Judge Bars Kars4Kids From Broadcasting Misleading Ads In California
The ads with a repetitive jingle encouraging people to donate cars do not disclose that most of the proceeds go to a Jewish organization in New Jersey, the judge ruled.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:16 AM
Dow Climbs 370, Nasdaq Gains 233, S&P 500 Adds 57
Cisco led Wall Street to more records and the Dow back to 50,000 on Thursday.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:39 AM
MrBeast & Teamsters Poised For Showdown Over Beast Games Season 3 Deal, Or Lack Thereof
Just days after inking a union deal with IATSE for production on Season 3 of Prime Videos Beast Games , MrBeast and his company find themselves in a stand-off of sorts with the Teamsters. A tense dust-up Thursday afternoon to try to solve an impasse in negotiations was seen by the Teamsters as over reach. In response the union threatening a strike starting early Friday morning.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:31 AM
Chicago Sees Production Boom on Wave of Illinois Incentives
The city that works is now into overtime. During the first quarter of 2026, Chicago saw seven series lensing in town. Production expenditures in Illinois hit a record $703 million in 2025, per stats released by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzkers office. Those numbers were bolstered by the states film production tax credit, now extended until 2039.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:18 AM
Week Of May 4 Evening News Ratings: Broadcasts Decline
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:27 AM
Publicis Acquires LiveRamp For $2.2 Billion
Publicis Group announced the acquisition of LiveRamp on Sunday. The company structured the sale on an all-cash deal, which means no shares of Publicis stock are being issued to LiveRamp shareholders.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:07 AM
Enthusiasm For New Next-Gen Streaming Platform Takes Hold
How will MOQ revolutionize streaming?
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:19 AM
Saturday Night Live Wraps Season 51 With No Cast Goodbyes In Finale, Leaving Changes For Offseason
Unlike previous years, there hasnt been much chatter about any of the longtimers planning an exit, with most — if not all — believed to be open and willing to carry on.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:08 AM
Local Televisions Biggest Challenge Isnt Technology — Its Human Nature
Technology cant replicate human connection, but we need to embrace its precision tools that have become essential for competition.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:12 AM
Streaming Ratings: Euphoria Makes Chart Debut As Season 3 Premieres
The Pitt closes out its second season with a series high and ranks No. 1 overall for the third straight week.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:34 AM
Savannah Louie To Rejoin WANF Atlanta As ATL Live Co-host On June 1
Savannah Louie, a familiar face to Atlanta viewers and the recently crowned winner of Survivor Season 49 and a current Season 50 competitor, will make her official debut as co-host …
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:17 AM
Anderson Cooper Bids Farewell to 60 Minutes With A Plea
“The independence of 60 Minutes has been critical,” he says as he leaves to spend more time with his kids and revealed that juggling his duties on the show with his full-time job at CNN got to be too challenging.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:11 AM
Disguise, Creative Technology Power Eurovision 2026 With Next-Gen Visual Tech
Disguise is partnering with Creative Technology to provide the visual playback backbone for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, marking the collaborations eighth consecutive year. The production is using …
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 5:04:46 AM
The Most Surprising Part Of Stephen Colberts Latenight Run
The Late Show host has been a calming counterbalance to his peers.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:24 AM
Paramount In Talks With Katie Miller For Podcast Deal As It Eyes Expansion
In addition to Miller, Paramount has had discussions with a number of podcasters and platforms including the Paragon Collective, the home for Whitney Cummings and DL Hughley, and Jubilee Media.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:29 AM
Dennis Rush, Child Actor In Man Of A Thousand Faces & The Andy Griffith Show, Dies At 74
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:10 AM
2026 Class Of Cable TV Pioneers Announced
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TV News Check at Sunday, May 17, 2026 2:04:34 PM
Noé González Tapped As News Director Of WCAU-WWSI Philadelphia
The veteran Telemundo newsroom leader starts June 15, reporting to VP of News Elizabeth Flores.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 5:04:45 AM
Upfronts: WBD Expands Advanced Ad Capabilities & AI Ad Tech
Executives touted new contextual, shoppable and agentic ad solutions along with a new measurement and attribution dashboard.
