BOMBSHELL
Very quietly Wednesday morning, Lionsgate dropped the trailer and revealed the title for their Jay Roach-directed, Charles Randolph scripted movie about the women who take on ...
Category: “The Business”
MORE LAYOFFS
Richard French III took to the air at the top of his public affairs show Tuesday night to address, for the first time on ...
STATUS REPORT: NEXSTAR STILL DARK ON DIRECTV
We are headed into week number 8 of the Nexstar blackout on AT&T’s DirecTV and U-verse platforms. And no end appears to be in ...
A BIG PAY RAISE
So, the story below is why when your friends find out you work TV, they wonder why you don’t pick up the tab. Joe ...
NOW APOLLO LUSTS AFTER TEGNA
First it was Tribune. Then Nexstar. Finally, earlier this year, Apollo Global Management latched on to a deal with Cox Media. Now, “The Wall ...
REALITY SETS IN
As more details of the CBS-Viacom remarriage became known, the stock in both companies took a hammering, declining more than 8%. It may get ...
REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOD
For the record, it’s official. As we reported its imminence yesterday, CBS and Viacom officially re-tied the knot that was severed 13 years ago ...
KXAN GM NAMED TEXAS BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
Broadcasters from across Texas gathered in Austin to highlight how they serve the public and celebrate the best in the business, culminating in a ...
MEREDITH STILL DARK ON DISH; NEXSTAR AT&T, MEH
Now that CBS O&O’s are back on AT&T’s DirecTV, U-verse and DirecTV Now systems and Nexstar continues to piddle around with the telecom giant ...
TO SHOW OR NOT TO SHOW
that is the question that sparked a brief Twitter-land debate Wednesday in Mississippi. It all started after WJTV (CBS) reporter Alex Love showed kids ...
CBS, NEXSTAR RE-UP
CBS and Nexstar have a lot in common these days, what with both being absent from the DirecTV, U-verse, et al lineup with no ...
A SURE BET?
NBC Sports Chicago is betting it can win over viewers with a four-hour weekday afternoon talk show devoted to the burgeoning business of legalized sports ...
NEW GM AT CBS CHICAGO
Broadcastingcable,com reports Brandin Stewart has been named president and general manager of KYW-WPSG, the CBS-owned stations in Philadelphia. He spent 17 years with NBC’s ...
THE BLACKOUTS CONTINUE…
Settle in for a long haul. We are now in the third week of the blackout of CBS-owned stations on DirectTV and the fifth ...
JUST ADD THE BENNY HILL MUSIC
In Fresno, California when folks at KGPE (CBS) put their mind to it, they really make things happen. Take for example their new set. ...
WWL BRINGS HOME THE GOLD
Members of the WWL (CBS) staff won nine first place awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, including for best sportscast, breaking news ...
OH BROTHER
Now it comes to light some perv has been calling young female journalist’s since 2015 pretending to be a big network executive. At least ...
100% INCREASE DEMAND? PHEW!
When was the last time you walked into the boss’s office and demanded – not asked, but demanded – a 100% increase? And, if ...
BIG LOSSES FOR AT&T
AT&T Inc. lost nearly one million pay-TV customers in the second quarter as cord-cutting continued to take its toll, while the company’s wireless and ...
ESPN: STICK TO SPORTS
ESPN has reportedly sent a memo to employees reminding them to avoid discussing politics in light of talk show host Dan Le Batard‘s strong ...
SATELLITE TV VS BROADCASTERS: AN UPDATE
NEXSTAR – AT&T: Officially more than two weeks old with no evident end in sight. 120 Nexstar stations around the country have gone dark ...
DEEPFAKING THE NEWS
President Donald Trump has been warning about “fake news” throughout his entire political career putting a dark cloud over the journalism professional. And now ...
THE STALEMATE CONTINUES
We’re coming up on two weeks since 120 Nexstar stations went dark on AT&T’s DirecTV, Uverse and DirecTV Now services. And there is still ...
NEXSTAR, AT&T TRY AGAIN
Nexstar and AT&T will sit down at the negotiating table again later today, has been postponed until Saturday, this first time since Nexstar stations ...
SINCLAIR STOCK POWER MOVE
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.’s executive chairman bought $21.8 million worth of the TV broadcaster’s stock on Wednesday in an apparent sign of confidence about ...
