Spanish-language network Univision on Friday joined a lawsuit against the Commerce Department’s decision to include a citizenship question on the upcoming 2020 U.S. Census. The media company signed on to a lawsuit pursued in northern California, challenging the Commerce Department’s authority to add a question on citizenship to the census.
KBMT Sports Director Fired After Arrest
The ad, narrated by Tom Hanks, features journalists who have been killed or disappeared. They include Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who wrote critically about the Saudi crown prince.
Anchor Has Almost 100K Facebook Followers
Molly Grantham has been an award-winning anchor and reporter at WBTV Charlotte, N.C., for the past 15 years. For starters, she’s won two Emmys for her work; she was named the RTDNAC TV News Reporter of the Year for both Carolinas in 2011; she’s reported on issues from gangs and terrorism to kids facing uphill medical battles; and she anchors the evening newscasts for WBTV. But she’s also a mother, and she’s not afraid to use social media to talk about the struggles that come with being a full-time working mom.
Exclusives
For years, BuzzFeed seemed to be leading the journalism industry toward a brave new future. Now that it has stumbled, the way ahead looks more old-school than ever.
WINK Reporter Arrested For DUI
Vice Media is planning a reorganization that will include laying off about 10 percent of its workforce as the once high-flying startup looks to rein in an unwieldy business that grew quickly during the height of the digital boom. “Having finalized the 2019 budget, our focus shifts to executing our goals and hitting our marks,” CEO Nancy Dubuc wrote in a memo sent to staff on Friday morning.
WMAQ’s News Chopper Is Above It All
New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger asked the president to curb his anti-press rhetoric. Trump replied with a request for “a great story, just one” from The Times.
KOVR Anchor Marianne McClary Leaving
Justin Barney To Lead WJXT Sports
Graham Media’s independent WJXT Jacksonville, Fla. (DMA 42) has hired Justin Barney as sports editor. He joins the station Feb. 11 and will lead its sports department and coverage on all […]
An experimental Facebook Watch show reports on journalism while trying to reinvent it.
KVII Cancels Newscast After Director Dies On Job
Stephanie Linton Named WPBF News Director
Hearst’s ABC affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla., chooses the former assistant news director at KGO San Francisco to head its news operations.
WLTX Reporters Arrested Trying To Access Public Records
KDKA Fires Employee Over Tom Brady Graphic
Viewers Like NewsNet’s Just-News Format
NewsNet is a new 24/7 news channel delivering national and international news, weather and sports headlines. And viewers are liking it. “NewsNet is unbiased news, period. I have yet to see a story with any slant or opinions, just straight facts. Basically, it’s news how news is supposed to be. I highly recommend these guys,” wrote one viewer.
A brutal round of layoffs just broadsided some of the brightest lights of the digital news media. What’s a newly troubled industry to do? The answer may be the same one that other, far larger businesses have long chosen: mergers and consolidation, with the many joining forces to become a larger, more financially stable few.
CNN’s Cuomo Has Best Month So Far
9 p.m. ET is where the big dogs roam. Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow are the top two personalities in cable television. They still are, but Chris Cuomo’s Prime Time quickly established itself as CNN’s most-watched program and, with 1.64 million viewers in January, is having its best month, according to Nielsen.
