Before I start the show tonight, I want to share some personal news with you. 25 years ago, I sat across this table from New York Governor Mario Cuomo for the first broadcast of Larry King Live.
Now, decades later, I talked to the guys here at CNN and I told them I would like to end Larry King Live, the nightly show, this fall and CNN has graciously accepted, giving me more time for my wife and I to get to the kids’ little league games.
I’ll still be a part of the CNN family, hosting several Larry King specials on major national and international subjects.
I’m incredibly proud that we recently made the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest running show with the same host in the same time slot. With this chapter closing I’m looking forward to the future and what my next chapter will bring, but for now it’s time to hang up my nightly suspenders.
CNN to Launch Nightly News and Events Discussion Program Hosted by Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kathleen Parker and former New York governor Eliot Spitzer will co-host a spirited, nightly roundtable discussion program on CNN/U.S., it was announced today by Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. The new program, set to debut this fall, will air weeknights at 8pm Eastern time.
Spitzer, a legendary prosecutor and progressive governor, and Parker, an iconoclastic conservative commentator, will host a dynamic exchange of opinions and analyses – their own, and those of their guests and regular contributors – on the most important, compelling and amusing stories of the day.
“Other cable news channels force-feed viewers one narrow, predictable point of view; in contrast, CNN will be offering a lively roundup of all the best ideas – presented by two of the most intelligent and outspoken figures in the country,” said Klein. “Eliot and Kathleen are beholden to no vested interest – in fact, quite the opposite: they are renowned for taking on the most powerful targets and most important causes.”
Parker is one of the nation’s most prolific and popular opinion columnists, appearing twice weekly in more than 400 newspapers. A self-described “rational” conservative, she is known to take a common sense approach to life and writes with humor and wit. In May she was awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for her political opinion columns, which she launched in 1987 while a staff writer for the Orlando Sentinel. It was nationally syndicated in 1995 and she joined the Washington Post Writers Group in 2006. She has written for magazines including the Weekly Standard, Time, Town & Country, Cosmopolitan and Fortune Small Business, and is a contributor to The Daily Beast. She also serves on USA Today’s board of contributors and writes occasionally for the paper’s op-ed page. In 1993 she won the H.L. Mencken writing award and in 2004 and 2005 she was named one of the country’s Top Five Columnists by The Week.
“As a veteran print journalist, I am appropriately respectful of the challenges posed by the medium,” said Parker. “But I'm thrilled by the opportunity to discuss the issues that matter to me —and that aren't heard often enough on television—in a conversation with one of the nation's most brilliant, fearless and original thinkers. With Eliot Spitzer as my co-host, Wall Street and Main Street will finally meet. It can't possibly be boring.”
Spitzer, a renowned prosecutor and former Governor of the State of New York, is frequently referred to as the “Sheriff of Wall Street,” having prosecuted abuses among major Wall Street firms as well as numerous other industries, both as a young lawyer and as New York State Attorney General. As Attorney General from 1998 to 2006, Spitzer led several high-profile cases battling corruption throughout the financial services sector and led groundbreaking cases in the areas of environmental protection and civil rights enforcement. As Governor, Spitzer restructured New York’s system of education finance, began the process of fundamental health care reform and focused economic development on New York’s upstate economy.
Spitzer was born and raised in the Bronx and is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Following law school, Spitzer clerked for Federal District Judge Robert W. Sweet; was an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, where he prosecuted organized crime and political corruption cases; and worked at several prominent private law firms. Spitzer is currently a contributor to Slate.com.
“Kathleen is an extraordinary intellect whose sharp observations and wit are certain to resonate with viewers,” said Spitzer. “I look forward to working alongside her in a discussion that will inform, challenge, and entertain. I am grateful to CNN for the opportunity to co-host a show that will advance the discussion of the defining issues of our time.”
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I’m pleased to announce two new additions to CNN’s prime-time lineup: former New York governor Eliot Spitzer and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Kathleen Parker – two incisive, electric commentators who each night will challenge our viewers, and each other, to think in fresh new ways about the most important issues of the day. As you will see in the press release attached below, our new hosts’ backgrounds and perspectives bear obvious differences. But they agree on at least one thing: that honest, vigorous, wide-ranging debate and discussion – driven by facts, not hysteria – is the best means of uncovering the solutions America craves. To arrive at this decision, our Program Development and Research teams identified scores of interesting candidates and spent countless hours evaluating the possibilities. In particular, I’d like to thank Randi Subarsky, Josanne Lopez, and Robin Garfield for their tireless efforts and acute insights. We will now turn our focus toward selecting the best executive producer for this ambitious new show, and set to work laying the groundwork for a successful launch in early Fall. Kathleen and Eliot’s remarkable careers have both been characterized by fearlessness in crusading for the ideas they believe in, confronting powerful interests in the process – and we’re delighted to have them bringing that spirit to the 8 o’clock hour. Please join me in welcoming them to CNN.
