ABC News is dedicating three days of special coverage to the coronavirus as it has reflected, exposed or exacerbated racial and socioeconomic divides. Starting Wednesday, Pandemic — A Nation Divided, will appear across the network’s platforms. ...
TV networks are upping the plugs to compensate for the steep drop in paid advertising. It’s 32% more promos to be precise with over a half million airings from April 18 through May 17. ...
Ronan Farrow is knee deep in controversy, rather than exposing one. No, it’s not the Frank Sinatra story (just Google it!). According to Page 6, Farrow has been forced to defend his Pulitzer Prize-winning ...
CBS Television Stations and CBS Interactive have launched CBSN Dallas-Fort Worth, the 10th of ViacomCBS’ 13 local direct-to-consumer streaming news services. CBSN Dallas-Fort Worth features anchored programming and coverage of breaking news in ...
Some bigger names in NBC Sports are about to see smaller numbers in their checks. Mike Tirico, Al Michaels, and Dan Hicks are just some of the NBC Sports personalities who will take a pay cut for the rest ...
Vice Media is laying off 55 U.S. staffers and about 100 more internationally as it faces uncertainty due to COVID-19 according to Deadline.com. In an internal memo from CEO Nancy Dubuc, it stated that the moves ...
E.W Scripps’ Court TV said it is launching a SiriusXM channel on May 15. “Court TV is committed to providing outstanding legal coverage and journalism across a variety of platforms and we’re thrilled that Court ...
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the credit outlook of Diamond Sports Group, the consortium led by Sinclair Broadcast Group that owns the 23 regional sports networks, formerly run by Fox. So what the hell does that mean? It means that the ...
According to a new study, advertisers say they expect to spend 33% less on upfront television buys in 2020 compared to last year. Advertiser Perceptions has been conducting surveys of advertisers and media buyers every two ...
A New York State filing has been updated by ViacomCBS and it spells bad news for many employees. 450 Positions have been eliminated. The original update on April 29 added 333 non-union employees in New York City to ...
“An extremely challenging business environment.” That’s the reason Meredith Corp. gave the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in delaying its quarterly earnings report, which was due Monday. According to The Des Moines Register, the Iowa-based media ...
CBS News CFO Charlie Pavlounis is on his way out – According to Variety. CBS News President Susan Zirinsky told staffers in a memo Tuesday. “I have no doubt Charlie will continue to explore his passion for combining ...
When the ad bucks stop here, that means means pink slips come next. According to RobertFeder.com, employees at NBC-owned WMAQ and Telemundo Chicago WSNS are bracing for imminent layoffs. David Doebler, president and general manager of the stations, announced a ...
Sinclair has been found to have hidden the fact that some of its TV news content was paid advertising. In turn, the station group has agreed to pay a fine of $48 million, as enforced by ...
Pat LaPlatney, Co-CEO of Gray Television, says the company is doing what it can to take care of its employees and advertisers as it pushes through an invariably tough second quarter and most likely beyond. In ...
Gray Television has announced that Jama Killingsworth, Kerri Blanco, Tim Walker, and Jacque Harms will lead Gray’s stations in the Huntsville, Colorado Springs, Hattiesburg, and Meridian markets respectively. That brings the number of new GM positions filed by Gray, ...
Well, Fox offices are staying closed for another month. This is odd (not odd at all) when you consider the amount of Fox News personalities regurgitating President Trump‘s call to “reopen the country” and urging people to get ...
The verdict is in regarding the first quarter and it’s not good news for cable providers. It seems there’s been more snipping than at rabbi briss training. “Traditional” pay TV subscriptions fell by a record-setting 1.8 ...
The E.W. Scripps Company reported operating results for the first quarter of 2019 and the news was enough to make shareholders say “EW.” Net loss: $11.8 million, or 15 cents a share. That’s on ...
According to Robert Feder, Jim Rose, the longtime sports anchor at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, scored a 9 out of 10 Thursday on Room Rater, a Twitter account that rates the backdrops of at-home live shots. “Light and bright. Tulips ...
Dish Network Corp. has reported earnings dropping faster than a dish at a Greek wedding. Net earnings plummeted to $73 million, from $340 million a year ago. The company said its earnings were impacted ...
Americans continue to give the news media a solid grade overall for coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 69% of U.S. adults saying the media have covered the outbreak very well or somewhat well. ...
A new study from Comcast echoes a popular sentiment of many Americans living through COVID-19: “The days are blurring together.” That’s how the cable and broadband giant described it in a blog post Wednesday, noting that ...
Sinclair Broadcast Group will be writing a check with nine zeroes and that’s not all. As the result of a civil penalty, Sinclair will cough up $48 million, the largest sum ever imposed on a broadcaster ...
