IN BRIEF….
Comings and goings edition
Author: newsblues_admin
WHEN YOU ARE OFFICIALLY OUT OF IDEAS
We mean….c’mon
POLITIC$, MEDIA AND CA$H – A PO$T-MORTEM
Record hauls and unexpected drops made a bit of a fiscal roller coaster Now that life has returned to what passes for normal these days, let’s take a look at how the big tv ...
SHIFT CHANGE
Time to reset the alarm clock
WE SEE THE ATTEMPT AT REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY HERE BUT…
Well really, we hope it works
ELECTION’S OVER, TIME TO START PLANNING THE YEAR-ENDER PIECES
But first, pop a beverage and have some laughs.
FORMER KC TV ANCHOR WINS US HOUSE RACE
Like Kari Lake, Mark Alford suddenly "discovered" he was working amongst bad people and got out.
QUICKIES
Stuff it’s good to know.
HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN THE WEATHER CENTER
Former KRQE chief meteorologist loses gubernatorial bid.
SHE’S GONE….BUT NOT JUST YET
There’s still the rest of the November sweeps period
HEADING FOR AN ANCHOR DESK
It's over there...in Louisiana
A NEWS VETERAN MAKES A MAJOR CROSSOVER
After nearly a quarter century in Hispanic media, he’s joined a Miami O&O
WHEN ITS ELECTION DAY AND YOUR POLITICAL REPORTER IS….INDISPOSED
Montana senior political reporter accused of trying to steal ex’s dog
THIS WEEK IN LITIGATION
Gray and its Lexington KY station sued over vaccine mandate
REPORTER CUTS LIVE SHOT SHORT TO HELP STABBING VICTIM
Everybody appears to be OK
SUDDEN FIRING OF MSNBC HOST TRIGGERS HEATED RESPONSE
A group of black community leaders demand answers….now
NEWSY PRODUCER JUMPS TO PUBLIC RADIO
She’s been tapped for Connecticut TAP unit
IT’S THE PERSONAL TOUCH THAT COUNTS
A handwritten goodbye brings a tear to the eye.
KARI LAKE SPENT 22 YEARS WORKING IN TV NEWS. WONDER WHY?
She now has nothing good to say about the business she left nearly two years ago.
MORE AMERICANS GETTING THEIR NEWS ON…TIKTOK?
The dumbing down continues
SINCLAIR NAMES A WICHITA GM
She succeeds GM John Manzi who was promoted to Sinclair's California operation
THE PATIENCE IS RUNNING THIN AT STANDARD GENERAL
Latest FCC filing hits union criticisms hard
NOW THIS IS WHY YOU WATCH ELECTION COVERAGE, RIGHT?
Come fly with NBC News through their Election Night crib.
MOVING UP IN THE RGV
“Extremely excited to take on this new role at the station I grew up watching”
HIS ADDITION HELPS THEM HAVE THE BIGGEST IN WEST MICHIGAN
Just ask them
HOW CAN WE TELL IT’S NOVEMBER?
Stories like this
DID NEWSNATION RAISE ITS PROFILE WITH THOSE HIGH-PROFILE DEBATES?
The early evidence indicates….”Nunh-uh”
WE HEARTILY AGREE – NOT THAT IT WILL HAPPEN BUT..
It's a great idea. Which explains why we aren’t bigshot tv news executives
SEEKING A LARGER AUDIENCE
MMJ goes crosstown in Seattle
WEIGEL’S BACK AND SAN DIEGO’S GOT ‘IM
Resurfacing at San Diego independent
MOVING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMERA
Putting reporting aside to become a producer
RUSH TO JUDGEMENT
Media types seem eager to pronounce CNN’s new morning show DOA
HIS ”NEW OPPORTUNITY” IS IN MEMPHIS
Longtime Detroit meteorologist takes on “chief” duties
EAU CLAIRE FORECASTER ANNOUNCES LYMPHOMA DIAGNOSIS
Keith Edwards starts chemo this month.
