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Should the Lightning-Blackhawks series be a close shave?

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Should Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning be a pretty boy? Should Victor Hedman be a little less scruffy. And for goodness sakes, can’t these guys just shave and be done with it? According to an NBC executive, it would be nice to see a little more face time during thes Stanley Cup Finals. NBC Sports Chairman Mark Larazus tells the Chicago Tribune he has lobbied the NHL to stop the tradition of players growing playoff beards, which he says…

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Mitch Perry Report for 5.20.15 — The end of an era

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Good morning everyone. I’m getting off to a slightly later start than usual this morning, as I stayed up near midnight last night to see the Golden State Warriors defeat the Houston Rockets in a very exciting opening game of the Western Conference NBA Finals. As was the case while watching another Warrior playoff game last Friday night, I also caught a little of “The Late Show” with David Letterman, which I think you may have heard ends its run on CBS…

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Mitch Perry Report for 4.15.15 – Waiting on Hillary

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Love her or loath her, Hillary Clinton’s official presence in the 2016 presidential sweepstakes is a big deal. But does the political media class have to lose their collective sh*t in the process? It was sort of humorous to read that story the other day about how Mrs. Clinton’s delayed video release announcing her campaign on Sunday (it came after 3 p.m. when it was rumored to happen at noon) had affected the leisure schedules of so many reporters on…

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Content is no longer King: Curation is King

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“Content is King” — no longer. Today, the world has changed. “Curation Is King.” Ok, I hear all the content-makers sharpening their knives to take me on. I’m ready. First, why content is dead: Content used to be the high quality media that came out of the very pointed end of the funnel. Articles in The New York Times. Movies from Miramax. Thursday night comedy from NBC. Books published by Simon and Schuster. Creative folks wrote pitches, treatments, sample chapters,…

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What happens in South Carolina, stays in South Carolina: Marco Rubio-Jim DeMint fundraising events closed to press

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From NBC’s Mark Murray: We wonder what Florida and South Carolina political reporters will think about this (especially after the publicity that Meg Whitman’s press event that wasn’t a press event received yesterday): NBC producer Terry Pickard received word that Marco Rubio’s fundraising events in South Carolina next week with Sen. Jim DeMint will be closed to the press. Rubio spokesperson Alex Burgos confirms the news to First Read. “Since the purpose of next Monday’s South Carolina trip has always…

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