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Brian Steinberg

@bristei

Covering media, business of news, sports, advertising, late night. Some days are diamonds / some days are rocks. I like comics. Hi: brian.steinberg@variety.com

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Joined October 2008
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Mary Hager, longtime CBS News political guru and Face the Nation chief, plans to leave the news division in January variety.com/2026/tv/news/mar…
Mary Hager, CBS News Politics and ‘Face the Nation’ Guru, to Retire

Mary Hager, CBS News Politics and ‘Face the Nation’ Guru, to Retire

Mary Hager, Face the Nation Chief at CBS News, to Exit

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Drew Brees wants Monday Night Football. Brees tells @FOS he'd want the seat if Troy Aikman doesn't return. Plus @readDanwrite on the ripple effects of a 24-team CFP. Listen! open.spotify.com/episode/7gU…
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Ross Douthat was dynamite. The ratings — potentially less so. variety.com/2026/tv/news/ros…
Ross Douthat’s ‘60 Minutes’ Interview Gets Tackled By Football Comparisons

Ross Douthat’s ‘60 Minutes’ Interview Gets Tackled By Football Comparisons

Ross Douthat's '60 Minutes' Interview Gets Tackled By Football Comparisons

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The new “60 Minutes” correspondent garnered huzzahs for his interlocution of President Trump on Sunday, but viewership tied to the show fell notably from the previous week and from the year-earlier episode, both of which were boosted by NFL lead-ins. variety.com/2026/tv/news/ros…
Ross Douthat’s ‘60 Minutes’ Interview Gets Tackled By Football Comparisons

Ross Douthat’s ‘60 Minutes’ Interview Gets Tackled By Football Comparisons

Ross Douthat's '60 Minutes' Interview Gets Tackled By Football Comparisons

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NITE OWL: Justin Timberlake will join Jimmy Fallon on NBC's 'Tonight' for a special show on Thanksgiving
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To keep his food-and-travel program, um, flying as it moves to YouTube from Netflix, producer/writer Phil Rosenthal struck an ad deal with United Airlines... variety.com/2026/tv/news/phi…
Phil Rosenthal’s ‘Somebody Feeds Phil’ Flies to YouTube From Netflix, With Lift From United

Phil Rosenthal’s ‘Somebody Feeds Phil’ Flies to YouTube From Netflix, With Lift From United

Phil Rosenthal's 'Somebody Feeds Phil' Flies to YouTube From Netflix, With Lift From United

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Skydance investor call is about to begin David Ellison, Ynon Kreiz, Andy Gordon and Dennis Cinelli are on the call...
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Skydance's Ellison: Once streamers are on unified tech stack, co will be positioned 'to compete with everyone'
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Skydance's Ellison: Will navigate distribution partnerships by examining how they affect shareholder value
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