If you want more than six hours of daily convention coverage, you may want to book a trip to Milwaukee or Jacksonville or Gettysburg… or let’s face it, nobody knows. Regardless, according to Deadline, ...
Court TV, the only multi-platform network devoted to live, gavel-to-gavel coverage, in-depth legal reporting and expert analysis of the nation’s most important and compelling trials, announced today a new original true-crime series hosted by ...
According to TheWrap, Fox News’ Chris Wallace slowed the roll of his co-workers and their narrative around Sen. Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick, arguing that she isn’t actually as far left ...
In a story NewsBlues is following, Al Roker is in recovery after undergoing a total shoulder replacement surgery – according to the New York Post. “And scene! I’m out of surgery and recovery. Thanks ...
At Dallas/Ft. Worth’s KXTX-TV, John Stone, who is the VP/News for sister NBC owned KXAS-TV, is assuming the ND role for this Telemundo affiliate. John has been the ND at KXAS since November, 2018, ...
Sumner Redstone, the media mogul who coined the term “Content is King,” as he created one of the largest media conglomerates in the world, died Tuesday at 97. Redstone, a graduate of Boston Latin ...
NewsBlues has learned that long-time Dallas Newsman Brett Shipp has been named Anchor of the Spectrum Cable News Dallas venture which is scheduled to sign on September 1st. Brett was at WFAA (ABC) from ...
Sinclair Broadcast Group today appointed Cortlandt Cuffee vice president and general manager of its Portland, OR, duopoly of KATU (ABC) and KUNP (Univision). Cuffee’s career spans almost 20 years in sales and marketing positions in ...
KWTX 10 Waco-Temple-Killeen reporter Brandon Hamilton is leaving the Gray owned television station. “Central Texas, Thank you,” Hamilton tweeted August 9th. “From pushing those in power for answers, to being a voice fighting for ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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.) ...
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, ...
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 ...
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), ...
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 ...
According to a new report from The New York Times’ Ben Smith, Nicolle Wallace was proposed as a replacement for her MSNBC colleague Chuck Todd as moderator of the Sunday morning news show Meet ...
The future seems to be female in the Nashville news scene. But the truth is the present is pretty female as well. Music City is unique in many ways, but one thing stands out ...
Tech finds a way. That’s what they do after all. TikTok has launched its first TV app on Amazon Fire TV devices. “More on TikTok” features curated video playlists and compilations from the mobile ...
In a story NewsBlues has been following, Dan O’Toole is back on the small screen. According to PEOPLE, the Canadian sports anchor, 44, returned to television on Sunday just over a month after he ...
There are firings around the country at NBCUniviersal, but one thing is for sure. When the new hires come at certain stations, they’ll be diverse! The NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division today announced that ...
In a story NewsBlues has been following, the future is uncertain for many employees of Anchorage CBS affiliate KTVA, after the television station’s owner, telecommunications company GCI, announced in late July that it’s getting ...
She’s got her work cut out for her. Noelle Kachinsky is leaving her job as the executive producer for Spectrum News in Charlotte to be a Media Specialist working closely with the Center for ...
Joe Puma is wrapping up his time this week for Good Morning Illinois on WEEK 25 (Peoria and Bloomington areas of Central Illinois) to take the chief meteorologist position at ABC7 KVII Amarillo, TX. ...
President Donald Trump announced executive actions regarding COVID-19 relief, over the weekend. Some viewed it as “coming to the rescue” after congress couldn’t come to consensus. Others saw the president’s actions as simply lowering ...
It’s the end of an era for celebrity news, according to TVline.com. A trio of E! entertainment programs — the long-running E! News, along with newer shows Pop of the Morning and In the ...
Tensions are high in the newsroom of the Chicago Tribune. According to RobertFeder, staffers are bracing for a sweeping reorganization of the editorial operation. In an email to employees, editor-in-chief Colin McMahon and ...
There’s good news and there’s some bad news when it comes to ad spending this summer. According to iSpot, automakers spent $223.5 million on national linear TV advertising in July, up nearly 18% compared ...
After 20 years on the air, Kevin Christopher — the news anchor of LEX 18, NBC’s affiliate in Lexington — will retire on at the end of August. “When you think of a news ...
Former Peoria WEEK-TV journalist Denise Jackson announced she will challenge incumbent Denise Moore for the 1st District spot on the City Council. A board member of Southside Community United for Change and a substitute ...
