After AI Video of Tom Cruise Fighting Brad Pitt Goes Viral, Motion Picture Association Denounces
The Motion Picture Association on Thursday denounced the newest AI video generator, Seedance 2.0, saying it had unleashed a flood of copyright infringement in the day since it became available. ( Seedance 2.0 )
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:19:37 PM
Netflix Product Division Undergoes Layoffs
Sources familiar with the layoffs note they amount to several dozen, or less than 1% of the 6,000-employee division. The cuts are part of a reorganization, and no senior executives in the product division were let go.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:53 PM
Sennheiser Wireless Spectera Solution Tackled Super Bowl With Ease
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:19:42 PM
How PBS Kids Hopes To Save Childrens Programming
A leading exec at the public broadcasting institution breaks down the impact of recent government cuts and what to do about them.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:19:42 PM
KCBD Lubbock Doing News In The Dark
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:49 PM
'Gilmore Girls' podcast brings fans together
From fan festivals to new friendships, 'Gilmore Girls' has built a community beyond the screen, says Lily Tyson, series producer of 'Generation Gilmore Girls' from Connecticut Public Radio.
NPR News at Saturday, February 14, 2026 7:18:42 PM
The Simpsons & Family Guy Keep The Comedy Coming
The two Fox stalwarts return — with the 800th episode and 24th season, respectively — as one show ventures to Philadelphia and the other into a realm of unexpected pathos.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:41 PM
Cineverse Acquires TV Monetization Platform IndiCue
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:34 PM
Atlanta Braves, Gray Media Expand Free Spring Training Broadcasts Across Southeast
Atlanta Braves fans across the Southeast will be able to watch 15 live spring training games free over the air this year thanks to a partnership between the Atlanta Braves …
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:37 PM
Broadcast-Grade Streaming For The Winter Olympics: The New Non-Negotiable
For global tentpole events, audiences dont separate “broadcast” from “streaming.” There is a single expectation: from the moment they switch on, the experience must be flawless, with the picture quality they expect from premium coverage, delivered instantly on whatever screen happens to be in their hands or in front of them. ( Abbie Parr/AP )
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:39 PM
Digital Ad Buying Is In A New Age. Its Time To Bring CTV & Social Together
Alena Morris: Any media plan that has different buckets for social and CTV is artificially separating what is becoming one thing.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:50 PM
FTC Chair Warns Apple Over News Curation
Andrew Ferguson this week claimed in a letter to Apple that the company may be violating the federal consumer protection law by allegedly promoting liberal publications in Apple News and suppressing right-wing ones.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:19:38 PM
Terminator Zero Canceled After One Season At Netflix
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:34 PM
Americans say the news is essential. They just dont enjoy it much.
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Poynter Institute at Friday, February 13, 2026 11:16:11 PM
Susan Grode, Art & Entertainment Lawyer for The Simpsons And SpongeBob SquarePants Creators, Die
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:57 PM
Cineverse Acquires Ad Tech Company IndiCue For $22M, Stock Pops
Cineverse has acquired advertising technology company IndiCue, accelerating its evolution into a streaming infrastructure company. Its paying $22 million in cash with another $18 million tied to future performance milestones for a potential total consideration of up to $40 million.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:38 PM
Journalist Don Lemon Pleads Not Guilty To Civil Rights Charges In Minnesota Church Protest
Lemon did not comment to reporters as he entered the courthouse accompanied by his attorney, Joe Thompson. Roughly two dozen protesters stood outside the building, chanting “Pam Bondi has got to go” and “Protect the press.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:36 PM
Trial Date Set For Trumps Legal Case Against BBC
Donald Trump's multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the BBC has been scheduled to go to trial in February 2027, according to court documents.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:55 PM
Comedian Nate Bargatze To Receive 2026 NAB Television Chairmans Award
The comedian will be honored on April 21 during the 2026 NAB Show in Las Vegas. ( Paul Mobley )
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:59 PM
Reporter Ava Brendgord Joins KXAN Austin
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:49 PM
These foreign correspondents covered hard to reach places. Then, they were laid off
The Washington Post laid off most of its foreign correspondents, including some of the last American and Western journalists working in authoritarian countries.
