HE’S GOT HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM
A new GM coming to troubled Lexington station
Category: The Water Cooler
MIGHT DAVID ZASLAV HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND FOR THE GUY HE FIRED?
Warner Discovery boss has warm words for Chris Licht
SO WHERE IS SCRIPPS HEADED WITH THE ANCHORLESS NEWSCAST?
KIVI’s overhaul gives a glimpse in you’re in Boise
HE’S BACK
Dayton anchor returns
DUMPED NEWS 12 REPORTER THANKS VIEWERS
Pink-slipped after eight years at News 12 Connecticut
AI REALLY IS SOMETHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT
An experience at the Voice of America provides another important lesson
NOW SELLING INSTEAD OF HIRING
One-time news director is now an agent
SUDDENLY, BURNOUT IS AN ISSUE
It's been building for years and we’ve been reporting why
NO DANCING, NO “BEHIND THE SCENES,” JUST JOURNALISM
This is what we need to see on every television station in the country
HOUSTON STATION’S ADVENTURE WITH A ROGUE RACCOON
It took a one-week residency in the newsroom
CNN’S NEW BOSS TAKES CHARGE; DELIVERS A CAUTION
Mark Thompson took the helm as the war in Israel exploded; warns the troops "nowhere near ready for the future"
SCRIPPS NEWS ADDS YET ANOTHER FORMER NETWORK CORRESPONDENT
Chris Nguyen is coming to the news operation after a stint at CNN
THE SECOND REPUBLICAN DEBATE SHAPES UP AS A FINANCIAL DUD
Fox slashed ad rates to try and fill up the commercial slots.
FORMER FOX BUSINESS ANCHOR-CORRESPONDENT LANDS AT NEWSNATION
He’ll be the afternoon anchor
IS ZASLAV ZEROING IN ON A NEW BOSS FOR CNN?
Former New York Times and BBC exec said to have the inside track
LET’S PLAY A GAME
Twin Cities sportscaster takes up his daughter's challenge. Now you.
COPING WITH A MEDICAL EMERGENCY
It's not the way he expected to start the day
SAN ANTONIO ANCHOR ON A VENTILATOR AFTER SURGERY
Morning anchor had been hospitalized in March
GOING LOCAL FROM CORPORATE
Reporter-cum-recruiter now back in Charlotte in an executive role
A RALEIGH ANCHOR SHUFFLE WITH A BUFFALO IMPORT
Veteran anchor will have reduced duties.
ABC NEWS SEEMS TO HAVE A BACKUP COUPLE…JUST IN CASE
She stepped in when Amy Robach stepped in it. Now he may replace Ken Rosato
MOVING UP TO THE MAIN ANCHOR CHAIR IN MARQUETTE
She’s been anchoring weekends at this Gray station.
WISCONSIN GRAY STATION BRINGS HOME THE HARDWARE
The station claimed an armload of first-place trophies.
THE HAIR??!?!? IT WAS ABOUT THE HAIR!?!?!?
It's tv news. Of course it was.
GUESS THE MOST TRUSTED MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS?
Now, guess again
IS CARLSON PLOTTING ALL-OUT WAR ON FOX?
Does a bear???…..never mind….
INVESTORS WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL THE FOX BOARD IS UP TO
One has already filed suit. Others may follow
BURGH REPORTER PENS BOOK ABOUT HER CANCER BATTLE
It took her some time before she could talk about it.
IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW HOW IT WORKED
NBCU Academy shows how the sausage is made…sort of
SINCLAIR UNIT TARGETED BY MLB: PAY UP!!
Bally Sports has now skipped payments to three MLB teams
WHY DOES CNN KEEP DON LEMON AROUND?
It is a head-scratcher
JUST CALL HER THE “MARATHON ANCHOR”
We hope her anchor chair is a comfortable one
NAILING DOWN A LONG-TERM DEAL
Wage increases and retirement security included
THERE WILL BE NO NEWS IN ALPENA ‘TIL FURTHER NOTICE
Massive sick call forces cancellation
HIGHLIGHTING ITS ALUMNI IN LOCAL TELEVISION
Quinnipiac University celebrates an apparent connection with Gray Television The old saying “You can’t go home again” evidently doesn’t really apply here. In fact, “You never really have to leave home” may be more ...
