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Crime

"You Are to Stand Down"

How NBC killed its Weinstein story.

Rich McHugh Vanity Fair Oct 2019 30min Permalink

Best Article Media

Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die

Bill Conradt, a well-known prosecutor, never arrived at the house in Murphy, Texas, where police and a crew from NBC’s To Catch a Predator were waiting. So the crew, along with a SWAT team, went to Conradt.

Luke Dittrich Esquire Feb 2009 Permalink

Arts Tech Media

Conan 2.0

When Conan O’Brien left NBC, he agreed to stay off TV for months and stay quiet about the network and its executives. The agreement contained no mention of social media, however. On the origins of a digital renaissance.

Douglas Alden Warshaw Fortune Feb 2011 15min Permalink

Arts Media

The Unsocial Network

Behind the scenes of Conan vs. Leno. An excerpt from The War for Late Night.

Bill Carter Vanity Fair Nov 2010 30min Permalink

Arts Media

I Was with Coco

A writer for Conan O’Brien on how The Tonight Show really ended and on how his boss got screwed.

Todd Levin GQ Jul 2010 20min Permalink