Postcards

Amy Poehler's "Smart Girls at the Party"

By Jessica Shambora

I have good news for Amy Poehler fans mourning her departure from NBC's Saturday Night Live, following the birth of son Archie. You may be aware that Poehler is following in Tina Fey's footsteps, developing a new show for the network from the creators of The Office. But you may not know that Poehler recently made her digital series debut as the co-creator and anchor of Smart Girls MORE

Another power shift at NBC

Another power shift at NBC: Debi Fine, head of iVillage, is moving to the TV side as president of digital strategy. She'll focus on cable and report to Jeff Gaspin, president and COO of the NBC Universal Television Group.

Good move for Fine, who joined NBC after stints at Avon (AVP) and the Limited. She considered leaving the GE-owned (GE) entertainment unit as iVillage has floundered following its 2006 acquisition by MORE

NBC's Olympics star stays in the game

Of all the NBC people working on the Olympic Games, there's no one who has more ego and sweat-equity vested than Dick Ebersol, the chairman of NBC Sports & Olympics. When I spent time with him at the Turin Italy Winter Games two years ago, he left his custom-designed office in the International Broadcast Center (IBC) once in 17 days. For three minutes.

He's a notoriously hands-on TV swashbuckler, as I called MORE

Power Point: It's better to give

"My grandfather always gave me $1 for every goal I scored. He gave me $1.50 for every assist. He drilled into me that it's better to give."

-- Brandi Chastain said this at Leading and Learning, General Electric's (GE) confab for its senior women execs and female customers in May. Remember Chastain's game-winning penalty kick against China in the 1999 FIFA World Cup final--memorialized by her bra-exposing celebration? She was a MORE

Power Point: Rising above the win

"The key to having success like Shaun is that he has the highest expectations of himself. There are certain guys who reach that level and lose their motivation. They're like, 'Ah, I'm number one. I'm over it.' But when you have the mentality like Shaun, you get to that stage and you're like, 'What's next?' What else can I do? How else can I push this?' It doesn't matter that MORE