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Dead heat in ratings for morning shows

NEW YORK

During a tumultuous time in morning television, the competition between the “Today” show and “Good Morning America” can’t get any tighter.

The shows finished in a dead heat in the Nielsen ratings last week, both averaging 4.604 million viewers. It was the fifth time in 12 weeks that ABC’s “Good Morning America” had claimed victory, or a slice of victory, since snapping a “Today” winning streak that had stretched back to 1995.

NBC’s “Today” actually won Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the ratings last week.

But on Friday, the day after Ann Curry made her tearful farewell from “Today,” the NBC show was crushed by a 670,000-viewer margin.

Rock hall unveils reporter’s statue

CLEVELAND

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled a memorial honoring a late Cleveland newspaper reporter who covered it.

The Plain Dealer reports the bronze statue of its former rock reporter Jane Scott features her sitting on an oak bench while wearing her signature red eyeglasses and holding a notebook.

The statue is by sculptor David Deming. It was unveiled in the Hall’s lower lobby Thursday. Scott’s family and friends were there.

Scott retired from the Plain Dealer in 2002 after 50 years there. She died last year at age 92.

Scott’s family has donated some of her belongings including 4,000 LP records and 300 notebooks to the Hall’s library and archives.

Associated Press