Mediagazer: With Ebersol Gone, NBC Passes Broadcast Baton to ‘Today’ Producer (Richard Sandomir/New York Times)

11:25 AM ET, July 26, 2012

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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:

With Ebersol Gone, NBC Passes Broadcast Baton to ‘Today’ Producer — For decades, American audiences have watched the Olympics as defined by a few star producers like Roone Arledge, Dick Ebersol, Mike Weisman and Mike Pearl. — Starting Friday, with the opening ceremony of the London Games …

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