Univision’s WXTV New York has named Jonathan Inoa co-anchor of its Solo a Las Once (Only at Eleven) latenight newscast. A veteran journalist with nearly three decades of experience, Inoa […]
Univision moves the news exec from KWEX San Antonio, Texas, to oversee journalism at its Dallas outlet.
NBC-owned KNTV San Francisco has hired Bay Area native Audrey Asistio as weekend anchor and reporter. She will co-anchor the evening newscasts including the 11 p.m. on weekends alongside co-anchor […]
NBCUniversal Local, the home of NBC and Telemundo owned stations and bilingual TV newsrooms in the country’s top TV markets, today announced that its stations’ apps are now available on […]
The round-table show The Five has proven to be one of Fox News Channel’s most durable properties. The Five, which these days relies largely on a trio of regulars and two rotating guests, outmaneuvered primetime colleagues like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity to become the most-watched show on the network — and cable news — in October, according to Nielsen data.
Exclusives
The streaming service’s new agreements with Hearst, Citadel, Morris Network and others add more than 70 stations from top DMAs including Boston, Baltimore, Orlando and Pittsburgh.
A new national poll from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) published on Monday shows that 31% of Americans believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump. That figure includes an overwhelming 82% of Americans who trust Fox News more than any other media outlet, 97% of those who trust One America News Network and Newsmax, and two-thirds of Republicans generally.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a director of strategy and creative, two digital sales managers, a director of technology and an anchor/reporter for stations owned by Nexstar, Gray, Lockwood and Heritage Broadcasting.
WXIA Asks Parents Skeptical Of School Diversity Programs To Interview Experts
When a Georgia county school hired a diversity, equity and inclusion administrator, parents criticized the move. Two agreed to interview experts and allow WXIA to report on what they learned and whether it changed their conclusions.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that she has tested positive for Covid-19. She issued a statement on Sunday in which she said that she last saw President Joe Biden on Tuesday, “when we sat outside more than six-feet apart, and wore masks.”
NBC-Fox affiliate WXXV Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss., has named 16-year veteran newscaster Meggan Gray to its news department. She will co-anchor News 25 Today from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Monday-Friday with co-anchor […]
NBC-owned WBTS Boston and cable news channel NECN have added Glenn Jones as anchor and reporter. Jones begins his new role on Monday, Nov. 1. He will make his on-air debut later […]
CBS-owned KYW Philadelphia has a new addition to its anchor team. Starting Nov. 15, Siafa Lewis will anchor Eyewitness News at 4PM with Natasha Brown. Lewis most recently anchored news and […]
NBC News has announced promotions of two key members of the Washington, D.C., bureau, one on-air and another behind the scenes.
On Friday, Fox News said that Carley Shimkus would be the new co-host for the 4-6 a.m. program Fox & Friends First, alongside Todd Piro. She replaces Jillian Mele, who is leaving the company after four years to pursue an M.B.A. at La Salle University in Philadelphia.
ABC Owned Television Stations announced that it produced an exclusive streaming docuseries, Being Blago, about former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, which premieres on Hulu, Friday, Nov. 5. The four-part docuseries is […]
Talk about hitting a nerve! Last week’s report on the “Local Newsroom Recruitment Crisis” is already on track to become the Knight-Cronkite News Lab’s most-read article ever. The rupturing pipeline for young TV journalists is a major pain point for news directors, and the worsening shortage of new recruits is touching off a snowball or domino effect — pick your metaphor — of stress, burnout and resignations among those who already work in the newsroom. So, what can we do about it? There’s no single or simple answer, but here are six ideas for station leaders to consider.