ZUCKER WANTS BACK IN THE GAME. ANY GAME
He’s reportedly in talks to lead a sports investment fund
AND JUST LIKE THAT….GONE!
Houston anchor moves on after 16 years.
HERALDED BOSTON INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER RETIRES AT YEAR’S END
Half a century on Beantown airwaves
YOU DIDN’T THINK SHE WAS GOING AWAY MEEKLY, DID YOU?
Tiffany Cross fires back
ONCE AGAIN, TV NEWS EMBARRASSES ITSELF
When did street gossip and schoolyard rumors become news?
MOONVES AND PARAMOUNT WILL SHELL OUT NEARLY $10 MILLION TO SETTLE LAWSUIT
And you thought you’d never see another Les Moonves story again.
SUCCESSOR NAMED TO LONGTIME BIRMINGHAM METEOROLOGIST
The new chief met returned to Birmingham just this summer.
SINCLAIR FILLS CALIFORNIA GM POSITION
It’s an in-house move
KVELLING IN SEATTLE
New anchor, new set!! The boss is bustin’!!
WHY YES, HE WAS STILL ON TELEVISION
But now, Shepard Smith has been dropped by CNBC
GRAY ADDS NEW DUTIES TO VETERAN EXEC
And he gets a new title
LEAVING THE BAY AREA FOR VEGAS, BABY
This MMJ has been around
TAPPER STIFFS IN PRIME-TIME – SET TO RETURN TO OLD SLOT
His tryout in the old Cuomo slot was a non-starter
NBC HOPES TO WOO YOUNGER VIEWERS TO POLITICAL COVERAGE
Its targeted news streamer is going full bore on mid-term coverage
UNSETTLING NEWS FOR SOME
Gray is taking a lucrative piece of the tv news business in-house
AFTER A LONG BAY AREA STRETCH, IT’S BACK TO HIS KANSAS ROOTS
He’ll be taking over from a retiring local icon
ANOTHER CONTRACT DECLINED, ANOTHER ABRUPT EXIT
Buffalo sports anchor is heading for the door.
VETERAN ANCHORS NAMED FOR SOON-TO-DEBUT LA NEWSCASTS
KCAL & CBS Streaming Services expect to launch in December.
NBC NEWS HIRES HUFFPO EDITOR TO OVERSEE DIGITAL POLITICAL COVERAGE
FOX News clutches its pearls
HE BURIED THE LEAD ABOUT HIS MOVING
He's leaving Indianapolis AND the news business.
GETTING CLOSER TO HOME IN BEER CITY
Now Michigan is just one station away instead of a couple time zones
CAREER GOALS MET, SHE’S DONE
“My life has basically been defined by pageant titles, job titles, or accomplishments since I was 15 years old. For now, the only title I care about is being mom”
ON THE MOVE
Andy Roesgen joins TRT WORLD NEWS as a Correspondent. Andy previously worked as a correspondent for ABC NewsOne, NBC News Channel, and Fox Chicago. – represented by Mort Meisner
SHE’S WORKING ON “PERSONAL BUSINESS PROJECTS”
They just keep leaving
MAKING THEIR POINT
Nexstar’s WJZY offers a weather promo that is….to the point
BIG SHUFFLE IN HOUSTON 2
Almost treated as an afterthought is the impending departure of KPRC’s noon and 4 PM anchor Christine Noel just shy of four years after her arrival. “We want to thank Christine Noël for her ...
