Court TV's Diane Dimond to Hollywood at Large; Dimond Will Continue to Anchor Network's Daytime Trial Coverage.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 2003 Award-winning investigative reporter Diane Dimond is expanding her role at the network to include hosting duties of Court TV's Hollywood at Large(R). She will continue her role as an anchor of the network's daytime trial coverage and substitute host for Catherine Crier Live(R). Dimond made international headlines last week when she was the first to report on Court TV(R) that Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch was being raided, that Jackson was about to be arrested, and that multiple counts of child molestation were to be filed against him. "Diane Dimond is one of the best in the business - period. As she proved once again last week, she breaks big news and others follow. Her expertise, integrity, and experience as an investigative reporter on the celebrity beat will make it possible for Hollywood at Large to expand their focus and take an investigative approach to the stories they cover," said Art Bell, President and COO, Court TV. Dimond, who joined Court TV in spring 2001 as a guest anchor and substitute host for Catherine Crier Live, comes to the network with an impressive track record of ground-breaking investigative journalism and live news reporting. In addition to breaking the Michael Jackson story, she was also the first to report the rape allegations against William Kennedy Smith William Kennedy Smith (born September 4, 1960) is an American physician whose work focuses on landmines and the rehabilitation of people disabled by them. He is a member of the prominent Kennedy political family and is famous for a well-publicized 1991 rape trial in which he was , the first to obtain the O.J. Simpson police interrogation tape, and her coverage of the 1993 allegations against Jackson was cited by Time magazine as "The Best TV of '93." Dimond joins Court TV after stints at Fox News Channel, MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company , CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. , WCBS WCBS Wireline Core-Barrel Sampling WCBS West Coast Business Systems and Supplies, Inc. (Palm Desert, CA) , and the syndicated program Hard Copy. Prior to starting her television career at WCBS, she anchored newscasts for National Public Radio's All Things Considered All Things Considered (ATC) is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. It was the first news program on the network, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets. and was the Washington Correspondent for RKO Radio Network The RKO Radio Network, a subsidiary of RKO General, was the first radio network to begin its operations entirely on satellite in the 1970s. It fed newscasts at :50 and :00, and offered sportscasts, music, and public affairs programming. . She began her broadcasting career at KOB Radio in Albuquerque, New Mexico “Albuquerque” redirects here. For other uses, see Albuquerque (disambiguation). Albuquerque (pronounced [ˈæl.bə.kɚ.kiː], Spanish: [al.βu. . Court TV - The Investigation Channel(TM), is the leader in the investigation genre, providing a window on the American system of justice through distinctive programming that both informs and entertains. Court TV telecasts trials by day and high-profile original programs like Forensic Files(R) and popular off-network series like NYPD Blue(R) in the evening. Court TV is 50% owned by Time Warner, and 50% owned by Liberty Media Corp. The network is seen in almost 80 million homes. (www.Courttv.com or AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Keyword: Court TV) |
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