http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/Late last week, it appeared NBC locked up Paris Hilton to a $1 million deal. But sources tell The New York Post that General Electric CEO & Chairman Jeff Immelt personally pulled the plug.
"This is the latest in a series of p.r. debacles for NBC - Imus and the Virginia Tech shooter tapes were the others," said a highly placed source. "He
had to weigh in."
The Post also reports "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams had been lobbying both network and GE corporate honchos to back off Paris coverage.
NBC RESPONDS: NBC News spokesperson Allison Gollust responds to the story: it is "patently, unequivocally, totally false. He (Immelt) did not have a single conversation with anyone at NBC about Paris Hilton, and Brian Williams never communicated with him about it."
Wow - GE and NBC actually showing some integrity! Also
Tucker Carlson's 4pm ET show is being scrubbed, TVNewser has learned. Sources say MSNBC wants to emphasize a live edition of Tucker at 6pm.
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