Journalism

Executives from ABC News, Fox Television Stations, WCBS and FX Design Group will look at how widespread remote production has charted a new path forward for news operations at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum on Dec. 14, presented in-person at the New York Hilton and virtually. Register here.

The nearly two-year-old channel goes in-depth on issues for people of color. But can it succeed in a shifting TV landscape?

Judge Bruce Schroeder says that someone working for NBC was following the jury van. NBC News says it will cooperate with authorities.

Rupert Murdoch warned that Donald Trump’s obsession with the past could hobble conservatives as political tensions rage, a telling rebuke coming from the controlling shareholder of Fox News as some Republicans try to steer the former president away from his 2020 election grievances.

Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo says that it’s “absurd” to think that she personally lobbied former Attorney General William Barr to aggressively investigate Donald Trump’s charges of voter fraud during the 2020 election.

She joins the Weigel CBS affiliate in Milwaukee from WTMJ there to succeed Kent Harrell early next year.

NBC already produces more hours of Today every week than there are in the primetime schedule of its broadcast rival, Fox. But in recent months, NBC News has been expanding morning TV’s longest-running national program into something quite different. Today producers estimate on a weekly basis they are making 200 on-air segments, 35 streaming shows, 200 digital videos, 23 podcast episodes and 10 TikToks. The result? Executives believe Today, outfitted with an “All Day” video-streaming service, can compete with other big lifestyle media outlets.

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.