Nexstar isn’t letting a little thing like a global pandemic halt its plans to compete with the big kids. With election 2020 very much on the horizon, the media company is proceeding with a ...
Local advertising is down a whopping 6%. However, Gray Television has reported positive net income in the first quarter, reversing a year ago loss, but warned that the COVID-19 pandemic was having a negative ...
ABC‘s owned TV stations have launched a campaign to boost the local businesses in their markets hit hard by COVID-19. The #BeLocalish campaign aims to help showcase the businesses and suggest ways the community ...
Michael Jordan is used to winning. So, when 99% of the country is losing during the coronavirus pandemic – losing money, losing jobs, losing sanity, losing lives… it’s not exactly a shock that one ...
Andy Lack is out, leaving news executive Noah Oppenheim in limbo according to The Daily Beast. The power shift, which brings CNBC under the news division umbrella (previously outside Lack’s purview) and reporting to CEO ...
In what could set a very interesting precedent, an AccuWeather broadcaster, laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has filed a lawsuit arguing the decision was a violation of her contract. Laura Velasquez is ...
Station group Howard Stirk Holdings is settling for a Hundred Grand bar minus the chocolate and adding a whole lot of dough. HSH and owner Armstrong Williams have agreed to pay $100,000 and adopt ...
Andrew Lack, chairman of NBC News and MSNBC, is exiting as part of an internal shuffling at NBCUniversal. Cesar Conde, who heads up Telemundo and NBC’s businesses outside North America, will take over as ...
We’ve all seen the “RTs are not an endorsement” type sentiments in journalists’ Twitter bios. But the disclaimer wasn’t enough to prevent Minnesota Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard from being fired – according to AlphaNewsMN.com The reporter for KARE11 had reposted a ...
Nicolle Wallace is by no means a Democrat. The host of MSNBC‘s ‘White House’ is the former White House communications director for George W. Bush and a senior adviser for John McCain’s presidential ...
Former CNN host Piers Morgan is taking a break from his role on “Good Morning Britain” while he awaits the results of a COVID-19 test according to CNN. Morgan said he noticed a “mild” ...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that NBCUniversal is looking to axe a significant portion of staff across its media and entertainment divisions, citing people familiar with the matter. NBCUniversal is taking a huge financial hit from the coronavirus outbreak. The ...
According to Poynter, ABC’s “World News Tonight” has become the No. 1 show in America. Fox News just had its best month ever in primetime. “Morning Joe” just had its best ratings ever. The ...
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell apparently sees “very, very encouraging” early signs from Peacock, but also sees “significant adjustments” being made to the expense side of the Comcast division in light of COVID-19. According to Deadline.com, Shell delivered these comments during his first appearance ...
Nielsen is used to reporting the bad the news for others, but in this case the company reports a first-quarter loss and says it’s because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also expects revenue to be ...
As Viacom and CBS continue their relationship, they’re cutting off more and more friends who are now wondering WTF. More staffers were laid off Wednesday at various divisions at divisions, not limited MTV News. Great! ...
E.W. Scripps believes it has the answer for viewers to navigate the new age of coronavirus as a means to recover from self-quarantining by grabbing “The Rebound.” No, it’s not snagging someone who is ...
Cox Media Group has unveiled a new corporate logo following its acquisition by Apollo Global Management last year. According to RadioInsight, The company states the new logo was developed via a competition amongst employees ...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, CNN president Jeff Zucker is said to be on a “wartime” footing as the cable channel has scrapped most political panels in favor of covering “the story of our ...
The National Association of Black Journalists along with The National Association of Hispanic Journalists will be proceeding with their joint convention as planned…sort of. It will be taking place virtually. See the ...
Fox News has a skeleton in its closet big enough to rival the Natural History Museum’s roof whale – and the bones are made up of its coronavirus coverage. The backtracking going down ...
Layoffs are underway at Univision, according to MediaMoves.com, as well as cuts in weekend news programming, part of a company restructuring CEO Vince Sadusky announced in a dire staff memo. In it, Sadusky states ...
Are you also a fan of terrible acting, moderately attractive part-time models and car dealership owners reading off cue-cards? Well, we have bad news for you. According to BroadcastingCable.com, ad spending on local over-the-air television ...
Diamond is no longer Fox New’s best friend. Neither is Silk for that matter. Fox News has cut ties with the Trump supporting, MAGA-nation dynamic duo Diamond & Silk. The split comes after the ...
Thanks to HBO’s ‘Succession,’ I actually understand the move allegedly being attempted by Standard General with Colleen Brown, Ellen McClain Haime, Deb McDermott and Soohyung Kim. According to Radio & Television Business Report, this Thursday morning at 8am, ...
