Talking TV: Documentary Advice From PBS’s ‘POV’
TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Erika Dilday, executive producer of PBS’s POV documentary series as the show enters its 35th season, …
TVN FOCUS ON ADVERTISING
Can NBCU Really Measure Ads’ Emotional Impact?
NBCUniversal’s ambitions to reinvent measurement have now extended to embrace emotion and ad quality, but can some factors be too abstract …
Talking TV: Parting Industry Thoughts From BIA’s Mark Fratrik
Dr. Mark Fratrik, BIA Advisory Services’ longtime SVP and chief economist, is retiring at the end of June. He talks with TVNewsCheck’s …
Talking TV: How Journalism Students See TV News
Two J-school seniors on the cusp of graduation and entry into the local TV news job market share their thoughts on the industry, its future …
Talking TV: NYABJ Celebrates Juneteenth
TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Bonita Sostre, a coordinating producer with CBS News and president of the New York Association of …
Talking TV: The Weather En Español
TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Sussy Ruiz, editor in chief of the newly-launched The Weather Channel en Español, about the streaming- …
Talking TV: Which Brands Are Flocking To AVOD Ads?
TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Todd Krizelman, CEO and co-founder of MediaRadar, about AVOD's $369 million quarter, which brands and …
Talking TV Transcript: Mo Rocca’s Innovation Nation Milestone
TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Mo Rocca, host of Innovation Nation, which has just celebrated its 200th episode, on the show's …
Tegna Unveils Rebooted Streaming Apps
Tegna has retooled the UX on its stations’ OTT apps, giving local markets programming autonomy and boosting Verify and its Locked On sports …
TVN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH ROB WEISBORD
Sinclair Capitalizes On Its Synergies
For Rob Weisbord, COO and president of broadcast of Sinclair Broadcast Group, the company’s hydra-like assets across linear TV, cable, …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH SEAN COMPTON
NewsNation Growing With ‘Baby Steps,’ Compton Says
Sean Compton, president of the Nextstar’s networks division, says its nascent NewsNation network is progressing “exactly as we designed it …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH WENDY MCMAHON
CBS’s McMahon: Local News Needs An Overhaul
Wendy McMahon, president and co-head of CBS News and Stations, says while audiences trust local news, “they are largely unsatisfied with the …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH BYRON ALLEN
Byron Allen: I’m Here To ‘Address The Trade Deficit’ For Black America
Byron Allen, founder, chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group and Entertainment Studios, is unyielding in his efforts to get corporate America …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH ANZIO WILLIAMS
NBCU Local Looks To ‘Value Contrast In The Hiring Process’
Anzio Williams, SVP of diversity, equity and inclusion at NBCUniversal Local, draws on his long tenure as a news director to guide …
CBS News, Stations Rebrand And Expand Streaming
CBS News and the network’s owned stations get a major streaming overhaul with a new name, the CBS News Streaming Network, dramatically …
Talking TV: Jerry O’Connell On Game Shows’ Need To Be ‘Amazing’
TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp learns the trade secrets of game show hosting from Pictionary host Jerry O'Connell, who says a tight syndication …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH ADAM SYMSON
Hybridity To Be Permanent At E.W. Scripps
E.W. Scripps President and CEO Adam Symson says the company will be very flexible about work from home hybridity after the pandemic abates, …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH ADAM SYMSON
Scripps’ Symson: Omicron Won’t Stop Spot TV’s Upward Trajectory
E.W. Scripps President and CEO Adam Symson weighs in on the company’s streaming and diginet strategies, ad tech’s performance, Newsy’s …
Talking TV: VUit Inks More Deals With Local TV
TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Syncbak CEO Jack Perry about VUit, the streaming channel aggregator of local newscasts, about deals it …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH HILTON HOWELL, PT. 2
Gray: Digital, Streaming Offer ‘Huge’ Profit Potential
Gray Television Chairman-CEO Hilton Howell says he’s “extremely bullish” on digital, which he says has become a $300-million business for …
TVN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH HILTON HOWELL PT. 1
Gray’s Howell: ‘It Is Past Time For Us To Get Back To Business’
Hilton Howell, chairman and CEO of Gray Television, stands by the company’s vaccine mandate as necessary to resuming something closer to …
CBS Local Digital’s Adam Wiener Departing
Adam Wiener, EVP and GM of CBS Local Digital is leaving the company on Nov. 12 after 12 years with the group.
