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New Jersey Wants to Raise Its Smoking Age to 21, Too

By John Surico
Democracy Now! Hosts Cooper Union Debate

By Sydney Brownstone
Quinn on Street Fatalities

By John Surico
Hurricane Sandy Hotel Evacuees Evade Housing Crisis

By Sydney Brownstone
Liu Gives Back Dirty Cash

By John Surico
What to Do if You Get Vito Lopez'd at Work

By Sydney Brownstone
City Dragged Stop-and-Frisk Judge Through the Mud

By Ryan Devereaux
The New Yorker Launches Project Developed by Aaron Swartz

By Sydney Brownstone
Union Square is Getting a Massive Wi-Fi Expansion in June

By Sydney Brownstone
We May Have a Weiner in the Mayoral Race by Next Week

By John Surico

Awkward

NBC Advertises 'Recent Job Opportunities' Right Before Kicking Sue Simmons To The Curb

By Steven Thrasher Sat., Jun. 16 2012 at 9:00 AM

Categories: Awkward, NBC, Steven Thrasher, Television, WTF?

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That was awkward.

As you may have heard, NBC Channel 4 fired Sue Simmons after 32 years when it didn't renew her contract. Last night, the channel chose to use their final ad spot right before Simmons' final broadcast to advertise for "recent job opportunities" at NBC!

"Learn more about NBC New York's recent job opportunities by logging onto ncbuniversalcareers.com, or by calling our toll free number!" a chirpy voice said, before the camera went to Chuck Scarborough and a dour looking Simmons, who looked like a woman about to face the guillotine.

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The Creator Of The Save Sue Simmons! Tumblr Explains His Campaign, Affection For Sue

By Esther Zuckerman Sat., Mar. 10 2012 at 11:49 AM

Categories: Esther Zuckerman, NBC, New York Legends, Television

This week New Yorkers learned that beloved foul-mouthed WNBC anchor Sue Simmons' contract would not be renewed. Now the whisperings as to who is going to be taking her place are already starting. But the reaction to the news of Simmons' impending departure was impassioned. The Times even chronicled the Twitterverse's cries. Our very own Michael Musto explained
his adoration on his blog. From celebrity anguish -- Martha Plimpton! Alec Baldwin! -- to good old-fashioned internet crusading a chorus rang out condemning NBC for giving up an icon. We emailed some questions to the man behind the Save Sue Simmons! Tumblr -- 26-year-old New York native and Columbia graduate student Ryder Kessler -- to hear why he took to the web to fight for Simmons. Read his responses after the jump.

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'damn.'

30 Rock Robbed of $13,000 by Accountant

By Myles Tanzer Fri., Jan. 14 2011 at 10:33 AM

Categories: 'damn.', 30 Rock, Myles Tanzer, NBC, Tina Fey

Blerg! Jack Donaghy would not approve of business like this. The New York Post reports that 30 Rock accountant Matthew Rudolph, 35, has been charged with "22 counts of larceny, falsifying business records and criminal possession of a forged instrument." According to his lawyer Richard Roth, Rudolph is not guilty -- Roth calls the allegations "absurd" and "additional evidence of the NBC witch hunt." We're kind of surprised that it wasn't Liz Lemler enacting revenge for getting fired for no reason by Liz Lemon in Season 1!

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Video and Tell

Joel McHale vs. The Drunks on the Fourth Hour of Today: Television. Gold. (Video)

By Foster Kamer Fri., Nov. 5 2010 at 12:50 PM

Categories: Awesomeness, Foster Kamer, NBC, People Doing Good Things, Things That Are Awesome, Video and Tell

New York City's film and television production has an epicenter of Weird. It isn't on some obscure public access channel, or even the guy who does the cooking tips for NY1. No, it's Hoda and Kathy Lee, who host the fourth hour of NBC's Today. They are typically drunk and generally absurd, like a bad SNL sketch brought to life and glory.

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Media Shitcannings

Week of Media Shitcanning Madness Continues: CNN's Jon Klein, NBC's Jeff Zucker

By Foster Kamer Fri., Sep. 24 2010 at 11:45 AM

Categories: Boobs, CNN, Foster Kamer, Media Shitcannings, NBC

Locally, we've seen some pretty intense media cannings take place, specifically at the New York Daily News, which also goes without mentioning Katy Perry being booted off Sesame Street. Well, this morning, news went wide of two more big ones: CNN president Jon Klein is out, and NBC-Universal President Jeff Zucker is out.

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The Internet

How Did 4Chan and Gawker Get Chris Hansen "Arrested" for Child Molestation?

By Foster Kamer Fri., Sep. 3 2010 at 2:00 PM

Categories: 4Chan, Crime, Cybercrime, Featured, Foster Kamer, Gawker, NBC, Pranks, The Internet

Chris Hansen -- the host of NBC's infamous child sex scandal exploitation show To Catch A Predator -- was not arrested for child molestation. Yet "chris hansen arrested for child molestation" is a "volcanic"-level trending Google search, currently ranked in the top spot. How did this happen and what does 4Chan's kind deed from yesterday have to do with it?

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BP Oil Disaster

Tomorrow's Today to Feature Ass-Kicking Obama, Regular Old Matt Lauer

By Jen Doll Mon., Jun. 7 2010 at 10:29 PM

Categories: BP, BP Oil Disaster, Barack Obama, Big Messes, Environmental, Jen Doll, NBC

The Today show has released a clip from an interview between Barack Obama and Matt Lauer that will air in full tomorrow, the 50th day of the oil leak in the Gulf. In it, the POTUS and the journalist sit down for some frank discussion of the Gulf, and Obama is plenty teed. (Video after the jump.)

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