THE JOYS OF FREELANCING: CNN EDITION
A NewsBlueser tossed us the following memo over the transom. It doesn’t bode well for freelancers for CNN. Dear Supplier, Effective July 15, 2019, ...
THE NORAH CBS VICTORY TOUR CONTINUES
Incoming anchor and managing editor of the “CBS Evening News” Norah O’Donnell continued her CBS promo tour Monday visiting Houston’s KHOU. Viewers are “craving a ...
NEXSTAR BLACKED OUT
More than 120 Nexstar Media Group stations across the country went dark to DirecTV, DirecTV Now and AT&T Uverse TV customers on July 3, ...
CNN ANNOUNCES DEM DEBATES
CNN said on Monday that news anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash and primetime host Don Lemon will moderate the network’s two-night Democratic primary ...
UNIVISION EXPLORING SALE
It’s been a rough year for Univision. After a year of stem-to-stern reorganization under CEO Vince Sadusky, the company is now exploring strategic options ...
NEW SET
New sets are like Christmas Day and a New Years hangover wrapped into one. You and the staff are excited over the new digs ...
“YOU’RE THE BEST. BY THE WAY, YOU’RE CANCELLED”
Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be the best. Just days after NECN program host Sue O’Connell earned a “Best of Boston” pat on ...
KHOU NABS A MURROW
KHOU (CBS) was acknowledged in the category of “Breaking News Coverage” for covering the tragic story of a school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, in ...
LOCAL NEWS DIVERSITY
The RTDNA annual study looking at diversity in newsrooms is out. Bob Papper, Professor Emeritus at Hofstra University spearheaded the 2019 survey and it ...
FORMER KUSI ANCHOR SUES
A former news anchor at KUSI has filed a lawsuit accusing the television station of failing to address a pay gap of at least $70,000 between ...
TEGNA BRINGS HOME THE BACON
The Radio Television Digital News Association announced Wednesday that TEGNA Inc. has won 10 National Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in local journalism, the ...
MORE FROM THE JUSTICE DEPT.
Broadcastingcable.com reports the Justice Department has reached settlements with CBS, Cox, Scripps, Fox and Tegna in its ongoing investigation of the broadcast TV ad market ...
LIFE AFTER TV NEWS
Every day since 2011, Kim Fischer would deliver the day’s news to Salt Lake residents. Fischer was one of Utah’s most recognizable faces, as ...
TEGNA/CBS SIGN AGREEMENT
CBS Corporation and TEGNA Inc. Saturday announced a comprehensive, multi-year deal that renews station affiliation agreements for 11 TEGNA markets nationwide, including two top 10 ...
TEGNA RE-UPS 11 STATIONS WITH CBS
Among the 11 Tegna stations that will remain CBS affiliates are two Top 10 markets – WUSA in Washington, DC, and KHOU in Houston. ...
CNNI CANCEL’S HONG KONG-BASED NEWSCAST
And the trimming continues at CNN. “News Stream” with Kristie Lu Stout, CNN’s only show anchored from Hong Kong, was also being axed. “We’re ...
WTVR HONORS
Photojournalists at WTVR(CBS), in Richmond, Virginia, were honored as the National Press Photographers Association’s (NPPA) Medium Market Station of the Year during the group’s ...
CBS-VIACOM HAVE ANOTHER GO AT RE-MERGER
Over the weekend, we entered another month and still another gear-up phase for the attempted re-joining of CBS and Viacom. A new round of ...
WHO NEEDS TV? I’VE GOT A SMARTPHONE
Getting younger viewers to actually sit down and watch local news has always been a challenge. The smartphone generation is forcing paradigm-shifting changes. Back ...
NBC STREAMING SERVICE
AdAge reports NBC is debuting its free, ad-supported streaming news service this week, positioning it to marketers as a way to reach a new generation ...
BYE BYE MUGSHOT PAGE
Many of you have a mugshot page that comes directly from a sheriff’s department. The booking report has been a mainstay on TV websites ...
CNN GUTS HEALTH NEWS UNIT
Friday’s news dump out of CNN was that the entire 7 person Atlanta-based health unit has been pink-slipped. They learned of their fate during ...
RTDNA HONORS SCOTT PELLEY
The Radio Television Digital News Association has chosen Scott Pelley as the winner of the 2019 Paul White Award, which recognizes a lifetime of ...
REPORT: JOURNALISM OFFERING MORE OPINIONS
RAND Corporation reports U.S.-based journalism has gradually shifted away from objective news and offers more opinion-based content that appeals to emotion and relies heavily on ...
