Subject: How Beyonce made Lemonade; Kelly Ripa intel; "very little access;" week ahead calendar; "Game of Thrones" is back; Carl Bernstein commentary
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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 00:37:21 +0000
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TOP STORY

** Access for journalists 'progressively worse'
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Hillary Clinton beat reporters have had "very little access to the candidate over the course of this campaign." And what about media-savvy Donald Trump? The beat reporters "have very little access to him at all." That's according to AP VP Brian Carovillano, who joined me on today's "Reliable Sources" for a reality check about campaign coverage. I noted Trump's prolific TV appearances and included the Clinton camp's two-part response (We're more accessible than people realize/We're constantly seeking to improve). Watch our conversation here... (http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/04/24/how-clintons-campaign-limits-media-access.cnn?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID])

** Making profit out of "Lemonade"
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Now this is how you drop an album. Beyonce premiered (http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/23/entertainment/beyonce-lemonade-hbo/index.html?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) a deeply personal hour-long movie ("visual album") on HBO Saturday night, then steered fans to Tidal to listen to "Lemonade." There is much to analyze... Starting with this...

-- Did Jay Z cheat on Beyonce?Bustle analyzes her suggestive lyrics here...  (http://www.bustle.com/articles/156544-did-jay-z-cheat-on-beyonce-lemonade-hints-at-allegations?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID])

-- I have the same Q as Showtime's  (https://twitter.com/jfuentes/status/724277939735543808?refsrc=email&s=11&mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) PR whiz Johanna Fuentes: "Beyoncé has about 1000 collaborators on the album/videos, yet no leaks? Teach me your ways. How?"

-- Jarett Wieselman tweet during the HBO debut: "Everyone gathered around trying to decipher the story we're hearing. #LEMONADE is 2016's 'War of the Worlds'"

-- What's all the fuss about? This Jon Pareles review (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/arts/music/beyonce-lemonade.html?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) perfectly explains it...

** Exclusive to Tidal? Kinda sorta...
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Beyonce is a partner in the artist-owned Tidal. And the release of "Lemonade" definitely gave the service a boost. On Saturday night, it was promoted as the only place where listeners could access her album. But insiders knew better. And sure enough, this afternoon the NYT reported that the album will be available for purchase on iTunes late tonight. Lisa France and I wrote about the complexities here...  (http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/24/media/beyonce-itunes-lemonade/index.html?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID])

-- A Tidal spokeswoman emails: "I can confirm, on the record, that Tidal will be streaming the album exclusively in perpetuity." (Which means no Spotify, no Pandora, etc...)

** Media week ahead calendar
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-- Tonight: Make sure your DVR is ready. "Game of Thrones" returns, "Veep" returns, CNN premieres W. Kamau's Bell's "United Shades of America," (http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/23/media/w-kamau-bell-kkk-united-shades/index.html?iid=SF_LN&mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) etc etc...
-- Monday: 12pm: Matrix Awards in NYC. Nancy Dubuc, Lena Dunham, Nancy Gibbs, Janice Min among the honorees...
-- Tuesday: 9am: Kelly Ripa returns to work... (Scroll down for more details)
-- Tuesday night: The very-hard-to-get-into Time 100 gala...
-- Wednesday: Comcast earnings before the opening bell... Facebook earnings after...
-- Thursday: Viacom earnings before the opening bell... Amazon earnings after...
-- Thursday: White House Correspondents Association dinner weekend begins with a Tinder/Independent Journal shindig and the "Bytes and Bylines" party...
-- Friday, Saturday, Sunday: the WHCA gatherings continue... The dinner itself starts at 7:30pm Saturday... CNN will have live coverage...
-- Sunday 11am: "Reliable Sources" live from DC... WHCA post-game show...
For the record
-- New tonight: Vox Media is launching a "classic gadget blog," called Circuit Breaker, primarily on this Facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/circuitbreaker/?fref=ts&mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) (NYT (http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/business/vox-media-tries-something-old-on-something-new.html?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) )

