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WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last March 2011, the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (NHFA) launched the Art of Politics Impact Project to address the lack of Latino commentators and guests on the four network Sunday news shows: ABC's This Week, CBS's Face the Nation, FOX News Sunday, and NBC's Meet The Press. The Art of Politics Impact Project is being implemented in collaboration with the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the Mexican American...

NEW YORK, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The 32nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Award nominations were announced July 18 by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and Clickspring Design was among the nominees. This nomination, in the category for Outstanding Lighting Design and Scenic Design, was for Clickspring's work on NBC's "Meet the Press with David Gregory." The weekly program, highest-rated of the American Sunday morning televised talk shows, has...

WASHINGTON, May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC's Meet the Press, the longest-running television show in worldwide broadcasting history, launched a new set designed by Clickspring Design on Sunday, May 2. Host David Gregory interviewed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the debut. Mr. Gregory assumed the role of host in December 2008. The weekly program has featured headline-making interviews with national and world leaders for 60 years, posing the tough questions on politics, economics, foreign...

Opening Nov. 20, Exhibit Recreates NBC Newsman's Washington Office WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Step into the office of Tim Russert, one of the country's most respected journalists, in a new exhibit offering a unique window into the world of the moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press." (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080919/NEWSEUMLOGO) Inside Tim Russert's Office: If It's Sunday, It's "Meet the Press," which opens Nov. 20, 2009, recreates Russert's NBC Washington...

BALTIMORE, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Retirement Living TV (RLTV), the only network dedicated to adults 50+, premieres Meet the Press on Monday, July 13th. The program will air on RLTV every Monday at 7 and 10 p.m. In the premiere episode, guests include the GOP's 2008 presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). He'll be giving his thoughts on the state of the economy, the future of health care reform, global hot-spots, the upcoming Supreme Court nominee hearings, the Republican Party and...

NEW YORK, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Allison Gollust has been appointed executive vice president, Corporate Communications, for NBC Universal. The announcement was made today by Jeff Zucker, president and chief executive officer of NBC Universal, to whom she will report. The appointment is effective July 13. Gollust succeeds Cory Shields, who was recently named Executive Vice President, Global Policy Strategies and Alliances for NBC Universal. Gollust will be responsible for communications...

BALTIMORE, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- NBC and Retirement Living TV (RLTV) have entered into a licensing deal for the rebroadcast rights to the television institution Meet the Press. For 61 years, Meet the Press has featured headline-making interviews with world-leaders and U.S. newsmakers. The agreement allows RLTV to rebroadcast each week's program after its first airing on the NBC network. This deal serves as a continuation of a partnership that has involved shared content and...

NBC News announced Sunday that David Gregory has been made the host of the network's Meet the Press program. The 38-year-old chief White House correspondent will take over the program starting next Sunday. The announcement was made by Tom Brokaw, served as temporary host since last June after the death of Tim Russert, the program's longtime moderator. I've thought a lot about what it means to succeed somebody like Tim Russert, Gregory said in an appearance Sunday on Meet the Press. He added,...

The president of NBC News said a decision on who will replace the late Tim Russert as "Meet the Press" moderator should be made in November or early December. Russert died in June of a heart attack at the age of 58. Tom Brokaw has been filling in until a permanent moderator is named. The New York Times said that, other than revealing the time frame for the decision to replace Russert, NBC News President Steve Capus did not offer any details about the network's plans. However, the newspaper...

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The reporter who sat across from John McCain and Barack Obama for separate interviews that aired on NBC's "Today" show Friday was only 23.Was he nervous?"Not necessarily," Luke Russert said. "I had prior relationships with both of them."He asked both Obama and McCain about whether community service should be mandatory for young people. They said no, but both presidential candidates said the United States missed a real opportunity to teach citizens...