Week of Sept. 27 Cable Network Ranker: Fox News No. 1 in Total Day, ESPN No. 1 in Primetime

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KSTU’s ‘Goats Gone Wild’ Promo Grabs Viewer Interest

WCPO Reporter Takes Leave To Focus On Mental Health

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KSNB Metorologist Out After Refusing Vaccine Mandate

ESPN’s Sage Steele Apologizes After Controversial Podcast Comments

Telemundo Stations In Orlando And Puerto Rico Sharing News

Audiences in both areas can tune in to WTMO Orlando’s Noticias Telemundo 31 and WKAQ San Juan’s Telenoticias newscasts to watch live news stories from both markets. Above (l-r): WKAQ’s Zugey Lamela and WTMO’s Olga Aymat.

ESPN Anchor Sage Steele Removed From Air

NBCU Local Completes Albuquerque Stations Buy From Ramar

It plans to soon launch a local news operation to serve Spanish-speaking audiences in the New Mexico DMA.

Why Harris Faulkner Is One Of The Best Decisions Fox News Ever Made

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KMGH And WXIA Earn National Awards For Breaking News And Investigation

WDRB Reporter Opts For ‘Career Switch’ After 10 Years

WEWS Reporter Returns to Work 11 Months After Cancer Diagnosis

WABC Meteorologist Amy Freeze Exits After A Decade

Ozy CEO: ‘Premature’ To Shut Down After Week Of Scandal

Carlos Watson, a former former cable-news commentator and host who founded Ozy in 2013, told CNBC Monday morning that he has been meeting with advertisers and investors over the weekend and that he wants Ozy to continue to be around. The company did not answer emailed questions Monday about whether employees were still working or getting paid or how Ozy intended to stay open.

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TVN Webinar To Explore The Future Of Digital Weathercasting

As the business of broadcasting continues to add platforms, pressure grows to produce more content more efficiently. The Weather Company, an IBM business, has responded with a major technology announcement, set for Oct 12. TVNewsCheck and The Weather Company will follow up this announcement on Oct. 28 with an in-depth conversation about what the future of digital weather storytelling will look like. Join us.

 

Doug Delony And Lisa Carter Leave KHOU Houston

WTAE Pittsburgh Adds Kasey Reigner As 5th Meteorologist

After Illness, WPVI’s Jim Gardner Returning To ‘Action News’

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New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for two general managers, three sales managers, an assistant news director, a producer, a maintenance tech and a master control op.

Facebook Calls ’60 Minutes’ Whistleblower Piece ‘Misleading’

Lena Pietsch, director of policy communications for Facebook, fired back Sunday night (Oct. 3) against a segment of 60 Minutes revealing the identity of a company whistleblower as former product manager Frances Hougan. “On Sunday, CBS 60 Minutes ran a segment that used select company materials to tell a misleading story about the research we do to improve our products,” Pietsch said. “The segment also disregards the significant investments we make to keep people safe on our platform and seeks to impugn the motivations of our company.”

Newsy Launches Today Over The Air In 90%+ Of U.S.

The Scripps-owned news network’s programming expands to 17 hours of daily news with 14 bureaus covering the country.

Fox News Slammed For Headline About Disabled Vet Tammy Duckworth

AWMF Sets Gracie Awards Presenters

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation will present the 46th Annual Gracie Awards on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m. ET/PT. The awards celebrate women in the industry who […]

WBZ To Host First Broadcast Debate Of Boston Mayoral Runoff Candidates

Boston City Councilors Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu will participate in their first, live, televised debate in Boston on WBZ-TV on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. The debate will be streamed live on CBSN Boston and simulcast on WBZ-AM. WBZ-TV […]

KCCI To Broadcast Forums With Des Moines City Council Candidates

Hearst Television’s CBS affiliate KCCI Des Moines, Iowa, will host three forums with Des Moines City Council candidates. KCCI Commitment 2021: Des Moines City Council Forum will be half-hour programs airing across […]

Ozy Media To Shut Down

After less than a week since Ozy Media was exposed for inflating numbers and potential fraud, the media venture is shutting down.

Maria Bartiromo Is Knighted By Republic Of Italy

Natalie Morales Leaving NBC News For ‘The Talk’

Natalie Morales told staffers on Friday that she plans to leave NBC News for an unspecified new opportunity. Morales will continue to appear on Dateline through the rest of the year and will have a farewell on Today in the coming weeks. Morales has been with the network for 22 years.

Carlos Watson, Chief Of Ozy Media, Resigns From NPR Board

‘We Are CNN’ Campaign Showcases Network’s Diversity