-- Something you don't see everyday: Valerie Jarrett thanking (https://twitter.com/vj44/status/724330116504014849?refsrc=email&s=11&mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) Shonda Rhimes, Ben Sherwood and Channing Dungey for a recent "Grey's Anatomy" storyline about unintentional shootings by children... (Twitter (https://twitter.com/vj44/status/724330116504014849?refsrc=email&s=11&mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) )

-- How's Politico Europe doing? NYT's Nicola Clark checks in... (http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/business/media/politico-pierces-the-brussels-bubble-with-us-style-coverage.html?_r=0&referer=&mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID])  (NYT (http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/business/media/politico-pierces-the-brussels-bubble-with-us-style-coverage.html?_r=0&referer=&mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) )

-- Another sign of the times: At the San Jose Mercury News and East Bay Times, stories that go inside sections "will not be copy-edited" anymore, per an internal memo. (http://jimromenesko.com/2016/04/22/bay-area-news-group-memo-we-will-be-eliminating-a-layer-of-valuable-editing/?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) "Proofreading will be reduced..." (Romenesko (http://jimromenesko.com/2016/04/22/bay-area-news-group-memo-we-will-be-eliminating-a-layer-of-valuable-editing/?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) )

-- Why are many newsrooms still so queasy about TMZ's scoops? We talked about that on today's show... (http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/04/24/why-media-outlets-are-still-queasy-about-tmz.cnn?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID])

-- Worth a laugh: PunditFact fact-checked (http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2016/apr/22/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt/dolphins-rapists-unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt/?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt..."

** Kelly Ripa "Live" again on Tuesday
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Kelly Ripa is coming back to work on Tuesday. And Michael Strahan will be by her side. The way Ripa announced this -- by sending a late-night email to her whole staff -- doubled as a message to ABC. She was saying, "This is how you should communicate. By keeping no one in the dark." Here's my full story from Saturday... (http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/23/media/kelly-ripa-live-michael-strahan/index.html?iid=Lead&mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID])

ABC execs "know this was bungled. This was completely bungled," THR boss Janice Min told me on today's show. "And you know how Disney loves clean, smooth transitions. This is basically the worst possible outcome that could have ever happened."

** Real talk from Janice Min...
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So what will Ripa say on Tuesday morning? Will she talk about the dispute? Min, for one, isn't expecting anything shocking. "What I don't think is going to happen is the Ann Curry moment, which would be ABC's worst nightmare," she said. "I don't think she wants that, because, if you look at the end result, where is Ann Curry today? Ann Curry is not on television. And Kelly Ripa is a huge TV star." Watch our conversation (http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/04/24/sexist-treatment-of-kelly-ripa.cnn?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID])  here... (http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/04/24/sexist-treatment-of-kelly-ripa.cnn?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID])

-- Thinking ahead: According to THR's reporting, Ripa's "Live" contract is up next year. One of my sources said the same thing. Some TV types believe it's up even sooner than that. "I think she would be a great presence on a morning show," Min said... (http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/04/24/sexist-treatment-of-kelly-ripa.cnn?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID])

** Hidden camera on "60 Minutes"
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Check this out: "60 Minutes" decided to explain, in detail, why it used a hidden camera for tonight's terrific (http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/dialing-for-dollars/?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) Norah O'Donnell story about legislators "dialing for dollars." (http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/dialing-for-dollars/?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) (Compare it to John Oliver'sversion three weeks ago. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylomy1Aw9Hk&mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) ) The "60 Minutes" team wanted to show where the dialing takes place -- see the call center above -- so they outfitted a source with a camera. Who? No comment. How? "I will say that the CBS News camera shop has very ingenious ways to hide cameras," Pat Shevlin says... (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-decision-to-use-a-hidden-camera-this-week/?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID])

** NYT layoffs coming? Post says so, NYT says no
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Last night the NY Post's Claire Atkinson reported (http://nypost.com/2016/04/23/new-york-times-plans-to-cut-hundreds-of-jobs-later-this-year/?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) that "The New York Times Co. is preparing to lay off a few hundred staffers in the second half of the year." Today the NYT pushed back. Dean Baquet told me the layoff story was "made up." And Peter Szekely, the head of the guild, emailed this: "It wouldn't be unusual for rumors about layoffs to develop, given that Times management is currently in a year-long review of its newsroom operations and that severance pay is one of the items on the bargaining table. But no one from Times management has raised the issue with us, at least not yet."

