Word: gartner
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...morning after the second episode of her new series, Real Life with Jane Pauley, TV's newest prime-time star sits in her office, heating a cup of coffee in her microwave oven and fielding compliments from colleagues. One of them, NBC News president Michael Gartner, is in the hall outside her door. "What'd you think?" Jane calls out. "Liked it," says Gartner, a squarish, soft-spoken executive badly in need of some peace and quiet. Pauley senses there might be more on his mind: "You talking about anything . . .?" Gartner saunters toward her and offers one suggestion...
According to NBC sources, Brokaw was not even consulted before news president Michael Gartner replaced veteran Nightly News executive producer Bill Wheatley about a month ago with Friedman, a volatile former executive producer of Today. But because Brokaw and Pauley have been close friends since * working together on Today, he is to all appearances comfortable with her assignment, at least as long as she remains sub-anchor. "Read my lips: nothing has changed," says Brokaw. "There will be internal restructuring, but we will still be covering the news. Jane will liberate me, in a way." Brokaw points out, however, that...