Dr. Janel Gordon, M.D., DipABOM, DipABLM, will join WISH Indianapolis’ medical reporting team as the WISH medical expert. Gordon is a triple board-certified family, obesity and lifestyle medicine physician. Her […]
They will be the presenting speakers at the March 4 Broadcasters Foundation of America’s annual Golden Mic gala that will include a special tribute to long-time BFOA Chairman Phil Lombardo.
Zucker’s lawsuit claims that producer Albert Alarr enjoyed filming aggressive sex scenes and threesome sequences.
She moves up from SVP, overseeing many of the syndication company’s games shows.
Tegna moves him from its Memphis duopoly to oversee its Ohio CBS affiliate.
Less than a month after Nick Saban retired from his post at Alabama, ESPN announced Wednesday the legendary football coach will be joining the network’s College GameDay cast as an analyst. He will also contribute to the company’s NFL Draft coverage and make appearances on SEC Network. (Kyusung Gong/AP)
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The CBS Sports chairman, who joined the network in 1996, spent a lifetime in control rooms that brought the biggest events to the nation’s living rooms.
In honor of Black History Month, the Allen Media Group platform theGrio is launching its inaugural Emerging Filmmaker Fellowship — an annual initiative aimed at providing a platform for Black filmmakers to share their compelling […]
The RTDNA Foundation today announced its class of 2024 First Amendment Award honorees, recognizing 13 individuals and organizations for their efforts to promote responsible journalism and preserve the constitutionally guaranteed […]
On Feb. 28, 2024,Tom Skilling, longtime WGN meteorologist, and possibly one of Chicago’s most recognizable broadcast personalities, will retire. How do you celebrate the retirement of a meteorologist who’s been doing the forecasts on your station for 45 years? You go all in.
New Regency Pictures, which is behind Amazon’s Mr. and Mrs. Smith series, is staffing up. It has hired Netflix exec Laura Delahaye as head of domestic television. Delahaye was most recently director of overall deals, UCAN at Netflix, where she worked on series including The Fall of the House of Usher and The Queen’s Gambit, as well as Ozark’s third and fourth seasons. On the overall deals side, she worked with the likes of Jason Bateman’s Aggregate and Brad Falchuk’s Teley-Vision.
“I have had a great ride over more than 50 years – and now that ride is over,” Wertheimer wrote in a memo to staffers, in which she recalled being one of the first hires on the news side at the time of the network’s debut in 1971, when “the only part of the company that was fully staffed was top management and engineering.”
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said in a video posted to X on Tuesday that he is in Moscow to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin rarely gives interviews, particularly to Western journalists. Carlson, however, is cited frequently on Russian state TV because of his opposition to U.S. support for Ukraine’s war effort, embrace of other Russian-friendly narratives and criticism of President Biden. Carlson said the interview would air “unedited” on his website and on X. He also accused the mainstream media of a pro-Ukraine bias and unwillingness to cover Putin’s point of view.
Nexstar Media Group’s board of directors has decided that separating the jobs of chairman and CEO would be a good idea, but it won’t be implemented until founder Perry Sook leaves the company. Sook, Nexstar’s chairman and CEO, is the company’s third largest shareholders with a 4.6% stake in the broadcaster. His current employment agreement with Nexstar runs through March 31, 2026.
The media sales and marketing veteran will spearhead Scripps’ go-to-market strategy and drive long-term revenue growth across all Scripps’ national assets, with a strong focus on advanced TV, connected TV, sports and news.
The long-time head of engineering and operations at Cox’s ABC affiliate in Charlotte, N.C., is ending his career on June 1.
The current news director at sister Hearst station WVTM Birmingham, Ala., joins WTAE on March 4 to succeed the retiring Jim Parsons.
Paramount Global controlling shareholder Shari Redstone has increased the seriousness of sale talks in recent months. Sector-related reasons, as well as personal and financial motivations, have added complexity to the deal-making process. Paramount Global’s carriage deal with Charter, set to expire in April, looms over potential sale discussions.
Tony Goldwyn will join the show as the Manhattan district attorney.
The network’s morning show, where Burleson is a co-host, will originate from Las Vegas this week. Burleson will also be an analyst on the Super Bowl pregame show and a commentator on Nickelodeon’s game broadcast. Add in co-hosting Nickelodeon’s weekly NFL Slimetime show and the usual demands of Super Bowl week, and Burleson will not have much downtime.