ABC News announced plans for its coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions, including one hour of primetime coverage on the broadcast network, and more extensive coverage on its streaming site ABC News Live, ...
Washington DC’s WTTC FOX 5 is thanking Allison Seymour for her dedication over the last 21 years on her final day. Allison started her career in television working behind the scenes at ABC News ...
When Treasure Roberts wore her hair in braids while appearing on WMBD/WYZZ News earlier this week, most viewers in Peoria, Illinois, probably didn’t think twice of it. But it was a pretty big deal for the reporter/fill-in ...
Variety is out today with a deep-dive piece on CNN anchor Brianna Keilar’s rise at CNN, highlighting some of her contentious interviews with Trump officials in recent weeks – according to CNNcommentary.com. “She will not move ...
Karole Honas, award-winning reporter and anchor for KIFI-TV’s top-rated Local News 8 at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., announced that she is retiring this month after 30 years at Local News 8. ...
It seems Vice President Mike Pence is having a slot filled that’s typically reserved by someone else. According to the New York Times, when Pence traveled to an event in Florida on Wednesday, he was ...
On Thursday, CNN Republican commentator Ana Navarro is scheduled to host a roundtable for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The fact she is a Republican talking head, supporting a Democratic candidate, has been raising ...
FOX Carolina WHNS Greenville, SC meteorologist Isaac Williams hs announced he’s heading to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to work for NBC 23 KVEO Brownsville. “Up next is the RGV of southern Texas where ...
Apparently Joe Biden is against God. Not to get political, but this can’t be an altogether popular stance to take strategically – one against God. According to sources, God’s undefeated! Maybe choose to be ...
For some, Facebook is overstepping bounds by policing and labeling content. For others, the social media site does not do enough to prevent fake news from circulating, fooling millions. For one company, Facebook has ...
Everyone is struggling due to the economic impact of an unforeseen and unprecedented global pandemic… everyone who is not Sinclair. According to TVNewsCheck, Sinclair Broadcast Group this morning reported that its second quarter 2020 ...
The list is NOT life. It’s pretty much the opposite in fact, at least professionally. And the list of NBCUniversal casualties just hit the Bay. According to the Mercury News, layoff notices were handed ...
The fire is not out at NBCUniversal just yet. In fact it may be getting worse before it gets better. According to the NY Post’s Page SIX, NBC News will lay off a slew ...
Ana Patricia Candiani, main anchor at Telemundo’s KVEA in Los Angeles since early 2011, and Martín Plascencia, a reporter at the station for over 20 years, have been laid off. At least two other ...
Mark X. Lima, a proven newsroom leader and award-winning journalist, has been named CBS News’ West Coast Bureau Chief, where he will oversee the organization’s news-gathering in the western region for all broadcasts and ...
Mike Rindo worked as a news director in Kalamazoo/Grand Rapids, MI, Rochester, NY, and Eau Claire, WI, is now retiring after almost 20 years in his second career. He’s been the assistant chancellor for ...
Grover Murrell joins Cox Media Group’s WJAX/WFOX-TV (CBS/FOX) in Jacksonville, FL, as managing editor. He’s been working at Sinclair’s WZTV in Nashville as the Assignment Manager for that FOX affiliate. Grover’s also worked in ...
Award-winning meteorologist Amy Sweezey is joining the Growing Bolder team, according to a press release. After nearly 20 years as a meteorologist in Central Florida, Sweezey has been named special projects producer with Growing ...
Casey Clark, has been named news director for Nexstar’s WJYZ/WMYT-TV in Charlotte, NC. (Nexstar acquired the station from FOX earlier this year.) Casey most recently was ND for Meredith’s KCTV (CBS) in Kansas City, ...
People are about to be eliminated at NBC and we’re not talking about on ‘America’s Got Talent.’ Massive layoffs are being carried out at NBCUNiversal in a planned restructuring designed to emphasize its streaming ...
Many have tried and many have failed. It’s no easy feat to interview any politician who has a very specific goal planned ahead of the sit-down. Multiply that ten fold and that’s the challenge ...
You stay classy NBC! According to the Washington Post, Michael Jenkins, whom fellow sportscaster Dan Patrick once lovingly called “the sportscasting Ron Burgundy,” announced Monday that he was laid off by NBC Sports Washington. ...
