How Obama Tapped into Social Networking Power (NYT)

Barack Obama stops by the White House (CoverAwards)

Big day for Keith Olbermann: He signs 4 year deal with MSNBC and angers the women on the View by telling them he doesn’t vote.

Joe Scarborough Drops the F-Bomb and Apologizes (CoverAwards)

Matt Lauer’s Divorce Laughed about on Today Show (Huffington Post)

Flashback: Newsmax pays homage to iconic Time cover (CoverAwards)

Jared Kushner on future of Newspapers, New York Observer.  “I’m Definitely Scared.” (Guardian)

Bob Cohn is coming on board as editorial director of theatlantic.com after seven years as executive editor of Wired (Portfolio)

Some of Time Inc.’s biggest magazines have put out the call for at least 83 volunteers to take buyouts (Mediaweek)

Discovery’s OWN Wants Oprah Sooner Rather Than Later (AdAge)

Scholastic Begins Hiring Freeze; 110 Accept Retirement Package (Folio)

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You gotta love Mika Brzezinski’s reaction and how they tried to move past this very awkward moment!

Is this the right thing for a journalist to say?

Best of Election 2008

“Morning Joe” co-host Willie Geist set out to find McCain supporters on New York’s Upper West Side, putting on a McCain-Palin t-shirt.

He did find one Republican couple, but not before being attacked verbally by New Yorkers who not surprisingly did not support McCain/Palin.

This is the best one yet!

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Check out this video where Joe Scarborough was describing the surge John McCain has been experiencing in the polls over the last few weeks.

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Only days after the sudden death of Tim Russert, NBC News now must find the person to replace him on Meet the Press, according to the New York Times.

“Nobody should even think about replacing Tim Russert,” Jeff Zucker tells the NY Times. “What someone will need to do is find the next way to do ‘Meet the Press’ and provide political analysis. Anybody who thinks they can replace Tim Russert is kidding themselves.”

The potential candidates for Meet the Press include Brian Williams, David Gregory, Andrea Mitchell, Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough and Keith Olbermann.

NBC could smooth the transition by offering the post on a temporary basis to Tom Brokaw, who stepped down as the network’s anchor in 2004. Katie Couric’s name has also been thrown in the mix.

Thoughts?

(New York Times)