La Shawn Barber
05.01.05
MSNBC Name Change?

Update (5/2): The New York Post picks up on Drudge’s report.

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From the Drudge Report:

**EXCLUSIVE** MSNBC TO CHANGE ITS NAME, THE DRUDGE REPORT HAS LEARNED. THE ALL-NEWS CABLE NETWORK, WHICH WAS FOUNDED AS JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN MICROSOFT AND NBC, WILL SIMPLY BECOME ‘THE NBC NEWS CHANNEL’… TOP SOURCE EXPLAINS: ‘THE NEW NAME IS CLEANER, LESS CONFUSING… REPRESENTS THE PROGRAMMING’… DEVELOPING…

The other day a producer called me, and I thought I heard her say, “…from NBC News.”

If I’d blogged it then, I’d have the scoop instead of Drudge. Early birds and worms.

Posted by La Shawn @ 6:20 pm Permalink
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17 Comments

  1. D’oh!

    Comment by RepJ — 05.01.05 @ 7:46 pm

  2. So I wonder … will CNBC be changing its name also? Hmmm.

    Comment by Scott Ferguson — 05.01.05 @ 7:53 pm

  3. 350 D’ohs!!! ;)

    Comment by Andy — 05.01.05 @ 8:03 pm

  4. Ah don’t feel down La Shawn .. if I was told that, I wouldn’t of thought much of it either.

    Comment by Ian — 05.01.05 @ 8:09 pm

  5. So, how did Atlanta go? I hope you had a great time.

    Comment by Evon Bachaus — 05.01.05 @ 8:51 pm

  6. Scooped by Drudge…oh well, i still come to LBC each day before heading to Drudge!!

    Comment by El Cid — 05.02.05 @ 12:24 am

  7. It’s about time…I’m sure they’ll turn that channel around 360 degrees.

    BTW LaShawn, “I thought I heard her say, “…from NBC News.”” Since NBC news already exists there is no scoop there. Had she followed it with “channel” however, there would have been a story.

    Better luck next time.

    Comment by Allan — 05.02.05 @ 1:38 am

  8. Evon - I’ll post something later today about the conference.

    Comment by La Shawn — 05.02.05 @ 7:07 am

  9. La Shawn:

    Instead of changing the name, they ought to change the management instead - by putting you in charge!

    Comment by Mwalimu Daudi — 05.02.05 @ 9:47 am

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  11. I like how you’re transparent–you put your aspirations out there for your readers. We usually don’t get to see those kinds of “behind-the-scenes” attitudes of successful media people.

    Comment by mj — 05.02.05 @ 11:01 am

  12. Hi LaShawn,
    I agree with mj in that your candor is so refreshing. You show your vulnerabiity, your disappointment, your highs and lows and seem to always be ‘just you’. Keep in up - a breath of fresh air in this world.

    Ron

    Comment by Ron — 05.02.05 @ 12:11 pm

  13. No matter what they call themselves its still going to be the same amount of BS as before no matter what they say is all baloney.

    Comment by firebird — 05.02.05 @ 2:41 pm

  14. BSNBC

    Comment by Larry — 05.02.05 @ 2:51 pm

  15. At least, if this is true, they’ll be getting rid of the initials of the Beast of Redmond at the front of their name. Unfortunately, I can’t see the name change improving the content any.

    Comment by Erbo — 05.02.05 @ 3:02 pm

  16. They’re probably just sick of Rush (and others) referring to the network as PMSNBC. :D

    Comment by AWG — 05.02.05 @ 4:10 pm

  17. “I agree with mj in that your candor is so refreshing. You show your vulnerabiity, your disappointment, your highs and lows and seem to always be ‘just you’. Keep in up - a breath of fresh air in this world.”

    I agree Ron. La Shawn is like the Oprey Winfrey of the blogosphere. Confident enough to be herself and tell others about it.

    Comment by Jim R — 05.03.05 @ 1:03 am





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