The White House has rescinded the renomination of Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, who questioned President Trump‘s attempt to regulate social media – which was a completely unrelated issue of course. Two weeks ago, the Senate ...
Pittsburgh’s KDKA-TV will add a fourth evening newscast at 7:30 p.m. weeknights, beginning Aug. 17. Meghan Schiller will anchor the half-hour of news, which will displace “Extra,” a syndicated newsmagazine. KDKA-TV general manager Chris ...
Kennan Oliphant is on the move within Scripps. He’s the new Assistant News Director for WXYZ-TV (ABC) in Detroit. It’s a return to the Motor City for Kennan, who earlier in his career worked ...
Is it really a promotion when your workload doubles? According to Deadline, Nicolle Wallace’s Deadline: White House will expand to two hours and Chuck Todd’s MTP Daily will move to early afternoon as part of ...
MultiChannel sat down with the man who will be heading a new venture to appeal to the black community… and beyond. Newly named Black News Channel president and CEO Princell Hair takes the reins ...
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises revealed a realignment of its leadership team to drive forward growth strategy and focus on innovation and multi-platform entertainment, news and sports content. The realignment follows the appointment of Beau Ferrari to ...
Several months after Dhomonique Ricks‘ departure, a new anchor is about to start at Kansas City’s WDAF-TV. Christel Bell will be on the air in mid-August, co-anchoring at 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.. Bell ...
An Alaska telecommunications company has completed a deal to sell its Anchorage TV station to a Georgia company that already owns an Anchorage channel and will now control the state’s two leading broadcast news ...
When it coms to reporting on coronavirus, yes, you may want to incorporate science. But it might be easier said than done. According to RTDNA, if you watch a press conference, turn on ...
Well, sadly, for the fifth month in a row, with bitter sweetness, we’re “gladly” bringing you a pallet cleanse from the worlds of COVID-19, civil unrest and a presidential election – in the form ...
OK, is this based on an episode of ‘Succession,’ or will a future episode of ‘Succession’ be based on this. One has to be true. According to NPR, James Murdoch resigned Friday from the ...
There is apparently no great mask debate CNN, the likes of which you might observe on social media, or let’s face it (no pun intended) at your local supermarket these days. CNN is firmly ...
It’s happened all to often in 2020. Reporters breaking the number one rule: Never become the story. But through no fault of their own, and on occasion, only because they were doing their jobs, ...
So what will the deciding factor be this November? The economy? Civil Rights? Maybe something different – the handling of a pandemic? Well, according to a study cited on MediaPost, it turns out the ...
She’s apprently looking for slightly milder winters. According to Star Tribune, WCCO’s Ali Lucia is signing off from the Twin Cities. The journalist announced on social media that Friday will be her last day ...
First Dennis Rodman, then Kuwai Leonard, and now this. Does anyone stick it out in San Antonio? Fox News 29 San Antonio KABB morning anchor Breanna Barrs had her last day on air with ...
According to WILX, after 30 years as a Meteorologist at the station, Darrin Rockcole has decided to retire from his position. “It was a good run to make it 30 years at a small ...
Edwin Pitti has left Entravision, where he had been White House correspondent for the company’s stations around the country since 2015. He resigned earlier this month for an opportunity to work as a national ...
In a story NewsBlues has been following, KUTV 2, the Sinclair-owned CBS affiliate in Salt Lake City, has named Heidi Hatch as a new main anchor, finally replacing Shauna Lake who left the station ...
It’s not the first time in history that a President has made a promise that was not only broken, but had come back to haunt him. “Read my lips, no new taxes,” said George H. ...
It’s the one question, every patient, politician and parent is asking. “Where’s the vaccine?” But so much has to happen even IF a vaccine is developed, before it’s injected into John Q. Public. ...
According to TheWrap, Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the November election be delayed Thursday, saying it shows the “weakness” of his position. Trump tweeted Thursday morning, ...
Britain’s public service broadcaster has come under fire after a news segment featuring an uncensored racial slur was aired on TV. In the segment, broadcast Tuesday night on the BBC‘s “Points West” program, Correspondent ...
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, NBC10 anchor and former Philadelphia Eagle Vai Sikahema will retire from his morning news post later this year, the station confirmed Thursday. After more than 25 years, Sikahema plans ...
