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NBC NEWS, MSNBC ROLL OUT CONVENTION PLANS
2016 saw Ted Cruz not endorsing his party’s candidate, Donald Trump. It launched the meme of the year: shocked at balloons, Hillary Clinton (she’d suffer a bigger shock a couple of months later). What ...
EASIEST FACT-CHECK EVER
No historian needed here. John Berman of CNN‘s “New Day” fact-checked President Trump’s comments about the influenza pandemic. “The closest thing is in 1917, they say, right? The great pandemic certainly was a terrible ...
ROKER LANDS ON DL WITH SHOULDER ISSUE
Question: How did Al Roker mess up his shoulder? A) Flipping his Vette B) Snowbording Zermatt C) Arthritis According to the NY Post, Al Roker announced that he will undergo total shoulder replacement surgery ...
“REDSKINS” FAN LANDS DREAM JOB
Ok, he’s more than a just a Redskins fan, but Bram Weinstein, native of Silver Spring, MD and alumni of NW Washington DC’s American University, is now the radio voice of his childhood team, ...
O.T.M.
At Corpus Christi’s KRIS-TV Mark Silberstein is filling the long vacant opening at the Scripps owned NBC affiliate. His title will be Senior Director of Content (think news director but with a longer title.) ...
NEW #1 AT NEXSTAR SCRANTON
Nexstar Media Group announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., has named Andrew Wyatt as Vice President and General Manager of the company’s broadcast and digital operations serving the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA, ...
FOX NEWS PLANS A WORLDWIDE STREAMER
Brace yourselves Mexico because here comes the answer to your prayers… Brian Kilmeade. Fox Corp. is joining the parade of big U.S. media companies seeking to stream their best-known content abroad – according to ...
WELL, THAT WAS QUICK
John LaPorte has resigned as ND for Cox Media Group’s KIRO-TV (CBS) in Seattle after only about 14 months there. He’s returning to Milwaukee, where he spent almost nine years as ND at WITI-TV (FOX), ...
DAYTON’S NEW DIRECTOR
According to BizJournals, ABC 22 and FOX 45 have a new leader at the helm of its news coverage. The stations — whose news side operate as Dayton 24/7 Now News have promoted Rebecca ...