SETTING UP THE HURDLES
The attempt by Apollo Global Management to elbow its way into the tv business by snapping up Northwest Broadcasting and a chunk of Cox ...
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP FOR SCRIPPS
Monday, Scripps released it’s first quarter results of the year. As you’ll see things are looking up for the company. From a Scripps news release: ...
FOX NEWS LOOKS AT THE NEXT FRONTIER – DIGITAL
Not content with being the top cable information outlet, Fox News is looking at digital as the next frontier it intends to conquer. For ...
NEWSROOM SAFETY
Our friends over at RTDNA have a great read about Newsroom safety and why it matters more now than ever. It’s written by Chris Post, ...
AVID EDIT SYSTEM INVENTOR HONORED
Last week, founder of Avid and inventor of Media Composer, Bill Warner joined the prestigious league of innovators in the National Inventors Hall of ...
BYRON ALLEN EXPANDS INTO LOCAL TV
Byron Allen, the former tv host-turned-media mogul just last week was ID’ed as a partner in Sinclair’s purchase of the Fox Sports cable operations. ...
JEFF GLOR SIGNS OFF
So, Monday we told you about some changes at CBS. To recap: Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil to Co-Host “CBS This Morning” ...
NEWSPAPERS DYING?
It’s something that was predicted back in the late 80’s. American Newspapers are dying. American newspapers began racing to transform into digital businesses, hoping ...
iHEARTMEDIA IS BAAACK
iHEARTMEDIA has completed its restructuring, emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with debt reduced from $16.1 billion to $5.75 billion. The restructuring splits iHEARTMEDIA and ...
NEW FOX DC REPORTER
FOX News Channel (FNC) has signed Nexstar Station Group’s Mark Meredith as a Washington based correspondent. Beginning May 6th, Meredith will cover breaking news ...
SINCLAIR SEEKS PARTNER IN FSN DEAL
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s bid to grow by snapping up the 21 Fox Regional Sports Networks evidently requires the Hunt Valley company to seek help ...
YOU’VE BEEN CAUTIONED
NewsBluesers tell us that Nexstar news directors recently were on a conference call regarding the mechanics and procedures of the recent acquisition of Tribune ...
WE DON’T NEED MORE OF THIS
We’ve noted from time to time that what we are seeing in the television business today is distressingly similar to what played out in ...
SPEAKING OF NAB
The National Association of Broadcasters said preliminary registration for the NAB Show convention in Las Vegas was 91,460, down slightly from 92,912 in 2018. ...
MATT LAUER SPOTTED
Matt Lauer came out of seclusion to celebrate Jeff Zucker’s 54th birthday bash over the weekend. Page Six reports the disgraced “Today” anchor — who’s been keeping ...
A SCOOP IS A SCOOP
When I watch the local newscasts, I see a lot of “must covers” either something going on at the Zoo or a new Highway ...
UNIVISION UNLOADS GIZMODO
After nearly a year on the block, the owner of snarky news sites like “The Onion,” “Gizmodo” and “Deadspin” has found a buyer in ...
MAKING A MOVE IN INDY
A media company started by an Indianapolis man plans to purchase WISH (CW) and sister station WNDY (MyNetworkTV) for $42.5 million in cash. According ...
CRYSTAL BALL OR SCIENCE?
Ever wonder what the news dynamics in your market are? Sure you can pay a high priced consultant to conduct a study or just ...
OREGON STATIONS TACKLE SUICIDE
If you work day in and day out in TV news, it’s likely you’ll have a good sense of how many people die in ...
SCRIPPS-CORDILLERA GETS THE GO-AHEAD
The FCC has given an unsurprising “thumbs-up” to the sale of 12 Cordillera Communications stations to Scripps, contingent on the spin-off of KVOA in ...
CHICAGO ELECTION
So, there was a little election in Chicago this week. Stations always hope to be first in calling an election and Blogger Robert Feder ...
IFB CORD STRIKES AGAIN
How many times have you been on a live shot or at least watched a live shot to see the reporter rip the IFB ...
SOMETHING PROMOS ARE MADE OF
KXAS (NBC) Dallas Texas has been certified as Dallas-Fort Worth’s 2018 “Most Accurate” weather forecast by WeatheRate, an independent, non-partisan, research firm, for the ...
