Word: gartner
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...frustrated Michael Gartner, president of NBC News, later told the New York Times that the arrangements his affiliates had made with CNN "must be explored sooner or later." But the NBC affiliates rebuffed Gartner's suggestion. "It's too late for the networks to go back to the old way, when / they were the only ones we associated with," said Bob Jordan, news director of NBC affiliate KCRA in Sacramento. "Too many affiliates have other partnerships now and are unwilling to give them...
...Crimson has been playing well this season despite losing many of their top players to graduation last year. Harvard upperclassmen, along with Coaches Lisa Gartner and Anne Flavin, have succeeded in their goal of rebuilding and teaching the younger players the game of rugby...
...that drew sensational ratings in August. Her fast rise has reportedly miffed many colleagues at NBC News. Last week she found herself the target of criticism for appearing as "anchor" at a Philip Morris sales presentation in February. Though the network had approved her appearance, NBC News president Michael Gartner later expressed doubts about its propriety. "Had we understood what was expected of Deborah," he said, "we would not have participated...
...news but to communicate it effectively. An appealing on-camera demeanor is no less important than a writer's prose style or a magazine's layout. "You have to be a special combination of person to be the focal point of a successful show," says NBC News president Michael Gartner, a former newspaper editor. "You have to be a good journalist, and you have to be able to deliver the message -- which a print person doesn't have to do -- in person, in somebody's house...
...only Sawyer but also NBC correspondent Chris Wallace, has been dubbed the hot network for its aggressive talent raids. NBC, having lost both Wallace and Chung, is hurting. Staff morale is low, and some warn that the network's tightfisted attitude will doom it to the news-ratings cellar. Gartner insists that NBC is not opposed to paying high salaries to the right people but argues, almost quaintly, that by rejecting Chung's money demands, the network cast a vote for old-fashioned news values. "For $2 million," he says, "you can buy an awful lot of journalistic horsepower." True...