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MSNBC Chief Rips Fox News

Posted 04.18.2013 | Media

MSNBC chief Phil Griffin laid into Fox News for skipping President Obama's gun control speech on Wednesday (see update below). After the Senate fa...

Phil Griffin Taunts Jeff Zucker

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 03.25.2013 | Media

As Jeff Zucker works to rebuild the original 24-hour cable news network, his MSNBC rival does not seem particularly worried. In the latest issue o...

MSNBC Chief On Primetime Shake Up: Ed Came To Me

Posted 03.15.2013 | Media

MSNBC president Phil Griffin spoke to The Daily Beast about the discussions behind the network's recent primetime shake up. Earlier this week, 8:00...

Michael Calderone

Will MSNBC Hold Obama Accountable In Second Term?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 12.06.2012 | Media

NEW YORK –- MSNBC President Phil Griffin labels his network's sensibility as progressive, but the cable news channel could also be described these d...

Shep Smith: Wanted By MSNBC

Posted 12.03.2012 | Media

Paging Shep Smith: MSNBC wants you! Or Phil Griffin does, at least. The president of the network told the Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday that, out...

The GQ+A: With MSNBC's Phil Griffin

Death Race | Posted 11.11.2012 | Media
Death Race

Past the crowds of fans cheering on a live set of Hardball, the anchor box photo booth and MSNBC button makers, MSNBC president Phil Griffin is leaning forward in his chair, chattering excitedly about ratings as he bounces his left knee like an impatient child.

Michael Calderone

MSNBC President On Beating Fox In Ratings: 'Friggin' Fantastic'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 09.05.2012 | Media

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- MSNBC president Phil Griffin is a happy man. On Wednesday afternoon, Griffin learned that MSNBC was the top-rated cable network ...

Katherine Fung

MSNBC Chief Jabs CNN Over Convention Coverage

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Fung | Posted 08.16.2012 | Media

The 2012 presidential election has already become a heated battle. It's no surprise, then, that the fight between rival cable news networks to capture...

Kurtz Confounds With Criticism of MSNBC, Sharpton, but Not Trayvon Martin Smears

Mark Thompson | Posted 05.27.2012 | Media
Mark Thompson

While Howard Kurtz has had an esteemed career as a media critic, his TV and tweet critique of MSNBC and the Rev. Al Sharpton Sunday seems like an attempt to appear balanced purely for the sake of appearing balanced.

BUCHANAN OUT AT MSNBC

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 04.17.2012 | Media

NEW YORK — MSNBC dropped conservative commentator Pat Buchanan on Thursday, four months after suspending him following the publication of his la...

MSNBC Chief's Blunt Words

Posted 02.12.2012 | Media

In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times, MSNBC president Phil Griffin had some rather blunt words to describe his method for creating new shows and d...

MSNBC Chief's Tough Words For Fox News

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 10.03.2011 | Media

BEVERLY HILLS -- MSNBC president Phil Griffin has his sights set on Fox News. Griffin opened the network's presentation at the Television Critics Asso...

Who's Afraid of Cenk Uygur?

Chez Pazienza | Posted 09.20.2011 | Media
Chez Pazienza

Did Cenk Uygur stand up for what he believes in -- and what his online audience expects of him -- in the aftermath of his demotion from MSNBC? Sure looks that way. And for that he gets to walk out with his head held very high.

MSNBC President's Message To Fox News

Posted 05.30.2011 | Media

MSNBC President Phil Griffin sent a message to Fox News in an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer: we're coming for you. Griffin was speaking ...

The Political Talk World Is Shaken by MSNBC

Jim Worth | Posted 05.31.2011 | Media
Jim Worth

Olbermann's voice and voices like his must not be quelled if our democracy is to survive.

MSNBC Chief Speaks Out About Olbermann Departure

Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

MSNBC President Phil Griffin spoke out for the first time since Keith Olbermann's sudden exit from the network. Speaking to The Wrap, Griffin sounded ...

MSNBC Boss: Ed Schultz 'Over The Top,' 'Crossed The Line' At Times

Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz has profiled MSNBC's "surprise star," Ed Schultz, who he writes is "Rush Limbaugh's TV nemesis." In the profile, Schul...

MSNBC President Threatened To FIRE Olbermann

Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

MSNBC President Phil Griffin vowed to fire Keith Olbermann if he went on other networks to discuss his suspension, The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz repo...

Olbermann's New Boss Gave Big Money to Republicans

Dan Mirvish | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Dan Mirvish

Perhaps one reason MSNBC's Phil Griffin suspended Keith Olbermann has to do with their soon-to-be-new boss over at Comcast being a big contributor to the National Republican Campaign Committee

Olbermann Flap Misses Point; Who's Really Paying Pundits?

Dan Mirvish | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Dan Mirvish

The whole Olbermann flap over political contributions misses the point of the unholy alliance of money, the media and the punditocracy.

SHORTEST SUSPENSION IN THE WORLD

The Huffington Post | Adam J. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Keith Olbermann will return to the air on Tuesday after being suspended without pay for two shows (this past Friday and the upcoming episode on Monday...

MSNBC Brings Back Olbermann, on Lockup

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Andy Borowitz

"We think this is a win-win situation," said MSNBC president Phil Griffin. "Our viewers will get their beloved Keith back, and we'll have him in a place that feels right for us."

Hey Keith, I'm Hiring

Edward Murray | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Edward Murray

Keith, I'm hiring, and here's my pitch: I'm starting a new, progressive-minded, cable television news and information network. You will have full control over the content that airs on your show. Let's get Anderson Cooper on board, too.

Playing for Keith

Chez Pazienza | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Chez Pazienza

At some point, traditional media outlets will finally wise the hell up and realize that we're well past the point where it is considered unforgivable to express an opinion.

If Keith Olbermann Goes, So Do We!

Russell Simmons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Russell Simmons

Re-instate Keith Olbermann now. I will personally pay his campaign contributions. Don't let this voice get lost when it is needed the most.