Fox O&O KCPQ Seattle has added Alyssa Charlston as a weekend sports anchor/reporter. She joins from KXLY Spokane, Wash., on June 1. Charlston’s desire to tell stories and learn about […]
Fox News Media’s Proud American will kick off its eighth year celebrating the United States’ armed forces and those who have served by highlighting American heroism across the organization’s platforms, including […]
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ABC News’ 20/20, anchored by David Muir and Amy Robach, won the broadcast season for the first time in five years, according to Nielsen Media Research ratings data. In total viewership since the season began on Sept. 21, 2020, 20/20 had a 3% lead on Dateline, but the lead was greater in the advertiser-coveted age demographics. In the 18-49 demo, the 9 p.m. ET show was up by 25% while in the 25-54 range, its lead was 17%.
“It is important that we let viewers know in Durham and other places that we are really interested in what is happening there, we are committed to covering what is making news where they live and work,” says Rick Gall, WRAL Raleigh’s news director.
Veteran journalist Andrea Mitchell joined NBC News in 1978 and, throughout her storied career, has established herself as a trusted source on foreign policy and world politics. Her reporting has taken her across the globe, including places such as North Korea, Bosnia, Kosovo and Cuba. But her most notable foreign coverage, dating back to the 1990s, has come from the Middle East. And now Mitchell is back there again, reporting on the latest from Jerusalem as Secretary of State Antony Blinken takes his first trip to the region amid the latest rising tensions.
Telemundo’s KVEA Los Angeles has hired Alondra Anaya as weather anchor for the station’s Noticiero Telemundo 52 newscasts. Her first day at KVEA is May 31. Anaya joins KVEA from sister station WWSI […]
Juan Williams announced on Fox News’s The Five Wednesday that it would be his last day co-hosting the popular show. Williams, who has been the resident Democrat on the panel, said he would continue to be a political analyst for Fox, working out of D.C. The Five is based in New York.
NBCUniversal News Group is renewing its deal with roughly 200 affiliates across the country. In light of this new deal, NBC’s affiliate news service NBC NewsChannel will undergo a reorganization that includes a number of editorial layoffs.
Local News Innovation Focuses On Streaming, Social And Coping With COVID
Close to half of local TV news directors and half of radio managers report any innovation their station took on during 2020 was to cope with COVID. Local news managers cited the “enormous logistical challenge” of moving workflows remote and cloud based. “No-contact storytelling” posed another challenge.
Terry Jimenez, the chief executive of Tribune Publishing, owner of the Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News, has been fired in the wake of the takeover by hedge fund Alden Global Capital. Heath Freeman, president of Alden, was named president of the newly formed Tribune Enterprises, with Alden controlling all seven board seats.
The famed attorney alleges that the cable news network provided misleading coverage of his arguments during the Donald Trump impeachment trial.
The Price Point | Paid Segments Erode Trust In Local News
John Oliver exposed an embarrassing practice of using local news personnel to shill products on air. Station groups that participate are playing a dangerous game with viewers’ trust in the process.
Tucker Carlson Tonight, Hannity and The Ingraham Angle will be available the following day.
Network insiders said Cuomo will get away with advising his brother on how to dismiss misconduct claims. “As a woman who works here, I feel a little let down,” said an on-air star.
Race in Philly: One Year Later will examine what has transpired over the past year since George Floyd’s murder, as well as what steps are being taken in response by the city.
But the Justice Department is not commenting on whether a seemingly off-the-cuff remark by President Biden is now a policy directive.
The news executive with more than 20 years of experience in New York City newsrooms, most recently as assistant news director at WCBS, will oversee journalism at Nexstar’s CW affiliate in the Big Apple.
