Talking TV: Laura Ling On Building A Very Local Streamer From Scratch
In just over two years, Hearst Television’s Very Local streaming service has built a library of dozens of titles and more than 500 original …
WISH Indianapolis Expands Its Medical Reporting Team
Dr. Janel Gordon, M.D., DipABOM, DipABLM, will join WISH Indianapolis’ medical reporting team as the WISH medical expert. Gordon is a triple …
Iran Reportedly Uses AI-Generated Anchor To Air Fake News Report In United Arab Emirates
In a move that could spell trouble for news stations in the U.S., Iranian state-backed hackers interrupted European-based streaming services …
News Corp In ‘Advanced’ Talks With AI Firms On Deals To License Content, CEO Says
CEO Robert Thomson — a vocal critic of AI firms that have effectively stolen content from news organizations to train chatbots that produce …
CBS News Digital Unionizes With Writers Guild Of America East
CBS News Digital writers and editors unionized with the Writers Guild of America East in a move to ensure collective bargaining with …
Nick Saban To Join ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ As Analyst
Less than a month after Nick Saban retired from his post at Alabama, ESPN announced Wednesday the legendary football coach will be joining …
The Falling TV News Star Salary
An aging A-list, AI anchors and agents struggling to justify superstar paydays: “The trend is to replace them with people they can pay …
Station Brings Former Journalists Back To The Newsroom
Nexstar’s Des Moines, Iowa, NBC affiliate has embarked on an interesting program to fill some of its on-air positions. WHO has brought back …
New York Times Co. Adds 300,000 Digital Subscribers In Quarter
At the end of the year, The Times had 10.36 million subscribers, 9.7 million of them digital-only.
Russia Says Former Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Has Interviewed Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been interviewed by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the Kremlin confirmed Wednesday. It is Putin’s …
RTDNA Foundation Announces 2024 First Amendment Award Honorees
The RTDNA Foundation today announced its class of 2024 First Amendment Award honorees, recognizing 13 individuals and organizations for …
CBS News Taps Alturo Rhymes As EP Of Daily News, Jim Axelrod To Lead Expanded ‘Eye On America’ Franchise
CBS News has chosen Alturo Rhymes for the newly created position of executive producer of daily news, while correspondent Jim Axelrod will …
Tom Skilling, A Chicago Weather Institution, Retiring After 45 Years At WGN
On Feb. 28, 2024,Tom Skilling, longtime WGN meteorologist, and possibly one of Chicago’s most recognizable broadcast personalities, will …
NPR’s Linda Wertheimer, One Of The Network’s ‘Founding Mothers,’ Announces Retirement
“I have had a great ride over more than 50 years – and now that ride is over,” Wertheimer wrote in a memo to staffers, in which she recalled …
Tucker Carlson Says He’s Interviewing Putin
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said in a video posted to X on Tuesday that he is in Moscow to interview Russian President Vladimir …
‘CBS Evening News’ Expanding ‘Eye On America’
CBS Evening News is expanding its “Eye on America” weekly franchise with it moving to a separate unit with Jim Axelrod as executive editor. …
Kremlin Declines Comment On Alleged Visit Of Tucker Carlson To Russian Presidential Administration
The Kremlin, asked on Tuesday whether U.S. journalist Tucker Carlson had visited the Russian presidential administration in Moscow this …
Semafor Launches Microsoft-Sponsored AI-Assisted Breaking News Feature
The tech giant is paying an undisclosed but significant sum to the media company as it launches “Signals.” The feature intends to “offer …
Spectrum News Brings Local News To Spectrum TV Lineup In Maine
Spectrum News today announced the linear TV launch of its 24/7 news network serving Spectrum customers throughout Maine. Previously launched …
Baylor Long Named WTAE Pittsburgh News Director
The current news director at sister Hearst station WVTM Birmingham, Ala., joins WTAE on March 4 to succeed the retiring Jim Parsons.
CNN Drops Latest Iteration Of Morning Show, Expands Kasie Hunt’s Newscast
CNN is dropping latest iteration of CNN This Morning as part of a shakeup of its morning lineup. Poppy Harlow and Phil Mattingly have …
As She Battles Cancer, NewsNation’s Nichole Berlie Makes A Bold Hair Choice
After losing her hair as a result of chemotherapy treatments, a veteran TV journalist decides to “let it shine” under the studio lights.
Biden To Sit Out Super Bowl Interview For Second Year In A Row
CBS said the president declined its invitation to appear ahead of what may be the highest-rated television broadcast of the year.
Don West, Broadcasting Chronicler, Advocate And ‘Giant,’ Dies
His journalism career began at a New Mexico newspaper in 1947. In 1953 he joined Broadcasting magazine in Washington and began covering …
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for Sinclair’s corporate engineering team; Hearst’s national consumer …
Did The Media Business Just Implode?
If 2023 felt tumultuous, 2024 seems to have gone completely off the rails. Poynter’s media business experts dig into the causes — and …
Talking TV: Putting An End To Drive-By Reporting At NY1
Annika Pergament’s new weekday newscast on NY1, The Rush Hour, wants to offer an epilogue to newsworthy stories viewers have invested in “to …
WGN Promotes Demetrius Ivory To Chief Meteorologist To Succeed Retiring Tom Skilling
Nexstar Media’s independent WGN-TV Chicago has appointed Demetrius Ivory chief meteorologist, effective Feb. 29. His forecasts will be seen …
Tom Skilling, WGN-TV Chicago’s Chief Meteorologist, To Be Honored Throughout February
Tom Skilling, who has forecast the weather on WGN-TV Chicago for the past 45 years, has announced that his last day as a daily Chicago …
Journalists At Alden Global Capital Newspapers Plan One-Day Strike
To protest the cuts made by latest owner Alden Global Capital, staffs plan walkouts Thursday at the Chicago Tribune, Virginian-Pilot and …
Inside Donald Trump’s Curious Relationship With Fox News — And What It Means For Other Candidates
At conservative America’s favorite news source, the Republican nomination process is essentially over and has been for awhile, leaving Ron …
Upstart Digital News Outlet The Messenger Shuts Down Less Than A Year After Launch
The Messenger, the upstart digital news outlet that hired hundreds of journalists and vowed to upend the industry as a centrist publication, …