NPR News at Friday, February 13, 2026 11:15:32 PM
Streaming Ratings: His & Hers Dethrones Stranger Things
Landman, The Pitt and The Traitors all score series highs in mid-January, and The Rip has a big opening on the movie charts.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:19:41 PM
David Boreanaz Cast As Lead In NBCs Rockford Files Reboot Pilot
The highest-profile role of this years broadcast pilot season has been filled — David Boreanaz has closed a deal to headline NBCs reboot of The Rockford Files . The Angel, Bones and SEAL Team alum will succeed James Garner as James Rockford, the witty, world-weary and chronically broke private investigator Garner originated on the 1974 NBC series.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:54 PM
Diane Sawyers Latest Sit-Down With The Turpin Siblings Is ABC News Most-Watched Primetime Special
The Turpins: A New House of Horror – A Diane Sawyer Special Event averaged 3.9 million total live + same-day viewers on Feb. 3, according to Nielsen Big Data + Panel. It was ABCs best total viewership performance in the 10 p.m. hour in over 3 months.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:34 PM
The Surprise Hit Of The Winter Olympics: First-Person Drone Views
First-person-view cameras have elevated the experience in Milan. Expect other sports to follow.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:28 PM
Dow Rises 49, Nasdaq Falls 50, S&P 500 Adds 3
Wall Street steadied Friday after its AI-induced sell-off.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:30 PM
Disney Sends Cease & Desist Letter To ByteDance Over Seedance 2.0
The Walt Disney Co. on Friday sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging the Chinese tech giant has been infringing on its works to train and develop an AI video generation model without compensation, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Axios. It's the most serious action a Hollywood studio has taken so far against ByteDance since it launched Seedance 2.0 on Thursday.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:29 PM
From Julia Child To Tin Fish Date Night: How Cooking Became Entertainment
There was a time when cooking was about, well, cooking. Then it became something much more.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:19:36 PM
How do I know if thats real? 3 tips from Poynters MediaWise to stay smart in tricky times
Lately, Ive found myself asking the same question again and again when scrolling social media – is that even real? When our feeds are flooded with images and videos that […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, February 11, 2026 11:17:15 AM
Pitch International Partners With Globecast and Synamedia for Cloud-Based Emirates FA Cup Distributi
Pitch International, a sports marketing agency, has launched cloud-based distribution for the Emirates FA Cup through a new partnership with Globecast and Synamedia, the companies announced Thursday. The new hybrid …
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:22:02 PM
'Fresh Air' staff bids farewell to longtime executive producer Danny Miller
Miller joined Fresh Air as an intern in 1978 and retired at the end of 2025. He led the show through many changes, like going national and editing digitally.
NPR News at Friday, February 13, 2026 11:15:32 PM
Roku Breezes Past Wall Streets Q4 Earnings Outlook
The company posted revenue of $1.4 billion in the fourth quarter, up 16%, with adjusted earnings per share of 53 cents, a reversal of the year-ago quarters loss of 24 cents a share. Analysts had been calling for earnings of 28 cents a share.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:51 PM
Have To Pinch Myself: Chris Berman Marvels At ESPN Getting Super Bowl
Chris Berman is the living embodiment of ESPN history. Hes worked there for 46 years. But even he is blown away by the fact that ESPN will televise its first Super Bowl next year.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:32 PM
Shelly Desai Dies: Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Men of A Certain Age Actor Was 90
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:33 PM
Florida says bread contains weed killer. Heres what the science says.
Should Americans be worried about weed killer in their bread? Florida first lady Casey DeSantis, who helps lead the states version of the Make America Healthy Again movement, recently said the Healthy […]
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Poynter Institute at Friday, February 13, 2026 11:16:11 PM
KELOLAND Promotes Anchor Kelli Volk To Executive Producer
Nexstars KELOLAND Media Group today promoted anchor and reporter Kelli Volk to executive producer. Volk will continue to anchor KELOLAND News at Five but will focus most of her time …
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:31 PM
Chinese journalists detained after publishing an investigation into a Communist Party official
Chinese lawyers and writers are calling for the release of two journalists detained by authorities after they published an investigation into a senior Communist Party official.
NPR News at Saturday, February 14, 2026 7:18:42 PM
Is Donald Trump right that the U.S. crime rate is at its lowest in 125 years?
President Donald Trump has been celebrating what he says is a major crime reduction achievement in the United States. On at least 10 occasions from Jan. 29 to Feb. 8, Trump has offered a version of this statement: “The crime […]
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Poynter Institute at Friday, February 13, 2026 11:16:11 PM
Karla Gil Joins Noticiero Telemundo California As Weather Anchor
KCSO Sacramento (Telemundo 33) and KNSO Fresno (Telemundo 51), part of NBCUniversal Locals Telemundo Station Group, has added Karla Gil to Noticiero Telemundo California as weather anchor for weekday newscasts at 5, 6 …
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:49 PM
U.S. Antitrust Chief Gail Slater Ousted From Trump Justice Dept.
