Todd Bernstein has been named the station manager for WJLA. Bernstein is the current director of sales for the Sinclair station in Washington, D.C. “As Director of Sales, Todd has done an outstanding job ...
Talent Blvd. founder Mike McNamara says to stay in the business as an MMJ, you need to think about your purpose. Your purpose in the newsroom and what makes you special. This can be ...
Hi Subscribers, This is Dave, the editor of Newsblues. I’m writing today to give you an update on our Sourcebook function. Sourcebook has long been the ‘news director Rolodex’ and over the years the ...
A lot is happening this morning. Tegna is being sold for $5.5 billion to Standard General and Apollo Global Management. This means that Tegna will no longer exist and as part of the deal, ...
Edgar Carrillo started a new job as anchor WVEA Noticias Univision Tampa Bay. He’ll be anchoring, writing and co-producing the station’s weekday newscasts at 6 and 11 pm. Carrillo was most recently weekend weather ...
Sources in New York first broke the news. WPIX has hired radio personality Marc Malusis to be the lead sports anchor at the Nexstar station. Sports media birdies tell @NewsdaySports that @MarcMalusis has a ...
Longtime general manager Lisa Howfield retired from her post as general manager at KLAS-TV in Las Vegas in January. She led the CBS affiliate and Nexstar station for six years. Nexstar just announced who ...
More in Univision news… Pedro Rojas has moved to Univison’s Washington D.C. bureau. Rojas will be covering the White House and government. If you recall, Janet Rodriquez, who once in this role, left for ...
KCBS-KCAL has filled the vacant VP and news director position. The Los Angeles station has named Mike Dello Stritto as ND. He’s been working at KOVR-KMAX, the CBS station in Sacramento, Calif. “Thankfully, we ...
Twice in a week we’re hearing of top ENGs moving on. First, at WPIX. Paul Rosenberg had been living in his truck, van, car for News 12 and PIX11 as a photog for 30 ...
Gray Television is taking over a station in Atlanta. The company is going to acquire WKTB-CD Atlanta which broadcasts Spanish and Korean networks including Telemundo. It has a reach of over one million viewers. ...
KXLN the Univision station in Houston has unveiled a new set too. It’s a state of the art studio with all the bells and whistles … oversized LED screens, a weather center, state-of-the-art monitors ...
MIREYA VILLARREAL recently joins ABC News as a Dallas-based correspondent from CBS News. JEFF BERARDELLI joins WFLA in Tampa as Chief Meteorologist after 4 years at CBS News. TASHANEA WHITLOW signs a new deal ...
NBCUniversal is restructuring its executive team and has appointed Valari Staab to be the chairman of NBCUniversal Local, a division that includes NBC owned-and-operated local stations, Telemundo-owned stations and NBC regional sports networks. She’s ...
WWL, the Tegna station in New Orleans, is losing its most tenured and recognizable female anchors. Karen Swensen is going to retire from local news to follow other passions, including her building her own ...
Axios is reporting that the publication broke the news about MSNBC’s morning lineup shakeup before execs could talk to employees. Reports that Morning Joe will potentially expand an hour, filling the 9am left vacant ...
ABC has finally jumped on the streaming wagon. Now, eight of its local stations are streaming 24/7. ABC’s new President of ABC stations, Chad Matthews, made the announcement on Monday. In order to watch, ...
KENS5 reporter Jordan Foster will leave the station to follow his dream to lead a morning show. He’ll stay within the Tegna organization and join ABC24 WATN in Memphis, Tenn. He started in San ...
Over the weekend, industry leaders and MMJs around the country got together on Zoom to discuss the safety concerns related to working alone in the field. This was in specific response on WSAZ MMJ ...
On Sunday, the news broke that Extra correspondent and former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst jumped off the 29th floor of her NYC building and died. It hit hard, especially for anchors and reporters who ...
Johana Suárez has made a move from local to national news at Telemundo. She made her debut this past weekend on the weekend shows. Suárez will definitely anchor but it’s unclear what else she’ll ...
NBCUniversal has named its new streaming boss. Last week, four NBC stations (Philly, Chicago, Boston and South Florida) launched on Peacock, NBC’s streaming network. Now the 24/7 streaming channel will be run by Angie ...
The meteorologist at WCMH in Columbus, Ohio is going to take some time off to get treatment for cancer. The longtime weather man Bob Nunnally made the announced on Tuesday. He had been missing ...
For years, maybe decades, WFTX, the Scripps station in Fort Myers, Fla. has been dead last behind WBBH, WZVN and WINK. In 2017, the station hired a reputable general manager, Darryll Green. He made ...
On WSAZ’s 6pm show Thursday, reporter Tori Yorgery told her side of the story. She talked to her anchor Tim Irr about getting hit by a car, live on TV. Irr started the segment ...
Jonathan Mejía has been hired by Sinclair as a bilingual multimedia journalist in El Paso at the duopoly KFOX and KDBC. He’ll be reporting weekdays for both stations. Prior to joining KFOX, Mejía was ...
