KTLA Morning Weathercaster Mark Kriski Recovering After Mild Stroke

NATAS Chapter Southeast Chapter To Honor Television Pioneer Jonathan Katz

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Southeast Chapter will bestow its Board of Governors’ Award to digital broadcast network entrepreneur and pioneer Jonathan Katz at its annual […]

Producer On ‘The Apprentice’ Claims Donald Trump Used N-Word When Faced With Prospect Of A Black Winner In Show’s First Season

Bill Pruitt, who worked on the first seasons of the NBC reality show, writes in a story on Slate that Trump used the word while dismissing the idea that a Black contestant, Kwame Jackson, could be an early winner on the series.

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EVS Names Richard Katz SVP Operations For NALA Region

Live video technology provider EVS has appointed Richard Katz as senior vice president of operations for the North and Latin American (NALA) region. This appointment, the company said “is integral […]

David Zaslav Is Talking M&A Again As WBD Pays Down Debt, Expands Max Globally

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, who started talking about more deals shortly after inking a massive merger, irritating Wall Street, has been publicly quiet on that front for a bit. Today, he said he sees opportunities in M&A with the company on a stronger financial footing and rolling out streamer Max globally to achieve necessary scale.

EditShare Boosts Sales Direction With Addition Of Grant Carroll

EditShare, which lets storytellers create and manage collaborative workflows at every stage from storyboard to screening, has appointed Grant Carroll as senior vice president fos Sales for the Americas. He […]

Greg Connor Named GM Of WRDW-WAGT Augusta, Ga.

The former GM of WACH Columbia, S.C. is tapped to succeed the retiring Mike Oates as head of Gray’s CBS-NBC duopoly.

Nelson Peltz Sells Entire Disney Stake Weeks After Losing Proxy Battle

Peltz sold all of his Disney stock at roughly $120 a share, making about $1 billion on the position, according to a person familiar with the matter. The stock currently trades for about $100 per share. The exit comes weeks after Peltz’s Trian Partners lost a proxy battle at Disney in early April as shareholders reelected the company’s full slate of board nominees.

Nick Carter Denies Sexual Assault Claims Raised In ‘Fallen Idols’ Docuseries

Robert De Niro Will Not Receive Service To America Award

Robert De Niro, announced as the winner of the NAB’s Leadership Foundation’s Service to America Leadership Award the day before, will not get the award. The NAB noted that the June 4 awards event is “proudly bipartisan,” and said on Wednesday the actor’s “recent high-profile activities will create a distraction.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Files Complaint Over Rules For CNN’s Presidential Debate Next Month

Kennedy alleges the requirements to participate in the June 27 debate were designed to ensure only Biden and Trump would qualify and Kennedy claims he is being held to a higher standard. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Sia Nyorkor Leaving WOIO Cleveland After Nine Years

Eric Rucker Joins KSEE Fresno As Evening Anchor

Lauren Anderson Expands Remit At Amazon After Streamer’s Push Into Advertising

Lauren Anderson has been named head, brand and content innovation. In the new role, she will managed Amazon MGM Studios’ collaboration with brands as they partner on its originals.

Disney Ad Sales Exec Lisa Valentino Exits Amid Restructuring

Lisa Valentino, a senior executive at Disney Advertising Sales who had in the past been tasked with several of the unit’s digital initiatives, has left the company, according to people familiar with the matter, even as Disney is in the midst of its upfront talks with advertisers.

Kantar Names Nicole Gileadi Chief Strategy Officer and North America Managing Director

Gileadi had been with Google, where she was global product lead for cross-media measurement and industry advocacy.

Justin Burton Named Station Manager Of KXXV-KRHD Waco

Scripps taps the former Spectrum News 1 newsroom leader to oversee daily operations as well as news at the ABC affiliates in Texas.

Tucker Carlson Producer Once Fired By Fox News Joins NewsNation

Daily Beast Boss Joanna Coles Scrambles To Recruit Ex-CNN Host Brian Stelter Amid Massive Layoffs

Newly-installed Daily Beast boss Joanna Coles is anxious to hire boldface names like ousted CNN host Brian Stelter — as she sharpens the ax to slash more than a third of the staff. Coles — who was brought in by media mogul Barry Diller along with Disney bigwig Ben Sherwood last month to resuscitate the floundering news site, sources close to the situation said on Tuesday.

Vivek Ramaswamy Is Waging An Expensive Trolling Campaign On BuzzFeed

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy — who has an extensive history promoting lies and conspiracy theories, including around the Jan. 6 insurrection, the Sept. 11 attacks and legitimacy of the 2020 vote — outlined his plan on Tuesday to revive the once high-flying progressive media company, which he disclosed earlier this month he had taken an activist stake in. (Jamie Kelter Davis for NBC News)

Its Future In Doubt, The Freewheeling ‘Inside The NBA’ Is On Edge Instead

Next season could be the last for TNT’s influential and beloved studio show, and Charles Barkley, for one, will not be going quietly.

How Lisa Rubin Became MSNBC’s ‘Eyes And Ears’ At The Trump Trial

The corporate lawyer turned correspondent is having a moment on the cable news channel, relaying all the daily drama from the camera-free courtroom. “We have to bring all of those vivid details to people’s living rooms,” she says.

Fremantle Names Mark Reynolds Global Head Of Documentaries

He previously served as unscripted portfolio director at BBC Studios and has held the Fremantle role on an interim basis since January.

Elizabeth MacRae, Actress In ‘Gomer Pyle: USMC’ And ‘The Conversation,’ Dies At 88

KENS San Antonio Re-Signs Deborah Knapp And Sue Calberg

John Abbot Joins Google Fiber As Its First CFO

Anchor Samantha Mesa Leaves WOI Des Moines

Former WRTV Anchor Tanya Spencer Dies At 53

Cote de Pablo & Michael Weatherly To Host ‘NCIS’ Rewatch Video Podcast For Spotify

‘When Calls the Heart’ Actor Mamie Laverock On Life Support After Falling Five Stories From Balcony