Move over JD Salinger. According to RobertFeder.com, there’s no telling when loyal Chicagoans will see WMAQ-Channel 5’s Dick Johnson again. As all sense of time fades into oblivion, let’s not forget that it wasn’t until mid March ...
If you own stock in Gray Television, better make sure your laptop is charged. Gray has decided to join the club and will hold its annual shareholders meeting exclusively in a virtual format – that is, ...
MSNBC‘s Chris Matthews admits that his remarks about women and others justified his quick exit after an otherwise distinguished career. Speaking to Vanity Fair in his first interview since exiting stage left, the former Hardball ...
As reported by RobertFeder.com, for the first time since it stopped production on March 13, “Windy City Live”is returning with new content — just as the May rating sweep gets underway. Starting Tuesday, Val ...
Houston’s ABC13 is mourning the passing of Willie Dixon, a veteran photojournalist who worked there for 13 years according to the station’s site. Dixon died unexpectedly Saturday night. He was 52. “He was a ...
You can see how it might be construed as conflict of interest – a news agency taking money from the very government it’s covering and often criticizing. Can’t be biting Uncle Sam’s hand. But you can’t bite any ...
Sean Hannity has plenty to brag about, not limited to having the number one rated news show on cable (ok, maybe limited to this), all without being a journalist. But that doesn’t make the ...
Independent proxy advisory firm Egan-Jones Proxy Services today recommended that Tegna shareholders vote “for all” 12 of Tegna’s director nominees at Tegna’s 2020 annual meeting of shareholders, and to reject all of Standard General’s ...
Let’s start with a list of journalistic mistakes by Fox News, its anchors and executives… Ok, you all have kids to educate at home, hairstyles to salvage and surgical masks to wash – so ...
Shocker of the year – Fox News personalities have been cheerleading stay-at-home protesters across the U.S. who are gathering in defiance of state orders. Civil war is not only brimming on the streets but ...
They’re hitting the streets all over the country in “unmasked” protest against stay-at-home orders. But according to The Hill, CNN President Jeff Zucker has a different point-of-view and he expressed it to CNN employees via memo. ...
NewsMax.com has announced – Herman Cain, has joined NewsMaxTV as an analyst and contributor. The former presidential candidate, resurrector of Godfather Pizza and infamous creator of “9-9-9” will discuss the political scene in Washington and around the ...
It wasn’t exactly a mutually agreeable break-up for Gretchen Carlson and Fox News. In fact, on one side, it’s more like the date who won’t stop talking about his ex. According to TheWrap, during ...
In a new Trade Desk survey, 64% of all households said they have cut the cable TV cord, are planning to, or have never subscribed. The numbers are much higher among younger adults in ...
One thing that always separated NASCAR from every other American sport was the role of advertisers. Yes, Nike’s Air Jordan silhouette does appear on baseball uniforms, which is an odd phenomenon, considering it’s a ...
The struggle is real. Some are escaping persecution from brutal dictatorships. Some are fleeing murderous drug-lords. Now you can add “Fox & Friends” co-host Ainsley Earhardt to the list of those victimized by President ...
CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 in Chicago has launched a 24/7 streaming news service featuring content recycled from the station’s local newscasts. According to RobertFeder.com, it is branded as CBSN Chicago, it’s the ninth market since December ...
Meredith has announced pay reductions for a period starting May 4 and continuing through September 4. Meredith’s broadcast television stations reach 11% of U.S. households, but the conglomerate also owns magazines, websites, and radio stations. ...
Rapper Paul Wall sent a shout to KPRC sports anchor Ari Alexander for his live, and seemingly impromptu, performance of the Houston based rapper’s classic tune, “Still Tippin.” See the shoutout here https://www.facebook.com/watch/PaulWall/…and the ...
One would think that the more people watching the news… the more ad revenue. Since there are a record number of people watching the news in the age of COVID-19…well, you do the math. ...
Some call is “blacklisting” according to media post.com’s Wayne Friedman. It’s the phenomon of TV advertisers making demands as to where they wan their ads to air, coming in or out of breaks. The ...
WGCL Atlanta anchors Rick Folbaum and Shon Gables anchored CBS Evening News April 18-19. Folbaum anchored Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET and Gables Sunday at 6 p.m. The pair typically anchors the 4, 5, 6 ...
The Committee to Protect Journalists said President Trump’s attacks on press credibility have been “dangerously effective,” as the coronavirus pandemic kills tens of thousands of Americans. It has issued a report on Trump and the ...