THE RUMORS ARE ALREADY SWIRLING ABOUT CHRIS LICHT
Less than a year into his run at CNN, the knives are out
SHE’S NOW REPORTING PHILLY SPORTS
College soccer standout and coach takes up local microphone
READY TO RETURN
NY1 Anchor has been battling cancer
TELEMUNDO ISSUING PINK SLIPS
Dozens axed and more may come
L.A. NEWSROOM OVERWHELMINGLY VOTES FOR THE UNION
Victory comes after a similar move failed more than two decades ago
HE’S HAD ENOUGH
Reporter schools boneheads about his hair
WHITHER A SAN FRANCISCO TV NEWS ICON?
A Bay Area blogger has some thoughts
DID YOU KNOW…??
Our friends at “The Laurel” have an interesting factoid to share.
NEW SEATTLE ANCHOR MIA
So is his voice
LICHT-LED LAYOFFS LEVEL CNN
Layoff notices started going out yesterday
AN INTERN MADE GOOD….VERY GOOD
It's full circle for Michelle Fisher
QUICKIES
Stuff it’s good to know.
WE HEARTILY AGREE – NOT THAT IT WILL HAPPEN BUT..
It's a great idea. Which explains why we aren’t bigshot tv news executives
RUSH TO JUDGEMENT
Media types seem eager to pronounce CNN’s new morning show DOA
PINK SLIPS BEING PREPARED AT CNN
Warner Discovery has to dig up money for debt service somewhere
ABC NEWS PRODUCER/REPORTER OFF THE GRID AFTER FBI RAID
It's a story worthy of 20/20 or Dateline
MAKING HISTORY IN MADISON
She’s the station’s first female sports director
AUTHOR, AUTHOR!!!
Ashley Baylor, a meteorologist with Nexstar’s WTNH in Hartford, CT for the past three years. wants you to know she has a new sideline. http:// Before arriving in Hartford, she staffed the weather centers ...
STAGING A RETURN
Dan Clouse returns to Allen Media’s KIMT in Mason City, IA, this time as ND. He passed along this note which has more details and covers his background. He replaces Jaime Copley who left ...
A RETURN TO MORNING TV NEWS FOR SATX VETERAN
Marvin Hurst has been a staple of San Antonio television news ever since he joined Tegna s/t/b Standard Media’s KENS 17½ years ago. Hurst, who will continue to produce the station’s series “Kids Who ...
CHICAGO SPORTS GUY IS A STAND-UP KINDA GUY
Pat Tomasulo, the morning sports anchor at Nexstar’s WGN in Chicago, IL has another side he’d like you to know about. He’s got a side job as a stand-up comic and he’s just released ...
READY TO TIE ONE ON?
Hey tv news guys! Sartorially challenged? Tim Pham, morning anchor at Tegna-soon-to-be-Standard General’s KREM in Spokane, WA has got a deal for you! http://
ANOTHER ATTACK ON TV NEWS CREW IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
This is becoming a sad and frightening story we tell with increasing regularity. Kelly Werthmann, a reporter with CBS-owned KCNC in Denver went on Facebook to report on the latest incident. http://
THAT’S ONE BOOK ON HER RESUME
This is something we are seeing more of in recent times – a tv neweser publishing a book. In this case is it the consumer reporter for Disney’s WLS in Chicago, Samantha Chatman. This ...
THIS EAGLE CAM NSFW
This is the time of year when television stations around the country devote a portion of their morning newscasts to checking on the cameras monitoring the nesting habits of their local bald eagles – ...
THROUGH THE GEVERS GRAPEVINE
TV news industry stalwart Rick Gevers reports he’s been told that there is a new news director for locally owned WOAY in Oak Hill, WV. But, shhh it’s still a secret. Tyler Barker was ...
A SHOUT-OUT TO A BUFFALO REPORTER
We are never not gonna love tv newsers who aren’t afraid to come back at viewers who offensively offer their unsolicited advice in regard to 1) dress, 2) hair/makeup, 3) state of pregnancy, and ...
