Porn

​Word is that an ABC Employee that works out the same building as ABC affiliate KFSM (Fresno) was Busted for Child Porn at his work.

Jeff Jordan, the director of safety and broadcast compliance for the ABC-owned television stations and chief engineer for ABC's Living Well Network, was taken into custody at his workplace on March 7 after an investigation from the Central California Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. 

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Why you Should Never Try and Get Back at the Station For Firing You

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Why you Should Never Try and Get Back at the Station For Firing You

​Here's a good story as to why you should never take revenge against your old station.​

Matthew Keys worked at KTXL, the Tribune station in Sacramento, CA. The station fired him from his job.

It appears that Keys like everyone else that gets sacked was angry and wanted to back back at his old station. ​

Find out why he might be spending the next 30 years in Prison after the Leap  ​

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Not sure the ND would Approve

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Not sure the ND would Approve

​KCBS Reporter Joy Benedict ​posted a picture of her on Facebook sitting on a large chess board in a short/tight black dress asking "Who wants to Play with me??"

Certainly not the most risqué ​picture ever posted on Facebook, but not one that I'm sure that her News director or bosses at CBS would really approve of. I know... call us a prude. The picture would be fine if she was a college kid, but this is a Reporter in the number  2 market working for an O&O. Just saying...

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The Matt Lauer "Rebuild My Reputation Tour" Continues

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The Matt Lauer "Rebuild My Reputation Tour" Continues

​NBC was first up at the Upfronts and Matt Lauer took center stage. ​

Lauer on a (so far unsuccessful) mission to try and recover his image used humor as his latest ploy to get back his reputation.

Toward the end of the presentation, Lauer strode out on stage with his co-anchor, Savannah Guthrie.

“I would like to tackle a teeny white elephant in the room,” Mr. Lauer said as many of the 400 people in the audience leaned in. “We hate being the news.”

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Whoopi Has Had it with Barbara Walters

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Whoopi Has Had it with Barbara Walters

​Whoopi Goldberg, 'The View's" outspo­ken moderator was a no-show when 83-year-old Barbara Walters returned after being out six weeks due to her much-heralded fall and surprise case of chicken pox.

And if you believe the National Enquirer (and quite frankly, don't we all?) it's because Whoopi has grown tired of Babs.​

Does Whoopi really have "Barbara Days Off Clause" in Her Contract?

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Miami Anchor to Leave O&O This Summer

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FTVLive first reported that WFOR Anchor Shannon Hori was going to be leaving the CBS O&O.​

Now we hear that she is set to leave the station in June.

We reported that her contract is not being renewed and that is true. But, we implied that it was the station that calling off the deal. That is not the case.​

Hori was the one to tell the station that she was leaving when her contract is up. We hear that she is this/close to landing a new gig.​

Details on that coming soon. ​Stay tuned...

Leaving to Spend more Time with His Family

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Leaving to Spend more Time with His Family

KTBS/Channel 3/Shreveport Sports Director Tim Fletcher wants to set the record straight on why Tomorrow is his last day at the station. 

Fletcher made the following post on his Facebook page:

It appears word has gotten out about tomorrow being my final day at KTBS. First and foremost, I am leaving KTBS after 13 and a quarter years for one reason and one reason only.

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Man Calls TV Station to Report He Killed his Wife

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Man Calls TV Station to Report He Killed his Wife

Working the Assignment Desk you get all kinds of calls on the Tip Line. But not very often do you get a guy calling up to say he killed his wife.​

Tony Barrett called KOMO in Seattle and said: “I just killed my wife … I want you to put it on your Facebook.”

The station called police instead. But Eventually and you knew they would, KOMO did put it on Facebook and got almost 50 "Likes." Really?!

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Judge: Rob and Ashley Morrison Can Talk Again

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Judge: Rob and Ashley Morrison Can Talk Again

​A judge has given the go ahead for Rob Morrison to contact his wife again.​

Morrison has been receiving calls for weeks from the wife he allegedly choked and threatened to kill last month, said a source to the NY Daily News. 

Now the former anchor who was fired....errrr , who "resigned" from WCBS, can call her back.

What the judge will and will not let Morrison do after the Hop  ​

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Ann Curry Just wants Lauer to Shut Up

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Ann Curry Just wants Lauer to Shut Up

​When Ann Curry was stripped of her job on the Today Show, she felt betrayed by NBC and her co-host Matt Lauer.​

Now, with everything starting to calm down over the Curry fiasco, Lauer opens up his yapper and brings it all up again. Plus adds the juicy tid-bit that he wanted Katie Couric to comeback to Today.​

Curry just wants it to stop.​

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Chris Cuomo Might Cost ABC Big $$$

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Chris Cuomo Might Cost ABC Big $$$

Chris Cuomo might be gone from ABC News, but he may have left them with a huge bill to pay.​

Cuomo is sitting at CNN, waiting for Jeff Zucker to find him a co-anchor for the new morning show.​

But in a courtroom in California, ABC is being sued for a story that Cuomo did for 20/20.

Cuomo could cost his former network in a libel lawsuit over a report on the dangers of online dating.

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