Media Guru Pillows

'Wait a sec...do you want that comment off the record or out of context?'

"Nowadays we call it 'media management.' Not a 'payoff'."

'Nicholas Witchell couldn't make it on the 8th.'

Servile journalism

nstead of looking at fish bowl, a kid watches the fish on TV as they are being video taped.

"We're being accused of talking down the economy...I want the idea looked at on pages 1,3,6 and 7 with a colour spread in the supplement."

'It's one of Larry King's earliest shows.'

'Your name and address, please, sir.'

"The senator really has these press conferences down pat...by the time he's finished answering, the reporter has forgotten the question!"

"THe ratings and the memes are off the charts!"

Digital TV for Beginners

School of journalism and politics.

"Boss, remember when you told me to start charging Sadie 'studio fees' for operating her radio show in the cafe?" "Well, I've got good news and bad news." "What's the good?" "She's agreed not to resort to violence." "I see. And the bad news?" "On today's 'Sadie Cohen Radio Show': Evil cafe owners who may or may not poison their customers."

"What's on Fox News?"

'How fast can you hype?'

Showbiz Awards

"What's that? I asked for a teal lichen. That's a brown thread. Are you trying to upset me?"

"If this goes badly I'm going to post it on my youtube job interview bloopers channel."

"National security adviser"

Royal Mail boss to become ITV boss.

'Here's MY information highway!'

Create some buzz!

'If only every year was an election year.'

'How many studio apartment construction projects did you say you'd worked on before?'

"We don't call them 'horns' anymore. They're interactive audio crash deterrent stimulators."

Target your customer.

"....So called 'fake news' is dangerous to our democracy!"

"I feel a great disturbance in The Force."

'He bowed lower for me than for you.'

'Miss Raleigh. I'm studying megatrends. Bring me some megavitamins.'

Newspaper suicide.

'I'm not taking that money to buy drugs. I'm taking it to pay bribes if I'm caught with my drugs.'

Bob thinks his new neighbor may be bad for business.

Succession 2

"If you're trying to find yourself, Mr. Ludlow, just ping your phone."