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr told KDKA Pittsburgh conservative radio show host Wendy Bell that far left groups (he did not mention any name but made it clear he was talking about ‘Free Press’) are engaged ...
The days are longer, the work seems non-stop and this home schooling thing is no joke. In the age of self-quarantining it should come as no surprise that news viewing is up – but ...
Rafael Eli, co-producer of the Hispanic TV Summit as well as a partner and COO at the New York based Schramm Marketing Group has succumbed to his battle with coronavirus. Eli died Thursday, April 16. ...
Business on top! Pray on the bottom! KIII Corpus Christi morning anchor and executive producer John-Thomas Kobos tells MikeMcGuff.com that he’s wearing a “suit mullet” everyday while broadcasting from home.”You know suit top, pajama ...
Clearly concerned that he was not getting his message across clearly and abundantly enough during his multi-hour coronavirus briefing diatribes, President Trump toyed with the idea of a radio show focused on the coronavirus ...
So here’s what’s going on: Planes collect data Meteorologists use that data to build forecasts Because of coronavirus, FAR less planes are in the air Hence, lousy forecasts. Or at least less accurate ones. ...
Longtime Erie News Now sportscaster Gary Drapcho passed away Wednesday morning. Gary had suffered from cardiac problems over the past few years and had a reoccurrence recently. His career spanned four decades involved covering ...
It’s been an interesting few weeks for the Cuomo family. As older brother and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo leads the battle in the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, younger brother Chris ...
After the health implications, there is the economic and perhaps no other industry has been impacted more by the COVID-19 global pandemic than that of sports. What to do. ESPN is asking some ...
21-year veteran senior engineer John Camacho has been tasked with keeping CNN on the air in the age of social distancing and home broadcasting. No pressure John. While the majority of CNN anchors are ...
In 2018, a man named Matt DeRienzo wrote a profile on the state of American journalism for NeimanLab.org. “The last recession was brutal for newspapers and local news,” DeReienzo wrote almost three years ago, ...
Meteorologist Tom Skilling returns today. Six weeks after undergoing gastric bypass surgery, Skilling will complete his WGN-Channel 9 comeback, although like so many of his colleagues who remained on-the-air during his hiatus, his return will ...
With so many sponsors slashing budgets due to the coronavirus crisis, Univision decided an attempt to jump ahead and reduce its commercial load by 15%. Like so many others, the Spanish-language media company said ...
There’s no such thing as a “new” idea, according to a little known writer named Mark Twain. David Konig, President Emeritus and Senior Advisor, Multicultural Media, Telecom & Internet Council (MMTC), may have put ...
TV viewership was up 26% higher than the first week of March according to Nielsen. Encouraged to stay home in order to battle the impact of coronavirus, total TV usage dipped 2% in the week ...
Lay-offs, firings, furloughs and if you’re a lucky, maybe just told to work from home until “it all cools down.” These seem to be the options in the age of coronavirus when it ...
As of this morning, employees at WPP have been safe in the job-status market in the age of coronavirus. But CEO Mark Read told Bloomberg TV that he could not “rule out tougher ...
Streaming service Disney+ has topped 50 million subscribers worldwide according to The Walt Disney Company. The channel was launched five months ago and may be benefitting from the amount of people staying indoors due ...
Evrod Cassimy, morning anchor for Detroit’s Local 4 News (WDIV) said Monday that his recovery from COVID-19 has brought with it a lot of emotions. The husband and father of two said “I rocked my ...
Two Channel 3-WEAR employees in Pensacola, Florida have tested positive for COVID-19. According to the station’s twitter post, production has been suspended on the newsroom, “We will be working with our sister station WPMI in ...
“Why don’t you work from home today” used to be a saving grace if one’s goal was to stay in their pajamas a few extra hours, be it for feeling under the weather, to ...
Dave Lougee, president and CEO of TEGNA, sent an email to employees today announcing companywide weeklong furloughs to be taken in the second quarter of this year. Lougee said while the TV stations have ...
Gray Television, like so many others “in the biz” and beyond has been keeping a vigilant eye on the coronavirus and its impact on health and the economy. While TEGNA recently announced company-wide furloughs, a reassuring ...
Ajit Pai had a message for the media in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. In short: “thank you.” The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission tweeted his appreciation, “Grateful to America’s radio ...
Republican FCC commissioner Michael O’Rielly is a big fan of President Trump’s executive order creating a top Administration official committee to review foreign applications for FCC telecom licenses. The President’s EO adds a new ...
Sheinelle Jones returned to “The 3rd Hour of Today” on Monday after a 6-week hiatus due to vocal cord surgery according to the New York Post. She opened with a joke. “What did I miss?” ...
