Why Can’t Journalists Audiotape Court Hearings?
Though penalties vary, the rule that journalists may not use recording devices during court proceedings is a common one in both federal and state courthouses, bedeviling reporters as they struggle to capture quotes by writing longhand in their notebooks.
Mika Brzezinski, Jonathan Capehart, Michael Beschloss, Nicolle Wallace have new projects in development as MSNBC’s Peacock channel rebrands itself, tied to the cable channel’s 25th anniversary.
In an extraordinary on-air move, Nexstar-owned CBS affiliate WCIA Champaign, Ill., ran a segment apologizing to viewers for the station’s coverage of the death of police officer Chris Oberheim who was killed in the line of duty in May.
Fox News Channel may have the biggest average audience, as well as gross revenues of the cable news networks, but when it comes to a key Madison Avenue metric — CPMs — MSNBC is the most valued. A MediaPost analysis of data released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center analyzing the 2020 audience size and economics of the major cable news networks, reveals that MSNBC generates an average of $423 per primetime household reached annually, which is about 10% more valuable than the second most valued cable news network, Fox News’ $386 per primetime household reached.
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Hearst Television’s ABC affiliate WCVB Boston today made two anchor assignments. NewsCenter 5 anchor Erika Tarantal will move to co-anchor the 5 and 5:30 p.m. newscasts, and Jessica Brown will join WCVB to co-anchor […]
Meagan O’Halloran returns to Sinclair as main anchor of The National Desk late news. Eugene Ramirez Joins as live desk anchor weeknights at 10 p.m. ET beginning Sept. 27.
The Society of Professional Journalists, College Media Association and Associated Collegiate Press have come to an agreement to partner for the 2022 conference. All three boards voted to approve finalizing details. “I couldn’t be more […]
Hearst NBC affiliate WBAL Baltimore said today that veteran journalist and news anchor Stan Stovall is preparing to retire in 2022. Stovall, whose career as a local journalist spans more […]
The ex-Fox anchor’s much-hyped new show has failed to bring in viewers and, according to insiders, it has struggled with some internal turmoil, including “regular tantrums” from Smith.
With the defeat of former president Donald Trump and the death of Rush Limbaugh, the Fox News host has emerged as a dominant force shaping a Republican Party energized by racial resentment.
Newly unsealed court files shed more light on a contentious leak investigation.
Gray Television’s NBC affiliate WILX Lansing, Mich., has promoted longtime sports reporter Fred Heumann to co-sports director on Aug. 1. The stations said Heumann will play “a pivotal role in […]
Quincy Media moves him up from assistant ND to lead operations at its NBC-ABC affiliate in Peoria, Ill.
A unanimous 1974 Supreme Court decision said newspapers could not be forced to publish replies from politicians they had criticized.
Multiple stories of a lifetime arrived in a short period of time, and all had critical local angles that viewers wanted — and needed. Above, KNTV San Jose/San Francisco/Oakland anchor Raj Mathai interviews Vice President Kamala Harris.
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