A JUMP FROM CBS NEWS TO ABC NEWS
Mireya Villareal is heading back to Texas, where it all began, but for this return she will be a correspondent for ABC News. She is jumping to the Disney network from CBS News, where ...
SHE DID WIN THE TALENT COMPETITION, THO
If you look at the LinkedIn profile of Isabelle Hanson, you won’t find her job as a reporter and weekend anchor at Gray’s KFVS in Cape Girardeau, MO at the top of her work ...
MORT CRIM STAYS CLASSY
Will Ferrell’s portrayal of Ron Burgundy in the movie “Anchorman” wasn’t just created out of thin air. Burgundy was modeled after one of the 70’s legendary local anchors – Mort Crim of KYW in ...
DID BRIAN WILLIAMS PRICE HIMSELF OUT OF A JOB?
We honestly can’t think of any network or media organization that started rubbing its corporate hands the moment it was announced that Brian Williams was leaving MSNBC at the end of his contract next ...
CORPORATE GETTING INVOLVED AT KTVU?
Bay Area blogger Rich Lieberman tells us that his sources say a FOX Senior management team was recently formed at corporate headquarters to conduct an onsite probe on what exactly is going on at ...
DENVER CBS O&O PROMOTES NEW NEWS BOSS
The makeover at CBS News’s local stations continues with the naming of Kristine Strain as the new news director at KCNC, CBSN Denver and CBSDenver.com. She’s been the number two at the station for ...
NIELSEN UNDER FIRE
Take a look at the numbers
MOVING FROM WEEKENDS TO THE DAWN PATROL
Sanika Dange is joining the weekday morning crew alongside Jason Guy, Michelle Imperato, Sheldon Dutes and meteorologist Kellianne Klass at Hearst’s WESH in Orlando. She’s moving to co-anchor chair of the dawn patrol after ...
SEATTLE REPORTER ON THE MEND
Jesse Jones, the consumer advocate reporter for Apollo Cox’s KIRO in Seattle, is on the mend from we would consider a rather serious operation. Jones has been a familiar face at KIRO for six ...
WE’RE WITH HIM
It was horrifying enough back in August of 2015 to endless replays of the on-air murder of reporter Allison Parker. To have it ghoulishly live on with YouTube videos and other online outfits is ...
CLEVELAND ANCHOR MOVE SPARKS SOME ANGER
15 years after abandoning mornings for the evening shift at Scripps’ Cleveland flagship WEWS, it’s back to the dawn patrol for veteran anchor Danita Harris. And, she tells us, she couldn’t be happier! “I ...
WHERE WILL HE LAND?
The way things looks right now, if MSNBC executives can ever come to some sort of conclusion to a schedule shuffle, the possible acquisition of Shepard Smith WON’T include a prime-time slot for him. ...
THE CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE….
From St. Louis comes a heaving sigh of relief and hope for the New Year with the disappearance of Sinclair’s “chief political analyst” Boris Epshteyn from the local airwaves. Scott D. Pierce: Big, bad ...
UMMMMM……
For some reason, someone saw fit to post the entire footage from former WPBF reporter/anchor Farron Salley‘s DUI arrest online. The incident occurred just over a year ago, when Salley was pulled over by ...
CYBER ATTACK CONTINUES IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEWSROOMS
A cyber attack that struck more than ten Cowles Media tv stations in Idaho, Montana and Washington state continues to cripple newsroom operations. The “very sophisticated” attack had journalists at the stations, which include ...
A RETURN IN THE WORKS?
It’s been six years since Bob Sirott left the anchor chair at Fox-owned WFLD in Chicago and two years since he and his wife, former anchor Marianne Murciano were dropped by Cumulus Media’s WLS ...
AN IDEA WORTH EXPANDING
Enterprise journalism too often goes by the wayside amid corporate mergers, newsroom downsizing and consultant/corporate meddling. So it is refreshing to see Scripps placing a focus on enterprise reporting through a new partnership with ...
HOW LONG BEFORE THIS POLICY IS IGNORED?
CNN is reporting that the brass at Fox News Channel has been repeatedly warning its hosts and personalities to refrain from identifying the whistleblower – Rand Paul notwithstanding. That whistleblower, whose complaint ramped up ...
