NBC Gets Leno to Fall on his Sword

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NBC Gets Leno to Fall on his Sword

NBC has finally confirmed the worst kept secret maybe ever.

Jimmy Fallon is taking over the Tonight Show from Jay Leno.​

NBC sent out a press release saying that "Jay Leno announces his departure from the Tonight Show." Of course this is total B.S., Leno would have stayed at the Tonight Show until they took him out feet first.​

But, after meeting with NBC, Leno decided to fall of his sword ​and go along with the whole "yeah I'm leaving thing."

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Tribune Broadcasting President/CEO is Out

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Tribune Broadcasting President/CEO is Out

Nils Larsen has exited as Tribune Broadcasting's President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as exiting Tribune Company as a whole. This includes ending his role as Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer for Tribune Company. 

Larsen's exit was confirmed to CRM by a spokesperson for Tribune Company today, but no official statement will be made on the exit.

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Are Viewers Growing Tired of Cable News?

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Are Viewers Growing Tired of Cable News?

Whether it's the rhetoric from the Right (Fox News) or the squabbling from the Left (MSNBC) it appears that viewers might be getting tired of cable news in general.

The ratings for cable news continued its decline. In the month of March, every cable news outlet saw their numbers drop from a year ago.

Fox News lead the way in losing viewers. FNC fell over 30 percent from its 2012 numbers.

CNN wasn't far behind, shedding almost 30% of their viewers.

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Anderson Cooper's Interview Turns Very Weird

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Anderson Cooper's Interview Turns Very Weird

Michael Jackson's Doctor spoke to Anderson Cooper from his jail cell last night on CNN.

Conrad Murray not only spoke to Cooper via phone, he also sang to Coop. 

Murray did not really reveal much as the hook to the interview was the wrongful death suit filed by Jackson's mother Katherine.

The interview was the usual crap until  it turned really weird.

Murray starts singing over the phone to Cooper, ​belting out his version of "The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot."

The look on Cooper's face as he starts signing is priceless. ​

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Idiot Thinks New MSNBC's Host is Too Light Skinned to be Called Black

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Idiot Thinks New MSNBC's Host is Too Light Skinned to be Called Black

​While the country is divided on background checks for gun buyers, FTVLive is starting to think there should be background checks for Twitter users.

If you're in idiot, you can't get a Twitter account. ​

An ​idiot like Tim Graham.

Graham, a so-called media "watchdog" for the conservative Media Research Center, tweeted about MSNBC naming Karen Finney a host of a new MSNBC program to air on weekends from 4-5 p.m.

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Fallon Inks Deal to Replace Leno

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Fallon Inks Deal to Replace Leno

Reports say that Jimmy Fallon has closed a new deal with NBC that will pave the way for him to replace Jay Leno in the 11:35 p.m. time slot. 

Fallon’s move has been rumored to be happening for weeks.

But NBC has stumbled once again with their PR and has refused to confirm the succession, or even talk about the possibility.

NBC's ineptness has been a gold mine for Leno with jokes about the situation and the NBC suits themselves. 

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Will Others Follow AP in Dropping "Illegal Immigrant"

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Will Others Follow AP in Dropping "Illegal Immigrant"

​The Associated Press announced that they are going to drop the term "illegal immigrant" from their style guide. 

It will be interesting to see how many in the media industry follow the AP's lead?

The AP said on Tuesday that it has decided to abandon the contentious term, which many Latino and immigrant-rights activists have long called dehumanizing. The wire service's decision is bound to be influential; it has perhaps the most widely-used style guide in the country. 

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Hold Your Horses Mr. Lauer!

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Hold Your Horses Mr. Lauer!

Now even the town of Southhampton is ganging up on Matt Lauer. 

The posh town has issued a stop-work order on part of the Today Show Co-host's 40-acre horse farm.

The order was posted late last month on a former office structure that Lauer is turning into a swank residence for up to six groomsmen.

Lauer can’t put a home on the property but he can build structures necessary for agricultural-related business, which in his case is an uber-luxurious horse farm.

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Brokaw's Ranch Sells for $1.7 Million

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Brokaw's Ranch Sells for $1.7 Million

Tom Brokaw's fishing ranch located in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada, has sold for $1.7 million. He had listed the estate for sale sometime back in September 2012, asking for $1.8 million. The place has now sold for a slight discount.

Brokaw purchased the property with two friends and decided to sell it away as it was lying unused by either of the three. The ranch has been purchased by Texas-based buyers who now plan to set up base there.

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Internet TV Continues to Climb at Fast Rate

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Internet TV Continues to Climb at Fast Rate

U.S. digital TV users are climbing faster than expected.

The number of U.S. digital TV users -- those who view at least one TV show per month via the Internet -- will climb 37% in four years to 145 million in 2017, from 106 million in 2012. This amounts to digital TV user growth climbing at a 6.9% compound annual growth rate -- a higher increase than previously forecast in August 2012 by eMarketer.

Next year, it says digital TV viewers will cross a critical tipping point -- surpassing 50% of the U.S. Internet user population. Those users who watch at least one movie per month on any Internet-capable device will climb to 115 million in 2017 from nearly 80 million in 2012, a 9.7% annual growth rate.

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Rick Sanchez Continues Jenna Wolfe Demotion Tweets

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Rick Sanchez Continues Jenna Wolfe Demotion Tweets

FTVLive was FIRST to tell you about Rick Sanchez tweeting that maybe NBC demoted Jenna Wolfe on Weekend Today, was because she was a Lesbian and about to be a pregnant one at that.

After FTVLive's story, a number of other media outlets stole......errrrrr....borrowed our story with no attribution and went with it as well.

Well, Sanchez is not backing down from NBC and their demotion of a knocked up lesbian.​

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