Tribune said it no longer thinks it likely Stewart Bainum Jr.’s effort will result in a “superior proposal” to that of Alden Global Capital and has closed the books to other potential investors.
NewsNation, Nexstar Media Group, Inc.’s wholly-owned cable network, has hired Emmy-winning veteran journalist Adrienne Bankert as an anchor-correspondent effective immediately. She will initially cover national affairs and deliver special reports across the network’s […]
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Fox News Channel has hired KTTV Los Angeles investigative reporter Bill Melugin as a national correspondent, announced. He will begin his new role on May 3 and will be based in FNC’s […]
Hansjörg Wyss was part of a serious offer for the major newspaper chain that could have prevented it from being sold to the hedge fund Alden Global Capital.
Monday Memo | WDIV’s Haddad Becomes Detroit’s ‘Vaccine Hunter’
Ken Haddad says he began the “Vaccine Hunter” project when he noticed a huge influx of emails and viewer feedback to the Graham Media NBC affiliate from people having trouble finding vaccines. “It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to offer life-saving information to our viewers,” he says.
In an interview as she prepares to step down as news division head, Susan Zirinsky said, “I feel I have given my entire soul into rebuilding this organization.”
A comprehensive look at references to the press in justices’ opinions revealed “a marked and previously undocumented uptick in negative depictions.”
A recent OAN segment said there were “serious doubts about who’s actually president,” and another blamed “anti-Trump extremists” for the Capitol attack.
CBS is throwing the full weight of its news division behind the topic of climate change with the launch of its new initiative Eye on Earth: Our Planet in Peril ahead of Earth Day. The division-wide initiative debuts on Monday and will be featured on all CBS News broadcasts and platforms, CBS Television Stations and CBS News Digital.
Heading into Earth Day on April 22, NBC News will feature week-long coverage on the state of the climate crisis across platforms including Today, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, MSNBC, NBCNews.com and NBC News Now.
A slew of new companies are launching platforms for local newsletters, a shift that could help finally bring the local news industry into the digital era.
WKRG’s New Weather Promo Is Catchy
NBC flagship WNBC New York just launched a daily 10-minute(ish) newscast designed primarily for streaming consumption — specifically Roku and Apple TV. It relaunched it actually, the original News 4 Now was a two-minute news summary that fell victim to COVID. With pandemic pressures easing, WNBC made bringing back the “digicast” a priority, for a simple reason that other stations all over the country are starting to address as well. “What has happened since is that OTT has really exploded for us,” says Ben Berkowitz, VP of digital for WNBC and its Telemundo sibling, WNJU. “The growth has been extraordinary.”
The new president of ABC News won’t start until May, but she already has a critical assignment: The top producer of ABC’s Good Morning America is leaving the show. Michael Corn, an ABC News veteran who worked alongside Diane Sawyer at World News Tonight and who has managed GMA since 2014, has left the company abruptly.
Neeraj Khemlani, a former journalist who has worked at Hearst Newspapers for 12 years, and Wendy McMahon, who was head of ABC-owned stations, will be co-presidents of CBS News, the network said on Thursday. The move comes a day after CBS News President Susan Zirinsky told staff members that she was stepping down after two years on the job.
As the Fox host’s popularity grows, he has found fodder in lesser-known media figures whom he presents as symbols of liberalism-run-amok.
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is celebrating Financial Literacy Month with the kickoff of Nuestras Finanzas (Our Finances), a national program designed to inform and encourage U.S. Hispanics to accelerate their financial freedom […]
NBCUniversal News Group launches Inspiring America as a multiplatform franchise that starts with a primetime television event honoring extraordinary individuals who have made an impact during these difficult times.
Reuters today became the latest news site to put its content behind a paywall. Parent company Thomson Reuters plans to launch a new subscription-based website as “part of a broad initiative to court business professionals.” Reuters “is hoping to attract professional audiences prepared to pay $34.99 per month for a deeper level of coverage and data.” The new site will focus on coverage of legal, health and auto issues, among others.
