President Trump on Monday drew critical reviews from media analysts and pundits across the political spectrum for his performance during a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump did not press or condemn Putin on the allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race, just days after indictments were delivered against 12 Russian intelligence officers for their alleged role in the hacking of the Democratic National Committee. (AP photo: Alexei Nikolsky)
Amazon Prime Day has officially risen to the level of Black Friday and Cyber Monday for American shoppers, leading many publishers to rush out special content features to capitalize on the hullabaloo.
After Twitter announced it would revise follower counts to cease counting fake and locked accounts toward total followers, how much were American networks docked? Here’s a list of the major U.S. broadcast and cable news networks’ Twitter followers before the purge, after the purge and the approximate percent loss.
Steve Weagle Weathers 20 Years At WPTV
WLS Anchor Sanders Recovering From Surgery
Exclusives
For the first time since NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt’s May 2017 interview in the White House, a broadcast evening news anchor has scored a sit-down with President Donald Trump. CBS News on Saturday announced that anchor Jeff Glor interviewed the president in Scotland, at his resort, and will interview the president again on Wednesday, when he returns to Washington from his Monday summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland.
Longtime WTNH Hartford, Conn., news director Keith Connorsis is heading up Route 91 to the Meredith-owned CBS affiliate WFSB where he will be the new executive news director. Connors fills the opening left behind when the station promoted Dana Neves to VP-GM of the station in March 2018.
President Donald Trump’s Friday attack on CNN as “fake news” and his quick pivot during a news conference in Britain to “real network” Fox News opened a rift among the press corps, with some journalists saying Fox should have come to the defense of the rival news outlet. (AP photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
WBNS Names Steve Koles News Director
The news director of WWMT Kalamazoo, Mich., will take over at Dispatch’s Columbus CBS affiliate on Sept. 10. Koles has more than 20 years of experience in local television news
New proposed regulations may chill the media’s use of drones for newsgathering purposes. They would make it a civil offense to fly a drone over private property at less than 200 feet without permission. Beyond that, a landowner could sue for per se aerial trespass — he or she wouldn’t even need to show damages from the drone passing over the property.
KTTV Reporter Says She Was Demoted After Accusing Harvey Weinstein
Megyn Kelly will be back on the air in primetime on NBC for at least one one-hour special in early August, a person familiar with the planning told TheWrap on Thursday. The appearance is expected to be a resuscitation of Kelly’s much-discussed evening show, Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly.
Stephania Jimenez New WCAU Weekend Anchor
NBC-owned WCAU Philadelphia (DMA 4) says Stephania Jimenez will join the news team as a morning anchor. She will join Dray Clark on the weekend anchor desk replacing Rosemary Connors […]
Lisa Crane Named EP, Host Of WVTM’s ‘Chronicle’
Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WVTM Birmingham, Ala. (DMA 44), announced Thursday that Lisa Crane’s role will expand to executive producer and host of WVTM 13 Chronicle. She will continue in her […]
When Local Journalists Come Under Attack
Poynter’s Al Tompkins: “I cannot prove that journalism is growing more dangerous. But when I cast a net out to lots of journalism social media sites and email threads I am a part of, I got a flood of responses from local journalists who have been attacked, threatened and stalked.” (AP photo/Patrick Semansky)
TV Newsrooms Increase Digital, Tech Efforts
The RTDNA/Hofstra University Newsroom Survey shows more TV and radio stations are streaming more content, but newsrooms are becoming more strategic, sharing digital and social media content on fewer, proven platforms. Also, the growth of Facebook Live is slowing and Twitter use among TV newsrooms is down. Social media drives a significant portion of traffic to TV and radio websites, which are growing in reach. Drone use is up significantly for local TV newsrooms.