As David Folkenflik
tweeted tonight, (https://twitter.com/davidfolkenflik/status/724331715058110464?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) rumors have "whipped around the newsroom," and there's an understanding that cuts are coming, but it's too soon to know what will happen. "Size and nature of cuts should become clearer closer to end of the year," he says...

** Winter has arrived
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Frank Pallotta emails: Welcome back to the wild world of Westeros. The sixth season of "Game of Thrones" premieres tonight and fans like myself are flocking to TVs, streaming services, and even bars to learn the fate of Jon Snow. The beloved character was (SPOILER ALERT) stabbed seemingly to death at the end of last season. But diehard fans still won't accept that Snow is dead (even President Obama is skeptical). And after months of speculation, we may find out tonight. 🐲 🐲 🐲

Apart from the death (and possibly rebirth) of Snow, the return of "Thrones" comes at a crossroads for HBO. The cable giant has had a tough time developing new dramas to take the proverbial throne. (See "Vinyl" and the delayed "Westworld...")

** Poor showing for "Huntsman"
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Brooks Barnes' take on the weekend box office: (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/arts/the-huntsman-winters-war-cant-topple-the-jungle-book.html?src=twr&mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) "Leave the fairy tales to Disney." Universal’s "The Huntsman: Winter's War" "took in a dismal $20.1 million at North American cinemas, or 64% less than its series predecessor, 'Snow White and the Huntsman,' collected in 2012." The movie cost at least $115 million to make. It was "another box office misfire for Chris Hemsworth, who played the title role." Meanwhile, "Jungle Book" had another big weekend...
Prince, 1958-2016

** High interest in Prince tributes
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-- Friday's top-rated TV show was (http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/ratings-abcs-2020-special-prince-death-of-a-legend-1201759440/?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) ABC's "20/20" special about Prince. CNN's #'s remained elevated all day, as well...
-- Saturday's top-rated show was the "SNL" tribute...Per Variety, (http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/ratings-special-prince-tribute-saturday-night-live-strong-1201759584/?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) it had "the program's top overnight scores in both young adults and households in two months
-- As of today, 8 of the 10 top-selling albums on iTunes are his albums...
-- Half a million YouTube views and counting for Bruce Springsteen'srendition of "Purple Rain" from last night...  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkOxeKA2WNE&mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID])

** How Prince stayed so private
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"In an age where many celebrities don't want to do anything away from the public eye, Prince avoided the spotlight. Instead, he wanted it to shine on his art," Lisa writes.  (http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/24/entertainment/prince-private-life/index.html?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) "Which is why it's no surprise that just as quietly, his remains were cremated and a private ceremony held following his death at the age of 57. He was a man who, despite his showmanship, shied away from fanfare." This is a wonderful, insidery read... (http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/24/entertainment/prince-private-life/index.html?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
Quote of the day
"One of the perils of journalism is the human brain’s penchant for sorting information into narratives. Even false narratives can take on a life of their own because there is always information arriving that can confirm a narrative."

--Nick Kristof's column in today's NYT... (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/opinion/sunday/is-hillary-clinton-dishonest.html?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID])

** Strong commentary from Carl Bernstein
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We opened and closed today's show with Carl Bernstein, and I wanted to highlight a few of the points he made:

-- Trump makes"monkeys of the media..." (http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/04/24/trump-from-reality-show-to-scripted-drama.cnn?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID])
-- "Why do we continue to let the candidates make our agenda instead of making our own reportorial agenda? It doesn't make sense to me. (http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/04/24/bernstein-calls-for-more-scrutiny-of-candidates.cnn?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) We've got great resources. We're not using them..."
-- "Let's not let them off the hook. (http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/04/24/too-many-viewers-looking-for-reinforcement-of-their-views.cnn?mc_cid=beb9e3713c&mc_eid=[UNIQID]) " Then being the audience for news. "They are increasingly looking for information just to reinforce what they already think..."

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