We had recently reported that Connecticut’s WFSB Reporter/Anchor Eva Zymaris was leaving after a four-year run. Well, she recently announced that instead of disappearing into oblivion, she’s actually just headed down I-91 to join WTNH.
Round 1 saw Jake Tapper triple-dog-dare Republican congressman Jim Jordan to admit to his fake news. Today, it was CNN‘s Jon Berman challenging to White House trade adviser Peter Navarro as to the legitimacy of ...
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” has become the subject of an internal investigation by WarnerMedia following numerous accounts of workplace problems. Executives from show producer Telepictures and distributor Warner Bros. Television sent a memo to staffers last week ...
According to Cleveland.com, Al Roker remembers the early days of his TV career in Cleveland with great pride. But they weren’t without dark clouds. On Tuesday, Roker released his new book, “You Look So ...
Michelle Relerford, who’s won high marks as weekend news anchor at Chicago’s WMAQ-Channel 5, according to RobertFeder.com, is moving up to join Zoraida Sambolin on “NBC 5 News Today,” the NBC-owned station’s Monday through Friday morning newscast. ...
According to WVXU, it took more than four years after the death of Tim Hedrick for WKRC to name a new chief meteorologist – and that person is named John Gumm. The Cincy local ...
Mary Kate Hamilton is heading to the Texas Permian Basin to work for CBS7 KOSA in the Midland-Odessa market. “I’m headed to Texas,” Hamilton tweeted. “I’m thrilled to be joining @CBS7News in Odessa as their ...
WESH-Channel 2 has announced that First Alert meteorologist Kellianne Klass will join the Sunrise team on July 30. WESH revealed in a mid-June press release that Klass would become the weekday weather anchor for ...
Nexstar’s KDVR/KWGN-TV (FOX/CW) duopoly in Denver has hired Sean O’Donnell as its next Digital Content Executive Producer. Sean’s been working for WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh (Cox/NBC) and earlier worked for another Cox station, WFXT-TV in ...
President Trump has been successul in many ventures in his short politcal career. One that stands out is his abiltiy to manipulte the news cycle with the push of a ‘tweet’ button. His ...
A lesser known character on The Simpsons, but nonetheless one that any enthusiast would know immediately, is Helen Lovejoy, wife to Reverend Timothy Lovejoy. She’s known as the town gossip and for her catchphrase, ...
According to CNN, Maurice “Reese” Schonfeld, who helped launch the cable news era as the first president of CNN, has died. He was 88. His widow Pat O’Gorman and daughter Juliette Reverand confirmed his ...
She shouldn’t count on Bill de Blasio‘s endorsement but, according to TheWrap, Maya Willey, a legal analyst for NBC News, is stepping away from her role as a contributor at MSNBC to explore running ...
Seven leading local television stations in Portland, OR, including KATU (ABC), KOIN (CBS), KGW (NBC), KPTV (Fox), KOPB-TV (PBS), KRCW-TV (CW) and KPDX (MyNet), today became among the first in the nation to begin ...
WRAL‘s Greg Fishel has landed a new job and it’s not in television. Fishel had a long run as the chief meteorologist at WRAL in Raleigh. He is now a senior atmospheric scientist at Priogen Energy, ...
The Toronto Blue Jays will likely be the Buffalo Blue Jays this summer since Canada will not allow Major League Baseball to play home games domestically due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. So it ...
Faith Woodard is joining the Rio Grande Valley’s KVEO as a weekday evening news anchor from WBOC 16 Salisbury, Md. “God is good, I’m blessed and ready to hit the ground running,” Woodard tweeted. “Thank you ...
At LA’s KABC-TV, it’s congratulations-time to veteran ND Rob Elmore. He’s returning to Raleigh-Durham and ascending to the GM’s office at sister ABC o-and-o WTVD-TV, where he spent 17 years as ND before moving to KABC five years ago. Before ...
Hearst-owned CBS affiliate KCCI Des Moines, Iowa, is moving anchor-reporter Rheya Spigner from weekday mornings to weeknights. On Aug. 3 she will become the anchor of KCCI 8 News at 9 on the station’s MeTV subchannel, and ...
There are certainly enough conspiracy theories to go around. Of course there’s the age-old one about Ted Cruz‘s dad palling around with Lee Harvery Osward. Then of course there’d the idea that injecting ...
