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HEY ZIRINSKY, THAT AND $5 GETS ME A FRAPPACHINO
Under Susan Zirinksky‘s reign at CBS News, more heads are rolling than under King Joffrey’s in the realm. Yet, unlike executives at NBCUniversal, Fox Corp. and ABC parent company Disney, top executives at ViacomCBS have not taken reduced salaries amid the ...
REPORTER TRIES TO STOP ARREST
This is more than multitasking as a reporter in Los Angeles tried to intervene in what she viewed as wrongful arrest while reporting the story. According to Yahoo News, police arrested black business owners ...
SORRY SIR, YOU FIT OUR PROFILE (THE MEDIA)
Just add him to the list. Another journalist arrested by police while covering the protests in the aftermath of George Floyd‘s death. Miami’s 7News social media producer Joel Franco was arrested by Miami-Dade police. According ...
CNN INCREASINGLY BECOMING THE NEWS
Having just celebrated its 40th birthday, CNN may look a little different than it did in 1980. Perhaps there are less sideburns but much more “breaking news.” Coming upon the halfway point of 2020, CNN is making headlines in more ...
FOX NEWS HOST CLAIMS HYPOCRISY
Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade says there’s a double standard when it comes to social distancing expectations when it comes to those protesting the coronavirus and those protesting the police killing of unarmed black man ...
NEXSTAR’S NEXT STARS
Nexstar Media Group has unveiled a lineup of anchors and correspondents for its upcoming nightly national newscast that includes three familiar faces from “Chicago’s Very Own” WGN-Channel 9. Joe Donlon, who co-anchors the 5, 6, 9 ...
HANGING IT UP
Longtime WWNY-TV News Director Scott D. Atkinson will retire at the end of the year, with veteran 7 News Tonight anchor Jeffrey D. Nelson being named to fill his slot in upstate New York. ...
BACK TO THE ABQ
At KOAT-TV in Albuquerque, Jess O’Neill returns to this Hearst owned ABC affiliate for his first ND job. Jess is currently the assistant news director at sister Hearst station WESH-TV (NBC), where, years ago, he was a producer. Earlier ...
GRAY EXPANDS IN LAST FRONTIER
GCI subsidiary Denali Media Holdings has announced the sale of its NBC affiliates in southeast Alaska to Gray Television. The sale includes KATH and KSCT stations in the Juneau and Sitka markets. Denali Media ...