| Pugster Baby Playing Mom Alphabet Abc New Family Italian Charm Bracelet | | Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:17:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | This smart baby is playing with letter blocks and has spelled BABY. Authenticated by Pugster Inc. Crafted in a similar style that fits all major brand Italian charms.... | |
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| | | ABC Morning News Gets Name Change | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 3:44:46 AM by Blog57 Team | | (Broadcasting & Cable) _ ABC News is changing the name of World News This Morning to America This Morning effective Monday (Nov. 13). The move is not to suggest that the early morning broadcast (4:30-5 a.m.) will shift from news of the world to news of the Americas. Instead, is it meant to distinguish the brand from World News (which previously goits owname change from World News Tonight) and to convey the sense of looking forward to Good Morning America rather than recapping the previous night's news. "When the broadcast first debuted more than two decades ago it was, in many ways, an extension ofWorld News,' providing a wrap-up of the previous day's top stories," said ABC News President David Westin in announcing the change. "As news gathering and viewing habits have evolved, the program has established itself as a leader in early morning newws...The new title will more accurately reflect the position and purpose of this broadcast to present a first look at the day's national, international, and business news." In addition, Nancy Han, senior broadcast producer, has been named executive producer or early morning news content, which includes America This Morning, World News Now, and news in Good Morning America.... | |
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| | | Senate badgering 'a threat' to ABC | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 1:37:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | Attempts by politicians to bring the ABC into line were reminiscent of apartheid South Africa or Stalinist Russia, one of the broadcaster's leading stars said yesterday. Enough Rope host Andrew Denton, in his first public criticisms of attacks on the ABC, warned that escalating government pressure and continued efforts to control it could mean that the broadcaster's independence would be lost forever. Stressing the ABC's statutory independence from government, Denton said he thought "the attempts to use the Senate to individually badger, line by line, the things people say [on the ABC] is a very worrisome development and one we may have expected to see in, say apartheid South Africa or Stalinist Russia." Denton's comments come amid tension at the national broadcaster over claims of bias, with chief executive and editor-in-chief Mark Scott announcing a new "director of editorial policies" position.... | |
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| | | Domestic news | | Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:12:56 AM by Blog57 Team | | Strict new rules aimed at preventing bias creeping into any ABC programs, from children's shows to news and current affairs, have been branded as unnecessary and demoralising by staff. The new rules were unveiled by ABC managing director Mark Scott, who said they would apply across the national broadcaster's full gamut of TV, radio and online programs. A new internal watchdog will also be appointed to deal with complaints about the broadcaster and review programs for bias. But ABC staff, their union and Labor are less than impressed, questioning how the editorial rules can be enforced for drama, comedy and children's shows. "This is outrageous, it's just another attack upon the ABC and its independence," Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) national secretary Stephen Jones said.... | |
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| | | Reynolds aide tried to block Foley story | | Posted Thursday, October 05, 2006 3:16:04 AM by Blog57 Team | | WASHINGTON A top aide to Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds last week approached ABC News to try to get its investigative unit to withhold sexually explicit instant messages that now-disgraced Rep. Mark Foley sent to teenage boys who worked as pages in the House. Kirk Fordham, Reynolds' chief of staff, acknowledged in an interview Tuesday that he approached ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross last Friday with an offer: Ross would get the exclusive story on Foley's resignation from Congress in exchange for withholding those salacious instant messages. Fordham said he never discussed the offer with Reynolds. Instead, Fordham said he acted in an effort to shield Foley's family, especially his elderly parents, from the lurid contents of the instant messages. Politics "was not even a factor in my consideration," Fordham said.... | |
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| | | ABC News features East informant | | Posted Saturday, September 23, 2006 3:08:06 AM by Blog57 Team | | GREEN BAY - A crew from ABC News is expected to be in Green Bay today working on a piece about Matt Atkinson, the 17-year-old Green Bay East High School student who told school officials last week about an alleged plot to attack the school. Atkinson is expected to be featured as Person of the Week on ABC World News, though ABC told WBAY, Channel 2, that he will not be doing an interview for the piece. The broadcast can be seen beginning at 5:30 p.m. .... | |
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| | | ABC faces protests over 9/11 miniseries | | Posted Sunday, September 10, 2006 5:16:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK -- ABC faced growing pressure about its planned miniseries on the buildup to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Former Clinton administration officials, historians and a Democratic petition with nearly 200,000 signatures urged the network to scrap the five-hour drama.The network said "The Path to 9.11," scheduled to air commercial-free on Sunday and Monday, is being edited to deal with concerns that it distorts history. ABC had no response to the calls to abandon it.A group of historians, including Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and Princeton University's Sean Wilentz, wrote to ABC parent Walt Disney Co. CEO Robert Iger, urging him to scrap the series. They said that permitting inaccuracies to heighten drama is "disingenuous and dangerous." .... | |
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| | | Fortinet Discusses Computer Virus Evolution on ABC News Broadcast | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 7:35:36 AM by Blog57 Team | | Fortinet -- the pioneer and leading provider of multi-threat security solutions -- was recently featured as a security industry expert in an evening ABC News broadcast recognizing the 20th anniversary of the computer virus. In the Aug. 24 news segment, hosted by reporter David Louie, Fortinet's Vice President of Marketing Chris Roeckl discusses the evolution of the computer virus from the historical one-off attacks to the now predominant sophisticated blended threats and malicious attacks. The broadcast can be streamed online at: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=business&id=4494545. Fortinet provides comprehensive protection from network and content security threats through its family of FortiGate multi-threat security appliances which integrate eight essential security applications and services -- including antivirus, firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention (IPS), anti-spam, anti-spyware, Web filtering and traffic shaping.... | |
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| | | ABC documentary angers PNG's Health Minister | | Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 5:06:46 AM by Blog57 Team | | ELEANOR HALL: Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has criticised the Australian Government's assessment of his country's future. Yesterday, in announcing a boost in Australia's troop numbers, John Howard referred to "the inherently unstable situation in Papua New Guinea." And it's not the only comment from Australia to rile Port Moresby officials. The Papua New Guinea Health Minister has criticised the ABC for what he calls cheap journalism and misrepresentation of the facts. Sir Peter Barter said a documentary about Papua New Guinea's HIV/AIDS epidemic by ABC TV's 4 Corners program had damaged the relationship between Australia and Papua New Guinea and placed future ABC documentaries in PNG in doubt. Correspondent Steve Marshall reports from Port Moresby.... | |
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| | | Posthumous report from Peter Jennings | | Posted Monday, August 21, 2006 3:15:58 PM by Blog57 Team | | A year after he died, Peter Jennings will be seen on camera next week as part of an ABC News documentary about AIDS that he was working on when he was diagnosed with lung cancer. The program, "Out of Control: AIDS in Black America," was completed with Terry Moran as anchor and is scheduled for 10 p.m. next Thursday. "This is the last piece of original reporting from Peter that will ever appear on American television," said Tom Yellin, president and executive producer of The Documentary Group. That's the successor to PJ Productions, Jennings' production company. Jennings was interested in examining the issue after a pitch from Betsey Arledge, a producer and daughter of late ABC News and Sports president Roone Arledge, made him realize how little he knew about the extent to which AIDS has spread among black people.... | |
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