FARROW FALLOUT CONTINUES AT 30 ROCK
MSNBC host Chris Hayes was the first high-profile NBC News employee to push back against his embattled bosses Andrew Lack and Noah Oppenheim nearly two weeks ago. Now, Rachel Maddow has unloaded on the ...
OH PLEASE…..
At Tegna’s WKYC in Cleveland, they are thrilled….ABSOLUTELY THRILLED…to welcome Emily Mayfield to the “news” team as a “special correspondent.” “We are thrilled to welcome Emily to the 3News family,” said noticeably verklempt gm ...
NAPOLITANO POURS SOME GASOLINE ON THE FOX NEWS FIRE
The civil war inside Fox News Channel between the straight news side and the prime-time “opinion programs” has been ramping up in recent weeks, and becoming more public. Now, longtime Fox judicial analyst Andrew ...
SINCLAIR AND AT&T NEAR A DEAL?
After an 11th-hour extension last Friday, Sinclair stations remained on AT&T‘s DirecTV platforms through at least the weekend and tensions seems to have eased, even as the talks go on. Sinclair pulled its hyperbentilating ...
IMELDA CHASES OUT KBMT
Tropical Storm Imelda has been drenching East Texas and keeping rescue crews busy, with some localized areas getting more than 40 inches of rain in the last three days and the rain is still ...
STAND UP FOR NEXSTAR
Nexstar’s 120 television stations in 97 markets went back up on DirecTV at the end of last week, just in time for the company to show off its latest innovation: the daily playing of ...
SEPARATED AT BIRTH? (UH-UH)
Hey, we can walk into a movie theater and suspend belief for two hours of a CGI orgy just as well as the next guy. But c’mon…. Chris Pine (who did NOT make us ...
(NOT) ON YOUR SIDE AND (NOT) LOOKING OUT FOR YOU
We were at a family reunion this weekend in a town where the local tv station is owned by Nexstar. And family members who had driven into town and were staying at a hotel ...
SOMETIMES IT’S A DISH BEST SERVED COLD
It’s been 28 years since former KARE sportscaster Tom Ryther was given the boot in what he calls a “youth movement” by then-news director Janet Mason. But it still stings Ryther, and it’s still ...
A SACRAMENTO RESURFACING
Former news directors can be like bad pennies. They just keep turning up when least expected and in unlikely locales. For instance, Jill Manuel, a former television news executive in Chicago and Cleveland, is ...
MAKING HIS PITCH
We have to say that this is one of the more…..err…..passionate reels we’ve come across in a long time. He’s even put a little imagination into his website handle.
EXECUTIVE SHUFFLE AT MSNBC
The moribund numbers at MSNBC post-Mueller has led to a shake-up in the executive suites. SVP of Programming and Development Jonathan Wald and MSNBC executive editor Dan Arnall are taking over the daytime lineup ...
SELLING THE CROWN JEWELS
The shrinkage continues at CBS-owned WBBM in Chicago. Not only is there downsizing of personnel. Now the station is looking to rent out its former street-front studio in the Loop. Once touted as the ...
PELLEY POINTS THE FINGER
Former “CBS Evening News” anchor Scott Pelley claimed on CNN‘s “Reliable Sources” on Sunday that he lost his job as anchor of the network news program because he “wouldn’t stop complaining to management” about ...
SHE REPORTS, SHE ANCHORS, SHE SINGS
By day, Natalie Davis is the co-anchor of the morning news program at Gray’s KWCH in Wichita, KS. It’s a job she’s held since January, 2018 after arriving from Kansas City, MO and KCTV ...
KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY
Peggy Kusinski, a sports reporter at NBC-owned WMAQ in Chicago, is breaking her 16-year-old son into the business on the new media side. Jason Kinander, a junior at St. Ignatius College Prep, is a ...
DOIN’ IT DOGGY….ER…PADDLE
This could have gone better. Or not. Either way, WNBC anchor David Ushery has some ‘splainin’ to do FOR this Tuesday morning flub. Co-anchor Stacy Bell did her best…up to a point.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
No doubt you watched the Texas Tech-Virginia thriller last night which ended in overtime. Virginia beat Texas Tech 85-77 to win its first NCAA men’s basketball title a year after becoming the first No. 1 ...