Insiders tell us CNN can’t make up their mind about the direction for talent for CNN+. And after some decent hires (most without real TV experience), the network announced that they’ll bring Wolf Blitzer ...
We’re back to this. Thankfully anyone who commented on KWCH meteorologist Cassie Wilson’s post was kind about it. People who were either exposed to Omicron, have it or can’t be in the studio due ...
Rebecca Stevenson has officially been at every major station in Seattle. The meteorologist joined KOMO, the ABC station in the market. Prior to this stint, which just started this month, she was at KING ...
Gray continues to name new management. The latest announcement comes out of WAVE in Louisville where Jenelle Shriner has been named news director. Shriner comes from KOLD in Tucson, Ariz. where she worked for ...
The NWT Group is very proud to congratulate the following journalists on their moves within the industry: Marissa Torres joins FOX Weather Network as an Evening Anchor and Meteorologist. Marissa was the Early Morning ...
CBS has hired another team (not just one person) to lead a new sector of CBS news called the News Innovation Lab. And leading it will be KXAN Austin news Director Chad Cross and ...
It’s not a resignation. He calls it a realignment and we’re into the phrase. Longtime news director Geoffrey Roth is going to leave local news in Omaha, Neb at KMTV and head to Washington ...
KTRK anchor Art Rascon had a memorable last newscast. He anchored it with his son, Jacob Rascon, who is also an anchor at the station. It was Jacob’s first day on the job, he ...
It’s been 18 months since Reel Media took over NewsBlues and Medialine Talent. We want to say THANK YOU for not only sticking with us but helping Newsblues grow again as a leader in ...
A well-known Houston anchor left the business three months ago with no real explanation. And just like that.. Maria Salazar said why. In a Facebook post, she told viewers a piece about the Great ...
Here are today’s TV Jobs. If you have any questions about applying or qualifications, email us. Reporter/MSJ Denver,CO News 8 Denver 1 Year(s) News Director Davenport,IA KWQC 5 years Videographer/Editor Savannah, GA WTOC 1 ...
Molly Kelleher will start her new job as news director for WBTV (CBS) on January 8, 2022. She’s been at WBTV for seven years, first as executive producer, and, in 2019, when she was ...
Comedian and writer Amber Ruffin took a shot at the local news on Christmas morning. She tweeted out “my favorite part of Christmas is getting to see the local news B team,” around 9 ...
There’s been a lot of these this week. There isn’t much more to say other than – he’s retired. Fox40 Sacramento sports director Jim Crandell did his last sports show. He came to KTXL ...
We got this email in to our inbox today and thought it was worth sharing. This is reaction to the story we posted today about ABC 7 in Chicago hiring two numberABC 7 in ...
It’s hard to remember if we’ve ever reported on something like this. WLS, ABC 7, the station in third largest market, Chicago, has hired two assistant news directors — one from inside the newsroom ...
Good Morning America has promoted a long-time producer to the senior position for the second hour. Alberto Orso is taking over the second hour of Good Morning America as senior broadcast producer, effective immediately. ...
Former WTAE anchor Kelly Brennan is now a publish author. Her inspiration, her daughter Caroline. Caroline, who is now 4, suffers from juvenile dermatomyositis, a rare and life-threatening autoimmune disease. She gets treatments via ...
When agents had real value, Richard Leibner at the once known N.S Bienstock Agency was one of the most sought after. Leibner, who’s company was acquired by UTA, retired as co-president last week from ...
Univision anchor Rafael Bello has a new role at Univision in New York. He’ll be working weekdays for Al Despertar and middays Edicion Digital Nueva York. This is a real transition for him. Bello ...
Sources tell Newsblues that WPIX news director and former WCBS assistant news director Nicole Tindiglia has COVID. She had just received her booster shot, according to someone in the newsroom, and then got it. ...
CNN head Jeff Zucker has been vocal about Chris Cuomo’s firing. He said he deserved it. Chris Cuomo is saying he didn’t — or at least that’s according to the NY Post that says ...
It’s been confirmed. James Rosen, a former Fox News and Sinclair national correspondent, has joined NewsMax as the chief (Pro-Trump) White House correspondent. Rosen has been with Sinclair since 2017. Newsmax just let go ...
LEX18 anchor Dia Davidson is going to reunite with her hometown team. She’ll reunite with co-anchor Chris Goodman and StormTracker meteorologist Tom Ackerman in the mornings. Davidson will return to LEX 18 News at ...
Tom Clements, KEYC morning meteorologist is gone. He’s staying in Minnesota. Just another one biting the dust… And that’s a wrap! Today I say goodbye to The Morning Show as I take on new ...
From Columbus, Ga. to Savannah. Nexstar has moved its longtime Vice President and general manager David Hart to oversee WSAV and all of it’s digital properties. Hart has a 30 year career in broadcasting. ...
There’s a shakeup at the Hearst station’s in Florida. Well-respected WPBF news director Stephanie Linton is going to leaving the West Palm station she helped propel to top spot in the market to WESH ...
In his second TV interview since his acquittal, Kyle Rittenhouse sat down with News Nation anchor Ashley Banfield. Banfield’s show right now is the bright star of the network and this get proves that. ...
