Roxann Fisher Joins KAVU As News Director
Morgan Murphy Media taps her to head news operations at its ABC affiliate in Victoria, Texas.
NEW YORK (AP) — “Good Morning America” host Lara Spencer has apologized for on-air comments about 6-year-old Prince George taking ballet. On Instagram Friday she called her comments “insensitive” and […]
GateHouse and Gannett say their $1.4 billion merger will allow GateHouse to accelerate its newspapers’ move to digital while paying down huge sums GateHouse borrowed in order to fund the acquisition. But it’s unclear exactly how it will make that happen.
On Friday, Sept. 6, NBC-owned WMAQ Chicago (DMA 3) will debut audiences Chicago Today, a new, live 30-minute show that will air Fridays at 11:30 a.m., growing to Monday through Friday, and […]
Exclusives
The Wall Street Journal reports that News Corp is developing a news-aggregation service, Knewz.com, meant to address concerns that Google News and other digital platforms don’t reward publishers’ work adequately and play down articles from certain types of sites. Journal subscribers can read the full story here.
To accept financial support “risks the integrity and credibility of NAHJ’s 35-year mission,” the president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Hugo Balta, said.
WBNS Columbus Anchor Jerry Revish To Retire
Tegna-owned CBS affiliate WBNS Columbus, Ohio (DMA 34) today said that news anchor Jerry Revish is retiring from his career in journalism, spanning more than four decades. He delivers the […]
WVEC Forecaster Crystal Harper Leaves
The former White House press secretary begins as a contributor with the network on Sept. 6.
Reporter John Donnelly Leaving KRIV Houston
Courtney Hall Leaves WGN For (Probably) WMAQ
Gray’s KOSA fuels future with Ross newsroom computer system
Gray Television’s CBS affiliate in Odessa-Midland, TX, updated its newsroom computer system with Ross Video’s Inception News, finding the transition to the platform easy to execute and the platform much more capable of accommodating the changing needs of its team.
Chief anchor George Stephanopoulos, World News Tonight anchor David Muir, correspondent Linsey Davis and Univision anchor Jorge Ramos will moderate the network’s Democratic candidate debate next month. The debate, to be held in Houston, will take only one night unless more than 10 Democratic candidates qualify. As it currently stands, 10 candidates have qualified to participate.
Media outlets can no longer just assume their audience will automatically trust their work. By emphasizing your ethics, guidelines and due diligence, you can re-establish that relationship. Make the case that you help them get outside of their bubble to consider other perspectives.
The revamp of CBS This Morning continues, with the appointment of a new director, a new managing editor and a new senior broadcast producer.
Stringr, a video marketplace for custom, high-quality, video content, is integrating Reuters Connect, a “one-stop shop” for publishing, into its new Productivity Suite. Stringr is one of the first partners […]
WHO’s Presidential ‘Corn Poll’ Closest In History
WHO, Tribune’s NBC affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa, gave visitors to the Iowa State Fair a kernel of corn to place in the Mason jar of their favorite presidential candidate. “While we know the corn poll isn’t scientific, it has proven in the past to be a pretty reliable measure of the attitudes of Iowans at fair time,” said David Price, WHO’s political reporter.
WLS Ups Matt Knutson To Content Director
Matt Knutson, executive producer of Windy City Live, has been promoted to director of content innovation. He’ll supervise all local programming at ABC’s Chicago O&O.
KJRH Tulsa Adds Two Anchors
One of the on-air fixtures on NBC’s Today show will soon be returning to the lineup. Hoda Kotb, who has been out on maternity leave, said she will be back on the show on Tuesday, Sept. 3, the day after Labor Day.
Playboy senior White House correspondent and CNN contributor Brian Karem filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Donald Trump and White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham over the suspension of his White House “hard pass” credential last week.
