Categories: OLD Media Moves

Zucker gets off easy on CNBC

Gillian Reagan of The Business Insider notes that NBC head Jeff Zucker was on CNBC Thursday to discuss its Olympics coverage and was given special treatment by his employees,

Reagan writes, “Of course, the boss didn’t have to face any tough questions from Squawk Box on NBC’s sister network.

“Nobody asked him about the tape delay scandal.

“Nobody asked him whether NBC was making any, you know, money, from the games.

“Instead, we got lines like this.

“‘Obviously it has been a great story for NBC and it has become a great story for our advertisers,’ he said.”

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