7 posts and columns on Today Show

NBC: Here's Why We Fired the "Today Show" YouTube Leaker

in Media on February 4, 2011 at 2:03 pm PT

The official line: He’s a repeat offender.

LivingSocial CEO Has Big Plans Now that Amazon Is in His Back Pocket

in Commerce on December 21, 2010 at 7:07 am PT

Google isn’t hooking up with Groupon, but Amazon has bet $175 million on LivingSocial, Groupon’s social shopping competitor. CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy tells us what he’s going to do with the money.

How to Watch Free, Live Broadcast TV on Your iPad, Right Now

in Media on November 5, 2010 at 9:27 am PT

The broadcast networks only put their stuff on the Web under very specific conditions. So this is exactly what they don’t want: Free, live streams of their stuff delivered to your iPad, via the browser.

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Foursquare Hugs Al Roker. It's a Little Awkward.

in Media on August 13, 2010 at 5:50 am PT

Remember when Foursquare was aimed at bar-hopping twentysomethings? It still is, says CEO Dennis Crowley (more on that later). But it’s also trying to go very broad, very fast: Hence, the linkup this morning with Al Roker on NBC’s “Today.” On Twitter, Foursquare users can’t decide if they should be applauding or booing.

Meg Whitman Tries on Her Political Dancing Shoes on the "Today" Show

in News on February 12, 2009 at 1:07 pm PT

Here’s a video of former eBay CEO Meg Whitman talking to Matt Lauer on the “Today” show this morning about her nascent campaign to be governor of California as the Republican candidate. Whitman, who was a favorite of failed Presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, seems to have perfected the art of saying exactly nothing, even after Lauer asked her if she was nuts to run the “arguably ungovernable”–referencing a writer for the Sacramento Bee–California.

Happy Holidays From YouTube, NBC and MediaMemo

in Media on December 24, 2008 at 10:48 am PT

Yet more evidence that the line dividing the so-called “mainstream media” and the blog world is blurring beyond recognition: Here’s NBC’s “Today” show aping one of the blogdom’s tried-and-true conventions–running a popular YouTube clip, then talking about it. Hard to blame them: That lion is pretty cool.