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TV News Check at Sunday, May 17, 2026 2:04:34 PM
Byron Allen On How He Plans to Use BuzzFeed To Create A Premier Global Free Streaming Service
He also talks about what it means to be taking over Stephen Colberts CBS time slot and why he wants to buy Starz.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:32 AM
Senators Work To Ban Gambling Ads Targeting Minors
Legislation coincides with a boom in sports betting and prediction markets that has exacerbated fears about young people gambling.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:06 AM
Jewish Life Television Names Jason Likover Director Of Advertising Sales
Jewish Life Television has appointed Jason Likover director of advertising sales. Likover, a media sales executive with more than a decade of experience across linear and digital platforms, will lead …
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:26 AM
David Letterman & Stephen Colbert Get Revenge On CBS By Tossing Furniture Off The Roof
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:32 AM
AP Finishes U.S. Restructuring With Round Of 20 Layoffs
The journalists union, the News Media Guild, says the move is part of a shifting focus away from print journalism and toward visual journalism and other revenue sources. ( Aaron Jackson/AP )
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:14 AM
FCC Approves Verizons $1 Billion Spectrum Purchase
The FCC said on Thursday it has approved ?Verizon's 2024 $1 billion deal to acquire some spectrum assets from U.S. Cellular to expand its network capacity and coverage.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:40 AM
NPR Podcast Host Exits Amid Workplace Investigation
Ramtin Arablouei, a co-host of Throughline , left the network after an employee made a human resources complaint about his behavior.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:05 AM
Dow Drops 537, Nasdaq Sinks 410, S&P 500 Falls 93
Stock markets worldwide dropped Friday from records as worries about oil prices rattled the bond market.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:15 AM
Media.net Appoints Adam Gerber Head of Strategy
Media.net, a search intent-powered supply-side platform (SSP), today announced named Adam Gerber head of strategy. In this role, he will lead the companysU.S. go-to-market strategy helping align product marketing, sales, product marketing, …
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TV News Check at Sunday, May 17, 2026 8:04:46 PM
The Weather Company Debuts Max On Demand To Scale Cloud-First Weather Production
The Weather Company introduced Max On Demand, a cloud-native extension of its Max Cloud platform designed to let newsrooms create and scale weather production from anywhere and publish across any …
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TV News Check at Sunday, May 17, 2026 8:04:47 PM
Paramounts Warner Bros. Takeover Expected To Breach Its SkyShowtime Venture With Comcast
Industry sources say Paramounts proposed ownership of HBO Max will likely put the David Ellison-run company in breach of its joint venture agreement for SkyShowtime, a streaming service available in 22 European markets, boasting more than 9 million subscribers.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:37 AM
Keith Cox Leaving Paramount After 20 Years
Cox, who has served as programming president for multiple brands, including TV Land, Paramount Network and Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios, is departing June 5. Word is he's negotiating to join his former boss, Chris McCarthy, at NBCUniversal.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:38 AM
NFL Responds To TV Broadcaster Gripes, Shared By Donald Trump, About Games Shifting To Streaming
Two top NFL executives addressed broadcasters complaints that too many games are shifting to streaming, calling the objections “odd” and defending their media rights setup as “the most fan-friendly model there is.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:09 AM
Scripps & Gray Media Complete Station Swap
The five-market transaction was an even exchange of comparable assets with no cash consideration exchanged between the companies.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:23 AM
A new study suggests readers care more about story structure than headlines
The importance of the headline is well-established in journalism. For readers, headlines and ledes are often the primary entry points to an article. But a new study from Temple Universitys […]
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Poynter Institute at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:43 AM
Stacy Weitz Leaving As SVP Corporate Communications For Sony Pictures Entertainment
Stacy Weitz is stepping down as SVP corporate communications at Sony Pictures Entertainment after a decade working for the studios Sony Pictures Television division. She will be departing at the end of the month.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:21 AM
New York Magazine reviewing work of writer facing plagiarism allegations
The high-profile writer, who has written a forthcoming book about New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is being investigated by the magazine after being called out for copying the work of other writers.
NPR News at Saturday, May 16, 2026 11:23:48 PM
Study: Data & Measurement Problems Reduce CTV Ad Budgets
86% of media planners would move more of their linear TV budgets to CTV if they had show-level targeting and reporting, according to Gracenote
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:35 AM
Disney Sells Some Super Bowl Spots For $9M, But Still Faces Resistance From Large Ad Buyers
After pressing advertisers to pony up $10 million for a 30-second spot as well as a $10 million “match” for other inventory tied to its broadcast of the 2027 Super Bowl, Disney appears to more willing to negotiate, according to five people familiar with current discussions, and seems to be backing off some of its prior demands.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:28 AM
Local TV Strategies 2026: Commanding The Future In An Omnimedia World
Leaders from finance, streaming, advertising, technology, AI and programming will anchor the local TV industrys premier event at the NAB Show New York on Oct. 21. Get on the list to register here .
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:13 AM
House Talks Look At Blocking Some State AI Laws, Including In California And New York
Previously unreported details of negotiations come as the White House grapples with challenges from the emergence of Mythos.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:06 AM
Israeli Authorities Plan To File Defamation Lawsuit Over New York Times Op-Ed
The report alleged widespread sexual violence by Israeli military forces and prison guards against Palestinians. The threat is the latest escalation of legal threats by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against the paper over its coverage of the war. ( AP )
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:33 AM
Tower Family Foundation Passes $3.5 Million Milestone
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:11 AM
Spectrum TV Adds Free Access To Discovery+
Certain tiers will get the $5.99 a month streaming service for free.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:20 AM
Upfronts 2026: The Year That Scripted Series Made A Comeback On Broadcast, Defying Naysayers
To paraphrase the famous musical title, a funny thing happened on the way to the upfronts this year. One by one, the four major broadcast network announced their 2026-27 lineups, and each of them featured more scripted series than the current season.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:30 AM
New BBC Boss Matt Brittin Warns Staff Tough Choices Are Unavoidable
Describing himself as a “lifelong fan of the BBC,” the former Google executive opened his first staff memo by saying that over the last few weeks he has been meeting teams in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and internationally “across genres and formats, to listen and learn.”
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:10 AM
Foundry Updates Nuke Stage To Streamline Virtual Production, ICVFX Workflows
Creative software developer Foundry has rolled out new updates to Nuke Stage, its application for virtual production and in-camera visual effects that supports real-time playback of photoreal environments on LED …
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:25 AM
Spendflo Debuts Flo AI To Automate Procurement For Mid-Market Companies
Spendflo, an AI-native procurement platform, has rolled out Flo AI, an autonomous system that runs the full intake-to-pay process for mid-market companies, handling intake, approvals, vendor management, contract review and accounts …
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:22 AM
Stephen Colbert Sets Jon Stewart, Bruce Springsteen & More Guests For Final Week Of Late Show
Stephen Colberts last week on air at The Late Show will feature some heavy hitters.
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:19 AM
Sarah Caplan, Longtime Television Producer, Dies At 73
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:31 AM
Court TV Debuts YouTube-First Version Of VPI: Vinnie Politan Investigates
Court TV will roll out a reimagined season and video podcast version of the series VPI: Vinnie Politan Investigates on Monday, May 18, with new episodes premiering first on the networks YouTube …
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TV News Check at Monday, May 18, 2026 6:04:25 AM