Journalism

Former New York Times CEO Mark Thompson has said U.S. TV news is in “dead trouble” as it loses audiences under the age of 60. Thompson, who used to be BBC director general and ran the Times between 2012 and 2020, described American news channels as being “completely unchanged” since the 1980s, stating that the U.K. has done more to innovate during that time.

Under the agreement, the U.S. will issue one-year multiple-entry visas to Chinese journalists and will immediately initiate a process to address “duration of status” issues, China Daily said. China will reciprocate by granting equal treatment to U.S. journalists once the U.S. policies take effect, and both sides will issue media visas for new applicants “based on relevant laws and regulations.”

She joins the Scripps Indianapolis ABC affiliate from across town at the Nexstar’s WXIN-WTTV duopoly where she was assistant ND.

Gigi Sohn’s nomination to the FCC is on a lot shakier ground than that of Acting Chair Jessica Rosenworcel. If Sohn fails to be confirmed, broadcasters should lobby for a candidate who better understands how the agency can give the industry its best chance to flourish.

Executives from Fox Corp., Sinclair, Tegna and Bitcentral will chart the trajectory of more and more news operations into the cloud or a hybrid cloud environment at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum on Dec. 14, presented in-person at the New York Hilton and virtually as well. Register here.

Beginning next year, she will oversee journalism at WBTS, WNEU and NECN, joining from WESH Orlando, Fla.

Takeaways from combining a radio, TV, newspaper and magazine staff into one space for collaboration.

In 2017, the New York Times reported that Sheila Nevins, the “profane, glamorous and gloriously inappropriate” president of HBO Documentary Films, had decided to step down. She told the Times that “I have deprived my life of a life. All I did was work. I was, like, born at HBO and I don’t have to die there.” But five years later, Nevins says that this was a complete lie.

The cable news outlet appears to be backing off the fringe ledge just a tad after high-profile embarrassments, hiring two longtime Fox News producers — and may add reporting vet James Rosen.

Andrew Sullivan: In case after case, the U.S. mainstream media just keeps getting it wrong.

WXIN Indianapolis launched an hour-long lifestyle show in September. In October, it was the No. 1-rated program in its time slot. Good planning, a winning news lead-in, great talent and solid marketing have made Indy Now a winner with local advertisers and viewers while reflecting Nexstar’s corporate vision.

The Local Journalism Sustainability Act, which if passed would see the federal government subsidizing the hiring of local reporters and newsroom employees via tax credits, is a troubling and ill-advised giveaway to commercial TV broadcasters.

Broadcasters racing to keep up with creating content for an expanding array of distribution platforms told The Weather Company their meteorologists needed two things: speed to publish and the ability to work remotely. The weather provider responded with Max Velocity, a browser based platform that enables lightning fast story creation in a tool so easy to use that it expands the potential user pool to non-meteorologists and even sponsors.

A local ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ experiment to attract younger audiences. The goal was to engage younger viewers, particularly in the desired 18-34-year-old demographic, with an alternative to the standard TV news package.

Fenster, the managing editor of the online magazine Frontier Myanmar, was sentenced to 11 years in prison with hard labor after finding him guilty on several charges, including incitement for allegedly spreading false or inflammatory information. He also found guilty of contacting illegal organizations and violating visa regulations, lawyer Than Zaw Aung said.

Next year will bring a changing of the guard atop Telemundo News, the NBCUniversal-owned Spanish-language media company’s network news division. Luis Fernández, who has been president of Telemundo’s news division since 2015, will retire at the end of the year, with Patsy Loris, currently the division’s EVP, set to replace him beginning Jan. 1.