On the eve of this year's political conventions, the five news networks that traditionally pool resources to provide video from the political events — ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News — have informed news outlets that aren't members of the pool that they will need to begin paying significant new fees in return for access to live coverage, not just at the conventions but debates, presidential press conferences, and many other events. WSJ subscribers can read the full story here.
ELECTION 2016
Comments (4)
Gregg Palermo says:
July 15, 2016 at 10:19 am
Who hasn’t been out drinking with friends where one of them “forgets” to buy a round?
Joe Jaime says:
July 15, 2016 at 10:29 am
Put the coverage on PBS and CSPAN and lock all these network jerks out… let them all pay PBS.
Scott Cote says:
July 15, 2016 at 12:10 pm
Actually, this isn’t a bad idea!
Wagner Pereira says:
July 15, 2016 at 12:52 pm
Except it defeats the entire purpose of the Conventions…..publicity.