VETERAN PITTSBURGH REPORTER KISSES OFF THE BUSINESS
Moving into flackery for a local district attorney
BIG SHUFFLE IN HOUSTON 1
Goodbye doesn’t mean forever
CNBC ANCHOR APOLOGIZES FOR NOT DOING BASIC JOURNALISM
Which is more than we can say for certain other cable newsers
AS ATLANTA WEATHER VET PREPARES TO RETIRE, HIS REPLACEMENT IS NAMED
Burns counts down the days while Nitz is poised to step in
NEWSNATION SETS ELECTION NIGHT CO-ANCHORS
Cuomo-Vittert to team out of Chicago studio
CNN THIS MORNING LAUNCHES WITH COFFEE, SMILES AND A TOUCH OF BITTER LEMON
We saw more international news than is usual on morning tv
JUST….GONE…
She presided over a marquee program that just launched in January
AND ANOTHER VETERAN EXITS FROM THE BUSINESS
She exits at the end of this week
CLIMATE SHOCK IN A MOVE FROM EL PASO TO COLORADO SPRINGS
A brief Texas run leads to a job in the Rockies
IN BRIEF…UPWARD MOBILITY EDITION
Moving up the food chain
ICYMI, CNN’S NEW MORNING SHOW DEBUTED TODAY.
Curtain up on “CNN This Morning”
CNN NAMES A CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER
Position had been vacant since the shuttering of CNN+
GONE TOO SOON
His co-worker posted news of this news director’s death
HONEYMOON OVER. CUOMO NOT A HAPPY CAMPER?
Published report says he’s demanding a new timeslot
SACRAMENTO METEOROLOGIST HEADED CROSS COUNTRY
Heading for New England
HEADED FOR THE TWIN CITIES II
Leaving New Mexico just in time for Minnesota winter
IT’S THE SPO-O-OKY TIME OF YEAR
Laugh…or recoil in horror. Your call.
HIS RETIREMENT DATE IS NOW OFFICIAL
Baltimore anchor to exit November 23
NASHVILLE NEWS LEGEND WILL REAPPEAR ON LOCAL SCREENS
Demetria Kalodimos is reviving another local news icon, and coming back to tv…periodically
WE SUSPECT SHE’S SLEEPING IN
Leaving the business for….something, anything else
HEADED FOR THE TWIN CITIES I
A new meteorologist is coming to KSTP. And he’ll sell you a house After five years of forecasting at Morgan Murphy’s WISC in Madison, WI, meteorologist Chris Reece is moving across the border to ...
OPEN UP YOUR WALLET. VERIZON AND NEXSTAR KISS AND MAKE UP
They thank you, the consumer, for the settlement
ALREADY GONE
Family first for this now-former Providence investigator
33 YEARS IS ENOUGH
Veteran DC anchor announces it’s ending
BACK HOME IN DA BURGH
He took a four-year break to try his hand at acting
IN BRIEF…MOVING ‘N’ SHAKIN’ EDITION
Short takes on new moves
THE VERIZON-NEXSTAR IMPASSE CONTINUES
Nexstar stations and NewsNation still dark along the East Coast
ANOTHER SHOT AT MUSIC CITY
She’ll wear two hats at WSMV
AN IN-HOUSE MOVE FOR THIS NEWSER
Getting back to his hometown
YOU THINK HE’S HAPPY?
Hoo boy, is he ever!
COVERING THE NATION’S CAPITAL
He’s moving up from a freelance position in Miami
REPORTER WHO GOT IN NEWSNATION’S BOSS’ FACE IS FIRED
He questioned NewsNation’s commitment to “unbiased” coverage
A RED CARPET WELCOME FOR THE NEWEST REPORTER
She joins from WOWK in Charleston , WV
PINK SLIPS BEING PREPARED AT CNN
Warner Discovery has to dig up money for debt service somewhere
HE’S GOT A NEW PASSION TO PURSUE
And it does not involve tv news
CINCY LOSES A TIKTOK STAR. WHAT DOES WLWT LOSE?
Answer: A weekend morning anchor and all those followers
RTDNA’S ANNUAL SALARY SURVEY IS OUT
Mid-markets $ up. Big markets $ down
HER NEW ENGLAND TOUR CONTINUES
From one Nexstar station to another
