NY Observer > Brian Stelter http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/51158/feed Articles from Observer.com en Rachel Maddow's Ratings Have Taken Off Fast http://www.observer.com/2008/media/rachel-maddows-ratings-have-taken-fast

Back in August, when we were riding around Denver in the back of a stretch Escalade with Rachel Maddow (and Pat Buchanan!), we wondered how long it would take for cable news audiences to warm up to Ms. Maddow's show, which, at the time, was set to debut on MSNBC in a few short weeks.

Today, in The New York Times, Brian Stelter provides the answer. As it turns out: not long!

From the article:

Rachel Maddow, a woman who does not own a television set, has done something that is virtually unheard of: she has doubled the audience for a cable news channel's 9 p.

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]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/media/rachel-maddows-ratings-have-taken-fast#comments Media Brian Stelter MSNBC Rachel Maddow The New York Times Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:23:43 -0400 Felix Gillette 77302 at http://www.observer.com Brian Stelter, Ace TV Reporter, Turns 23 http://www.observer.com/2008/media/brian-stelter-ace-tv-reporter-turns-23

Media Mob would like to take a moment to wish New York Times television reporter Brian Stelter a happy birthday: Today, the wunderkind becomes a wundermensch of 23. (In two years he can rent a car!)

How is Mr. Stelter celebrating his big day? Blogging. He had five bylined pieces on The Times' TV Decoder blog today. That's in addition to his article on David Letterman's recent Rolling Stone interview and an Arts, Briefly squib on Keith Olbermann.

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/media/brian-stelter-ace-tv-reporter-turns-23#comments Brian Stelter The New York Times Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:57:02 -0400 Matt Haber 74540 at http://www.observer.com Brian Stelter, Byline Machine http://www.observer.com/2008/brian-stelter-byline-machine

Well, someone is working the holiday weekend! Times Wunderkind Brian Stelter has five bylines in today’s Business Day section.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/brian-stelter-byline-machine#comments Media Brian Stelter New York Times Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:27:50 -0500 John Koblin 65241 at http://www.observer.com Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert Plunge in Repeats http://www.observer.com/2007/amid-strike-daily-show-and-colbert-report-take-plunge

Ouch!

TV Decoder reports that the writers' strike has already delivered a nasty lashing to Comedy Central’s smirk-some duo, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

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]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/amid-strike-daily-show-and-colbert-report-take-plunge#comments Media Brian Stelter Comedy Central Jon Stewart Stephen Colbert Writers' Strike Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:05:09 -0500 Felix Gillette 60752 at http://www.observer.com Fame and Obscurity at The New York Times http://www.observer.com/2007/fame-and-obscurity-new-york-times

The brand is you! The new new new Journalism thrives on the new anxiety in journalism: avoiding redundancy. Hey, kids, they’re hiring at the Times!  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/fame-and-obscurity-new-york-times#comments Media Brian Stelter Julia Allison Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:13:49 -0400 Doree Shafrir 59320 at http://www.observer.com