WXYZ Anchor Maddox Accused Of Sexual Harassment
5 Stations Among duPont-Columbia Winners
They are KNXV Phoenix (Scripps), KARE Minneapolis (Tegna), KHOU Houston (Tegna), KNTV San Francisco (NBC) and WITI Milwaukee (Tribune). Also …
WFAA’s Brett Shipp Resigns To Run For Congress
Check Out WGN’s 11 Emmy Award Winners
Finding And Keeping News Topical Talent
Creative services directors are finding it harder and harder to find good news topical writer/producers. Some grow their own, plucking them …
WTTW Takes Viewers To Chicago River In Special
WGCL’s Sharon Reed Calls Out Viewer Over N-Word
Nexstar Buying LKQD Technologies For $90M
It says the addition of the digital video advertising infrastructure platform will be immediately accretive and “substantially …
KCBS Reporter, Cameraman Help Save Horses
Broadcast Net Ratings Down From ’16
It’s 2017 and everyone in broadcast television is miserable. All five of the over-the-air English-language networks are down again in …
Iger Expected To Stay Past ’19 If Fox Happens
Walt Disney Co. CEO Robert Iger may stay at the company longer than expected if it buys major entertainment assets from 21st Century Fox. …
Live TV Ratings Don’t Fully Count Streaming
Networks haven’t been getting full credit from Nielsen for all of the people watching live television through streaming services, the …
TownNews Acquires Calkins Digital OTT Suite
The addition of Calkins Digital’s over-the-top video technology lets TownNews.com partners deliver content directly to Apple TV, Roku, …
Dow Ends Down 40, Nasdaq Finishes Up 14
Sinking energy stocks pulled the S&P to its fourth straight loss Wednesday. Stocks have been mostly drifting lower this week …
Skip Valet New GM Of Nexstar’s Tampa Duo
The local TV veteran with more than 35 years of experience is tapped to succeed Andy Alford as leader of WFLA (NBC) and WTTA (MNT) effective …
McMahon Tapped To Lead ABC Station Group
The digital chief of the eight-station group and one-time creative services director will take over from Rebecca Campbell, who was earlier …
NBCU Paying $75 Million For ZGS Stations
The price tag comes from an FCC filing. NBCU announced the acquisition of the Telemundo affiliate group on Monday without giving the price.
WMCN Atlantic City Sold For $6 Million
Richard French is buying the independent zombie from Lenfest Broadcasting. The deal includes a channel sharing agreement with WPHY-CD …
Gray Public Offering Raises $250 Million
Gray Television said Wednesday it completed its previously announced public offering of 17.25 million shares of its common stock at $14.50 …
Native Ads Rise In Importance, Better Labeling Needed
The importance of native advertising continues to rise in the revenue mix even as labeling is inconsistent for many media companies, …
CFO: NBC Retrans Growth On Steady Path
Comcast CFO Mike Cavanagh sees continued growth for retransmission consent revenue at NBCUniversal and thinks the company will follow the …
Is The Digital Content Bubble About To Burst?
For some of the publishers chasin the broadest scale, maybe. A new study from the Reuters Institute examines the strengths and …
Harvey Weinstein’s Complicity Machine
The producer Harvey Weinstein relied on powerful relationships across industries to provide him with cover as accusations of sexual …
Alicia Neaves Leaving KENS For WLTX
What It Takes To Create Quality News Topicals
Being a news topical writer/producer is one of the toughest jobs in local TV news marketing. And to do that job well, the experts say, you …
Danielle Ray Takes Over Marketing At WDAF
WDAF, Tribune's Fox affiliate owned in Kansas City, named Danielle Ray to be the station’s new creative services director. She starts …
WBZ’s 11 P.M. News Top-Rated In Boston
Disney-Fox: Who Would Stay, Who Would Go
Who gets the keys to the TV kingdom? Who runs the film studio? And will a Murdoch be in line for Bob Iger’s throne? There are more …
BIA/Kelsey: ’18 Local TV Ad Rev To Hit $20.8B
Broadcast TV continues as second largest local advertising medium (after direct mail) with 13.8% of predicted $151.2 billion in total local …
Vogt Out, Cotney In As CEO Of Imagine
In more than four years at the helm, Vogt (left) was unable to convert his IP strategy into steady growth, according to industry sources. …
Station Trading Roundup: 1 Sale, $35,000
The sale of KPIF Pocatello, Idaho, by KM Communications to Ventura Broadcasting tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to …
Dow Finishes Down 109, Nasdaq Falls 13
The market seemed like it was headed for a gain Tuesday morning, after technology stocks recovered from one of their few stumbles this year. …
Legendary Names Joshua Grode New CEO
Film and television production company Legendary Entertainment has named longtime industry lawyer Joshua Grode as its new chief executive, …
‘Today’ Dominates Ratings With Lauer Firing
The Nielsen company said Today had more viewers than Good Morning America all five days last week — the first time that has happened …
YouTube Plans To Beef Up Human Moderators
In response to concerns about extremist and inappropriate content, YouTube plans to significantly increase its efforts to eliminate such …
Charlie Ergen To Step Down As Dish CEO
Charlie Ergen is stepping down as Dish CEO, relinquishing the company’s top executive position to President-CEO Erik Carlson. Ergen, …
DirecTV Now Reaches 1 Million Subscribers
A year after it launched, AT&T’s Internet-delivered skinny TV bundle DirecTV Now has officially reached 1 million subscribers.
Mashable Is Sold To Ziff Davis
Twelve years after founding Mashable as a humble tech blog, Pete Cashmore announced to his employees in a memo on Tuesday morning that he …
Sinclair Names First Chief Revenue Officer
The station group moves up Rob Weisbord from SVP, chief operating officer of Sinclair Digital Group. He will be responsible for …
‘Wheel,’ ‘Jeopardy’ Joining NAB Hall Of Fame
Two of America’s most popular gameshows, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters …