Capitol Broadcasting hires him from KUTV Salt Lake City to succeed the retiring Rick Gall.
Leading First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams claims federal regulators have “amply basis” to revoke Fox Corp.’s license for WTXF Philadelphia over 2020 election falsehoods aired on Fox News Channel and various Fox-owned TV stations. Abrams said he came to his conclusion after reviewing presiding Delaware Judge Eric Davis’s determinations about Fox’s journalism in the Dominion Voting System defamation case and submissions in the same case by the Media and Democracy Project about the conduct of Fox executives over 2020 election reporting by Fox News Channel.
Sinclair ABC affiliate WJLA Washington is introducing a new 4 p.m. anchor team consisting of Victoria Sanchez and Megan Clarke with Live Desk anchor John Rogers and meteorologist Steve Rudin. […]
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The annual The Broadcasters Foundation of America Award Ceremony and Dinner is set for March 4 at New York’s Plaza hotel.
Los Angeles Times managing editors Shani Hilton and Sara Yasin have stepped down amid continuing negotiations on staff layoffs. Hilton and Yasin were two of the four editors leading the paper after the exit of executive editor Kevin Merida earlier this month.
She will lead an integrated team responsible for enhancing the media properties’ brands and expanding their influence across Northern California.
Sinclair moves her from its Oklahoma duopoly to oversee WPEC, WTVX and WTCN in Florida.
He will oversee the company’s Ad Sales efforts across the company’s portfolio of brands and platforms, including Fox Entertainment, Tubi, Fox Sports, FS1, FS2, Fox Deportes, and Fox News Media, which includes Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network.
The Flip Side, a new syndicated game show hosted by Jaleel White, will launch in the fall, with CBS Stations signing on as the anchor station group, it was announced […]
ViewLift, a sports and entertainment streaming and OTT technology provider, has appointed John Rose and Steve Byrd to its board, which is led by chairman Ted Leonsis, founder of Monumental […]
Christa Robinson and Lance Frank will take on expanded roles for CBS‘ division built around CBS News, local stations and syndicated programming, all put under the aegis of executive Wendy McMahon in August of last year. Frank, who has been with CBS News since 2011, has been elevated to EVP, communications for CBS News & Stations and CBS Media Ventures, a new position. Robinson, an industry veteran who has led communications for CNN Worldwide and Tribune Media, will continue as EVP, leading CBS News and Stations with an expanded role in the stations business.
Shari Redstone’s investment banker, Byron David Trott, has pulled some unusual moves as he explores a possible sale of her Paramount media empire — and it’s adding to the gossip surrounding the closely watched deal talks.
Ron DeSantis wishes he could have a do-over with the media. In an interview Thursday with radio host Hugh Hewitt, the Florida governor expressed regret over how his presidential campaign had initially shunned most news outlets in favor of friendly, conservative platforms.
