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John Ourand • August 15, 2024

More Signs of the Cable-pocalypse

Amid the backdrop of historic cable asset write-downs, the flipside of NBC’s staggering Olympics ratings success is that people watched less of the Games on cable. Sound like a familiar story?
John Ourand • August 8, 2024
NBC Prepares for Those NBA Economics
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Comcast executives are thrilled about the value that the NBA can offer NBC’s primetime lineup and Peacock’s growth and retention rates. But making the deal profitable will require some strategery at the affiliate and distributor level—and the fun is about to begin.
John Ourand • August 1, 2024
Lords of the Rings
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News and notes and a little dish on NBC’s effective micro-innovations broadcasting this year’s games in France. “It’s a complex piece of work,” Mark Lazarus told me.
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John Ourand • July 25, 2024
How Zaz Lost the NBA
The inside story of testy dealmaking and re-trading: the missed signals, the Spulu trigger, the Zaz-Silberwasser good-cop-bad-cop routine, and all the slights that now point to a litigious endgame.
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John Ourand • June 27, 2024
Big East of Eden
The inside story of how NBC and WBD negotiated with Fox to land Big East basketball. In the modern sports media business, one company’s “nice-to-have” content is another’s “need to have” package.
The Editors • May 21, 2024
‘The Traitors’: Alan Cumming on Reinventing Reality
The iconic host of the hit NBC reality game show discusses how ‘The Traitors’ inverted the genre, bringing camp to network TV, and turning himself into the series’ true star.
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Dylan Byers • May 15, 2024
No Country for Old Mann
News and notes on the latest storylines coursing through the industry: CNN’s debate coup, NBC’s internal frustrations, and a Condé Nast departure.
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John Ourand • May 6, 2024
NBA Hunger Games Enter the Fourth Quarter
I’ve got my hands on what Pitaro is getting, Jassy’s deal, and what Zaz and Roberts are putting on the table. Oh, and I’ve also got the skinny on that wild notion of breaking the third package into two, so that TNT and NBC would each get a cookie.
Ronna McDaniel
Dylan Byers • March 22, 2024
Ronna Maddow
In her post-R.N.C. reality, Ronna McDaniel will take her talents to NBC News for a post-peak cable contract that reflects both the stain of Trump and the humbling of the industry itself.
Mark Thompson
Dylan Byers • September 20, 2023
Mark Thompson’s Message & MTP Overheating
News and notes on the latest preoccupations of the television news business: Mark Thompson’s Five Year Plan and Kristen Welker’s debut on ‘Meet the Press.’