Word: newscaster
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Memo from Girl Friday: Gossipist Walter Winchell and his radio sponsor have phhht. Happened four weeks ago, even before his splituation with TV, because sponsor, Seaboard Drug Co., feared consequences of columnist's "long series of offensive remarks" about Adlai Stevenson on his weekly newscast. Sponsor kept it quiet to give Mutual time to dig up fresh scratch (WW's weekly take: $5,000), but Winchell began sniping at Seaboard Drug in newspaper column. Sponsor exploded. "Malicious, libelous and untrue," said Seaboard President Harry Patterson. "The man has gone...
...being dropped: "You don't know the relief of knowing I don't have to do the show. They have me knocking myself out every day for half the salary I received for doing a 12½-minute newscast." Winchell says that he really longs for the peace and quiet of his newscasts, "where I can sit down and not have to remember any cues or lines-jiggle the wireless key and get all that money for just telling a few lies." Is he planning another TV show? "Yes, a one-hour spectacular. The stars will...
...than those oi us who are living abroad. Why don t Adlai and Ike do some speeches outlining their respective stands, on movie or TV film, for distribution throughcut the armed forces theaters? All I've seen so far of the '56 elections was a two-minute newscast of the Republicans at the Cow Palace, and not a wink of Ike anywhere...
When Larry presented his note to Mrs. Berard (25 minutes late), she had him give a five-minute newscast on his experience to his classmates. Their comment on Larry's adventure: "Pretty nifty...
...time, 80% of it on TV. ¶ Democrats have scheduled eight half-hour shows and some 90 five-minute spots, most of which will be sandwiched between regular shows on the cheaper daytime slots. By intensive barnstorming, Democrats also hope to pick up plenty of free newscast coverage. The G.O.P. will run 15 half-hour shows, 35 five-minute shorts (all at night), has bought a solid hour on all three networks on election eve for a final go-out-and-vote speech...