The decision comes after Slater lost the support of JD Vance and Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:56 PM
CBS News Considering New Round Of Layoffs
The Paramount Skydance unit is considering a fresh round of layoffs, according to three people familiar with the matter, and the cuts could total at least 15% of staff.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:19:40 PM
Rai Selects Imagine Selenio Network Processor For IP Migration
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:58 PM
Fox Taps Special Forces EP Sophie Leonard To Lead Unscripted
Shell lead the division that supplies a large percentage of the networks programming.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:58 PM
The Washington Post just experienced a week that will live in infamy
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, February 11, 2026 12:34:41 PM
Buyouts signal growing fracture inside CBS News
Unrest continues at CBS News. As I linked to in the newsletter earlier this week, the New York Posts Alexandra Steigrad reported that about a quarter of “CBS Evening News” […]
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Poynter Institute at Friday, February 13, 2026 11:16:11 PM
Riedel Opens Kuala Lumpur Office To Strengthen Global Software & IT Support
Riedel Communications has added a new office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marking a strategic expansion of its global Customer Success and IT software support capabilities. The new facility “reinforces Riedels …
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:22:03 PM
Wasserman For Sale. LA28 Boss Selling Agency To Focus On Olympics Amid Epstein Fallout
A besieged Casey Wasserman is putting his entire talent and marketing agency on the auction block as the fallout from revelations of his relationships with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell continue to batter the LA28 chair.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:27 PM
Winter Olympics Averaging 25.7 Million U.S. Viewers, Double 2022 Audiences
More than 200 million Americans have watched NBCUs Legendary February coverage of Olympics, Super Bowl and NBA in the first 11 days of February
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:35 PM
The Pete Davidson Show: SAG-AFTRA Signs Podcast Agreement With Netflix
Netflix has described its recently released The Pete Davidson Show as a “video podcast” — and now SAG-AFTRA has signed an agreement with the streamer that covers the production as such.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:33 PM
Trump Met With David Ellison Days Before Saying Hes Not Involved In Paramounts Netflix Battle
Paramount CEO David Ellison returned to the White House last week to meet privately with President Donald Trump, amid Paramounts ongoing hostile takeover bid for CNN and the rest of Warner Bros. Discovery. Ellison and Trump had two wide-ranging conversations, according to two sources with knowledge of the meetings.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:19:36 PM
Manfred: MLB Will Consider Being In Business With Prediction Markets
Yet another major sports league is taking a longer look at prediction markets.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:40 PM
James Eppler Is Longest Serving KJTV Lubbock Anchor
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:19:38 PM
As Kelly Clarkson & Sherri End Their Runs, Stations Give Up Expensive Daytime Talk Shows For Mor
“I think its symptomatic that the economics have changed,” says Frank Cicha, the head of programming for Fox TV Stations. “The levels of audiences that these shows were garnering just couldnt justify the cost.”
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:57 PM
NAB Show: Actus Digital To Unveil Actus X Monitoring Platform Enhancements
Actus Digital, a LiveU company, will introduce major upgrades to its Actus X Intelligent Monitoring Platform at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 18-22. The latest release of the …
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:22:01 PM
WCPOs YouTube Style Storytelling Shows Reporter On-Camera Throughout
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:19:39 PM
IAB Releases Direct Buy Addendum To Terms And Conditions For Public Comment
As part of its multi-phase initiative to modernize the legal and contractual infrastructure supporting digital advertising, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), a trade association for the digital advertising industry, released today …
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:22:00 PM
NBCs Winter Olympics TV Viewership Up 93% Through 5 Days
NBC Sports and corporate parent Comcast didnt get quite everything they wanted from the Super Bowl, but the ongoing Winter Olympics is a very different story.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:56 PM
Sudden Exit Of 3 Top KMGH Newsroom Leaders Leaves Tongues Wagging
This week, three top people in the newsroom at Denver7, which also goes by KMGH and the Denver Channel, suddenly hit the bricks. News Director Megan McRae, Assistant News Director Olivia Dickinson and Digital Director Landon Haaf are all gone. No public announcement, no teary on-air goodbyes.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:37 PM
Dow Drops 669, Nasdaq Sinks 469, S&P 500 Falls 109
U.S. stocks dropped sharply Thursday as investors hunted for losers that will be hurt by AI.
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:21:52 PM
Nebraska Broadcasters Association To Induct Four Into Hall Of Fame
The Nebraska Broadcasters Association will induct John Knicely, Kevin Kugler, Steve Lundy and Ken Siemek into its Hall of Fame on Aug. 11 during the organization’s annual convention in Lincoln. …
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TV News Check at Sunday, February 15, 2026 1:22:01 PM