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH MORT MARCUS & IRA BERNSTEIN
Debmar-Mercury: Stations Still ‘Need Shows Like Ours’
Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, co-presidents of syndication company Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury, say that even as syndicated options recede …
Allen Media Group Closes WJRT Acquisition From Gray
Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group closed its $70 million cash acquisition of the Flint-Sagniaw, Mich. station from Gray Television on …
TVN’S STATION GROUP OF THE YEAR 2021
Graham Cultivates Its Most Valuable ‘Insiders’
Graham Media Group, TVNewsCheck’s Station Group of the Year, is fostering tighter relationships with its most highly engaged audiences via …
TVN STATION GROUP OF THE YEAR 2021
Graham’s Barr Offers A ‘Master Class’ In TV Leadership
Emily Barr, president and CEO of Graham Media Group, enjoys an unrivaled level of respect and admiration among station group chiefs. …
Report: Apollo, Standard General Make $8B Bid For Tegna Stations
The New York Post is reporting that Apollo Global Management has teamed with Soo Kim's Standard General to make an $8 billion binding bid on …
Kelly Huffman Named VP, News Director At Fox’s Minneapolis Duopoly
Huffman's promotion from assistant news director to VP and news director is effective immediately. He has been with the duopoly since July …
TVN STATION GROUP OF THE YEAR 2021
Defiantly Independent, Graham Prioritizes Innovation
Graham Media Group, TVNewsCheck’s 2021 Station Group of the Year, is bucking the industry’s consolidation trend by fostering a company-wide …
NAB Show 2021
NAB Cancels In-Person Show
The National Association of Broadcasters has canceled its in-person event slated for next month in Las Vegas, citing the pandemic and Delta …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH DAISY VEERASINGHAM
Live Video Is Top Priority For AP’s New Chief
Daisy Veerasingham, the Associated Press’ incoming president and CEO, says that live video reporting, along with automating functions like …
TVN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH DAN SHELLEY
Delta Be Damned, RTDNA Presses On With Live Conference
RTDNA will be the canary in the coal mine for journalism conferences in September, when it convenes in Denver without the Society of …
Talking TV: Does TV Advertising Need Therapy?
TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp and TVB President-CEO Steve Lanzano discuss persistent agency silos, audience measurement woes and automation …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH NATE JOHNSON
NBCU Local Adds AR To Weather Coverage Arsenal
Nate Johnson, director of weather operations for NBCUniversal Local, says the group’s NBC and Telemundo stations are using augmented reality …
TVN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH JAN GOLDSTEIN
Gray: Work From Home Won’t Go Away
Jan Goldstein, SVP of human resources at Gray Television, says the 9-to-5 status quo has been permanently disrupted at TV stations by the …
NBCU And Telemundo Stations Introduce New Mobile Apps
NBCUniversal Local rolled out new mobile apps for its NBC and Telemundo stations on Thursday promising twice the speed, a newsfeed more …
Measuring Media Bias By The Numbers
TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Vanessa Otero, founder and CEO of Ad Fontes Media, about the company's Media Bias Chart and where …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH JOE WEIR
Cox Media Group: TV In A ‘Great Position’ Against The Cookie Apocalypse
TV’s digital businesses are in a strong position to withstand Google’s eventual phase-out of third-party cookies in 2023, says Joe Weir, Cox …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH ADAM WARE
Sinclair’s STIRR: Streaming Revenue Gold In ‘Long-Form’
Adam Ware, VP of national networks and platforms for Sinclair Broadcast Group, says the company’s STIRR network of local streaming channels …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH KATE O’BRIAN
Newsy Ramps Up For 24/7 News
Kate O’Brian, E.W. Scripps’ newly-installed head of news for its national television networks, is overseeing Newsy’s HQ move to Atlanta and …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH RADHA SUBRAMANYAM
Executive Session | CBS: Broadcast-Streamers Relationship Depends On ‘Synergy’
Radha Subramanyham, chief research and analytics officer at CBS Corp., says AVOD and SVOD streaming options and linear TV can coexist …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH PERRY SOOK
Executive Session | Nexstar: ‘There Is No Plan B’ On NewsNation
Nexstar CEO Perry Sook weighs in on NewsNation’s struggles; the prospect of increasing reverse comp fees for less programming exclusivity; …
TVN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH MIKE MEARA
TVN Executive Session | NPG Still In The Hunt For More Stations
Mike Meara, president of News Press & Gazette Broadcasting, says the family-owned company has no plans to get swallowed up in the …
TVN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH ERNESTO MOURELO
TVN Executive Session | For Hearst, Digital Amps Storytelling Reach
Hearst Television’s national digital team “amplifies” stories from across the group to share across its markets. Digital News VP Ernesto …
TVN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH SETH GEIGER
TVN Executive Session | Geiger: News Space ‘Wide Open’ In Streaming
SmithGeiger Co-Founder and President Seth Geiger says no TV news organization has yet made a mark in the crucial streaming space, and the …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH ADAM OSTROW & JONATHAN FORSYTHE
TVN Executive Session | Tegna’s Verify Gets National Boost
Verify, a six-year-old reporting project within Tegna that presents stories in direct response to viewer queries, is ramping up dramatically …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH LISA KNUTSON
TVN Executive Session | Scripps’ National Networks See The Future In ‘Self-Bundling’
Lisa Knutson, president of E.W. Scripps’ national networks, says the company is targeting cord-cutting viewers who are pairing a handful of …
EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH SHAWN MAKHIJANI
TVN Executive Session | NBC’s Spot On Sees $1.2B Local OTT Business In ’21
Shawn Makhijani, SVP of NBC’s advanced advertising service for local and regional buyers, says TV buys are becoming more holistic to embrace …
No Lies, Vows New WH Press Secretary
Kayleigh McEnany, President Trump's fourth press secretary, offered the first news briefing in 417 days on Friday, pledging at its outset, …
Editor’s Guild: Industry’s Safe Reopening Far Off
Cathy Repola, national executive director of the Editor's Guild, IATSE, Local 700, told her members in a video Friday that "we have a long …