Inside Cable News

April 17, 2005

Dun Dun!: Meet the man behind the Law & Order intro

Maine Today sat down with Steve Zirnkilton, the man behind the “In the criminal justice system…” intro to Law & Order, as well as dozens of spots for NBC, CNN Headline News, MSNBC, etc.

It’s a good read.

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Al-Jazeera+C-SPAN=??

This should be interesting.

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“We have to work four times harder”

This story talks about what’s next for Fox News. It hits all the pre-established bases: radio, online and business channel.

FNC senior VP Bill Shine talks about the work ethic the net undertakes:

“There is nobody at our network who takes our success for granted,” he said. “Now we’re number one, but we don’t want to lose it. The joke here is that CNN has four times our staff, so we have to work four times harder.”

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How the cable wire twists through ABC’s future

AP’s David Bauder takes an in-depth look at ABC News’ future — and the role that cable news plays in it.

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CNN Backgrounder

The eagle eyes over at What’s Happening at CNN spotted an interview on Indianatelevision.com with CNN International VP Rena Golden. You can read Rena’s comments on CNN and its future here.

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Update: Conclave coverage…

Yesterday we reported MSNBC’s plans to cover the Conclave in Rome.

Chris WallaceToday FOX revealed that Chris Wallace will be covering the Vatican service that commences the Conclave starting at 4 am EST Monday. Rick Leventhal is already in Rome and was reporting to FOX today.

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