AP AWARDS-ARKANSAS/OKLAHOMA
Winners have been announced for the 2018 Arkansas-Oklahoma Associated Press Broadcasters contest. The winners were Wednesday. Outstanding News Operation-TV: 1, KJRH-TV, Tulsa; 2, KTUL-TV, ...
CYNTHIA MCFADDEN WINS ONE FOR THE KIDS
62-year-old Cynthia McFadden is still bringing home the bacon for NBC News. She’s been getting people to open up for roughly four decades. She’s ...
ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN?
A friend who has been in the business for at least 20 years was talking about things at his station Monday and his sentiments ...
MORE PEOPLE CUTTING THE CORD
Here’s a first, more people are subscribing to streaming online video services than traditional cable TV services worldwide. MediaPost reports that is according to ...
FIRST LADY OF QUAD CITIES TV
WHBF (CBS) has a nice write up on who they call the “first lady of Quad Cities television.” It’s part of a celebrating women ...
FOX LAYOFFS
Layoffs have hit Fox following the entertainment company’s sale to Disney. Variety reported Thursday the staff cuts are hitting employees at the SVP, EVP, and president level. ...
NEXSTAR DIGITAL UPDATES
Alex Teeter joined WKRG (CBS) as an associate producer. He’s been doing digital on the side. Teeter has done such a great job he’s ...
THE FALLOUT
Satellite provider Dish Network wasted no time weighing in on the Nexstar news. Dish has filed a petition with the FCC to deny the ...
TRIBUNE SHAREHOLERS TO NEXSTAR: TAKE US
95% of Tribune Media shareholders on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the company’s plan to be acquired by Nexstar Media Group. The $4.1 billion deal is ...
OKLAHOMA JOURNALISTS HONORED
Nine journalists and two longtime educators will be honored as the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame launches its 50th year with a special First ...
GRAY GROWS MORE
Gray is still digesting Raycom and selling off the conflicts in that transaction, but there’s still room for another appetizer here and there. The ...
FEW CHANGES AT WARNER MEDIA
WarnerMedia has announced a new organizational model to speed up the investment and development of content. WarnerMedia will organize its teams around entertainment networks, ...
TIPS FOR MMJ’s
I always laugh when I hear the term “MMJ“. Back in the day we were “One Man Bands‘ but hey, MMJ looks better on ...
NEXSTAR: COMMERCIALS NOT MAIN REVENUE SOURCE
Nexstar Media, said during its fourth quarter call Wednesday that for the first time in its two-decade history, “non-TV revenue” from re-transmission consent and ...
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME
Sinclair Broadcast Group expects the new regional sports network it is creating with the Chicago Cubs to contribute between $40 million and $50 million in free cash ...
“LET’S BAIL TO THE BASEMENT”
A pretty powerful storm moved through the South Saturday and folks at one station took cover. It was all caught on camera as the ...
MEMORY LANE
A few weeks back we told you KARK (NBC) News Director Austin Kellerman was being bumped up to corporate with Nexstar. As he is ...
TOOT YOUR HORN
Some of you may be familiar with Veronica Miracle at KABC (ABC) Los Angeles. She’s been at the station since 2017 and her bio ...
SINCLAIR DRONES
Sinclair Broadcast Group announced Wednesday the company’s Unmanned Aerial Systems (drone) program recently flew its 10,000th logged flight. Launched in August 2016, this program operates drones for ...
IOWA PUBLIC TV TURNS 50
Iowa lawmakers in Des Moines Monday honored Iowa Public Television for turning 50. IPTV’s website reports: “since 1969, IPTV’s mission has reached far beyond ...
FCC ANNOUNCES AUDITS
The FCC released word Friday of an EEO audit where a long list of radio and TV stations will be required to file with ...
IT’S ON!!! APOLLO TAKES ON COX
What we had already told you a week ago became official with one of those Friday news dumps. Apollo Global Management is buying a ...
“I’M NOT A LEAKER”
Fired ESPN sportscaster Adnan Virk denies he leaked any confidential or proprietary information that caused his termination. In a statement Virk texted to The NYPost on ...
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
The Chicago Cubs are teaming with Sinclair Broadcast Group to launch a regional sports network in February 2020 that will become the exclusive television home of ...
BUYOUT OFFERS SENT OUT AT CBS
At least 20 highly paid longtime employees of CBS o&o WFOR have gotten buyout offers in the past week, as the long-rumored shakeout of ...