CNNは『ラリー・キング・ライブ』の特別番組として原油流出事故で被害を受けているメキシコ湾岸地域へのチャリティー特番「Disaster in the Gulf: How You Can Help」を放送した。
『ラリー・キング』のスタジオがあるロサンゼルスのほか、NYなどから著名人の募金の呼びかけがあり、原油漂着の被害に遭っている湾岸地域の現状に関するリポートがあり、ディベートがあり、とにかく被害の甚大さを再確認する機会となった。同時にテレソンでミュージシャンの演奏があって、番組の最後をライブで見れたがハービー・ハンコックが「イマジン」を演奏して幕を閉じるところだった。スティングがコンサートで捧げた『フラジャイル』の模様も放送していた。映像電話募金についてはLAにいるライアン・シークレストとキャシー・グリフィンが進行した。両人ともCNNと、勿論番組とも縁のある人物だ。番組のエンディングにおいて約140万ドルが集まったという。
今回のチャリティーへの参加方法は画面下（ローワーサード）に掲載していた。普段は最新ニュースをティッカーで表示しているが、今回は募金の為の電話番号やSMSの番号、フェースブックやCNNのウェブサイト、Twitterのハッシュタグなどを表示し続けた。募金方法で一番簡単なのはSMS番号にメールを送信することで、電話会社から送信代10ドルが徴収されて基金に渡り、それで募金した事になる。テレビ朝日がダイヤルQ2を使用したドラえもん募金と似ている。あと、余談として、CMの最中も表示しており、これはCNNでは異例のことだ。広告主は文句を言わないだろう、と。
日本でオドネルを知っているものは殆どいないだろう。ただ、MSNBC以外にテレビとの縁はある。俳優としてHBOの『Big Love』に出演した他に、NHKなどが『ザ・ホワイトハウス』として放送した政治ドラマ『The West Wing』の脚本・プロデュースを担当、『ミスター・ステーリング』のプロデュースも行った。彼は1989年から議員秘書や民主党のスタッフとして働いており、内情を理解しているから起用されたのだろうか。
LAWRENCE O’DONNELL TO DEVELOP NEW PRIMETIME PROGRAM ON MSNBC
Longtime Senior Political Analyst to Become Newest Evening Anchor
NEW YORK – June 15, 2010 – Lawrence O’Donnell will host a new weeknight primetime hour on MSNBC. O’Donnell will begin work full-time with the network immediately to begin planning for a new 10 p.m. ET show. The announcement was made by Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC.
“Lawrence O’Donnell is an incredible talent, who our audience has gotten to know throughout the years, most recently as Keith Olbermann’s principal guest host on ‘Countdown.’ It’s great to have another anchor of his caliber on the network,” said Griffin. “This makes us a bigger and better network.”
“I’ve had a part-time job at MSNBC for 14 years,” said O’Donnell. “Now that the network and I have gotten to know each other, I’m thrilled to be going full time.”
O’Donnell has been a MSNBC Political Analyst since the network’s launch in 1996, and has served as the regular guest host for “Countdown with Keith Olbermann.” He has also been the guest host for “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” “The Ed Show” and “The Rachel Maddow Show.”
O’Donnell was an Emmy Award-winning producer and writer for the NBC series “The West Wing” and creator and executive producer of the NBC series, “Mister Sterling.”
From 1989 through 1992, O’Donnell served as Senior Advisor to Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. In 1992, he was Chief of Staff to the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works. From 1993 through 1995 he was the Chief of Staff of the Senate Finance Committee. He first began working with Sen. Moynihan as Director of Communications in the Senator’s 1988 re-election campaign. A writer prior to entering politics and government, O’Donnell published the book Deadly Force (1983), which was adapted as a CBS movie in 1986. He has written essays and articles for several publications including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, People, Spy, and Boston Magazine. O’Donnell has also appeared on NBC News’ “Today,” “Good Morning America,” “Nightline,” “Charlie Rose,” and several other programs. Suffolk University awarded O’Donnell an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, in 2001.
Born in Boston, O’Donnell is a graduate of Harvard College.
2010年5月から本格的に改編が行われる。まず朝5時台に放送していた『Fox Business Morning』が終了。30分おきにFBNキャスターが主要経済ニュースを紹介するコーナーが始まる。特に朝のアイマスは決して経済ニュースばかり扱うわけではないので定期コーナーとして放送する方が「経済ニュースチャンネル」と思われるかもしれない。
また、土曜日の昼間4時間にわたって放送している『Your Questions, Your Money』がキャンセルされ、Fox Newsのアナリストとして知られるアンドリュー・ナポリターノによるトーク番組となる。
Fox Businessのレイティングは分からない。ニールセンが公表するリストの中にFBNは含まれていないからだ。視聴可能世帯数は2年で5000万世帯に及ぶが、まだ対象となっていない(全米ではおおよそ1億世帯)。しかし、計測だけは行われており、CNBCに遠く及ばない状況だ(ただ、そのデータはもう1年前のもの)
今週のラジオに関するニュース
LOVE FM、西鉄に譲渡へ 西日本新聞と朝日新聞が報じている。九州国際エフエムは福岡で外国語放送局「Love FM」として放送を行っている。累積債務によって経営難に陥っている事から、株主である福岡の私鉄・西日本鉄道に経営を譲渡する計画が明らかになった。西日本新聞によれば、放送免許を西鉄に継承する事が条件だという。
Love FMは日本に４つある「外国語放送局」の3例目として開局。日本語や英語を中心に10ヶ国語の番組を放送している。スタジオは福岡の繁華街・天神にあり―福岡のラジオ局は天神にスタジオを構えることが多いが―、西鉄はコミュニティ放送の天神エフエムを運営している。
株主である福岡市の2008年7月の資料では4億円の負債があり、広告業界が不況にある中では現状を解決するのは難しい。西日本新聞は事業譲渡が行われた場合、九州国際エフエムは特別清算するかもしれないという。そうなれば経営破たんを前にしての未然処置と受け取る事が出来る。経緯は異なるが、福岡県内ではCROSS FM（本社は北九州市にある）も清算した過去がある。
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