NBC/NYT: A jilted lover pouts?
Following up on this from yesterday, the first thing that popped into my head when I saw this release was “I wonder what The Washington Post thinks about this?” The Post is a partner with NBC and MSNBC. And now they would be playing second fiddle to their bitterest rival for Campaign 2008 as NBC will get first access to Times material. Talk about being a jilted lover. I can’t see The Post being happy about this development. And then there’s Newsweek…
I half expected to be reading a subsequent release announcing that The Post had partnered with CNN or something similar that meant a severing of the NBC/Post relationship. But apparently everything is fine over in NBC/MSNBC/The Post/NYT land. For the moment…
NBC is just pissing people off left and right, it’s no wonder all of their employees are trying to quit their jobs. Newsweek and Washington Post will probably also bail out once their contracts are up… and you know if Rupert gets the Wall Street Journal that CNBC will dump them quickly.
Comment by Nobody — July 31, 2007 @ 9:59 am
I wonder how this will impact Howard Fineman’s role on MSNBC.
Comment by eddiebear — July 31, 2007 @ 12:13 pm