Meteorologist Maddie Kirker Moves To Spectrum News 1 Texas
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:19:53 AM
Former CBS Journos To Urge David Ellison To Protect CBS News Independence
Former CBS News journalists are preparing a petition urging Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison to uphold editorial independence at the network after Editor in Chief Bari Weiss yanked a 60 Minutes segment on migrants sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison, according to a copy of the letter.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:03 AM
Top-Rated Television Networks: Ranking 2025s Winners and Losers
Complete broadcast, cable and pay TV ratings primetime ranker for 2025 in total viewers and adults 18-49.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:15 AM
KSHB Kansas City Reporters Using Experimental Editing Style To Tell Traditional News Stories
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:19:57 AM
BBC Confirms Chat Show Hosted By The Traitors Presenter Claudia Winkleman
The Claudia Winkleman Show has been officially commissioned and will launch next spring. The news comes three days before the fourth season of the Winkleman-hosted The Traitors launches.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:23:50 AM
The Numbers That Defined The Trump Administrations Attacks Against The Press In 2025
Nine hours into his term, Trump took his first action against the media. The attacks only escalated from there. ( Evan Vucci/AP )
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:08 AM
Meta Buys AI Startup Manus For More Than $2 Billion
The deal is one of the first in which a major U.S. tech company has bought a startup with Chinese roots.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:02 AM
This holiday season, give yourself grace and lead others into it
I recently returned from co-leading our Essential Skills for New Managers program at Poynter, where we emphasize a simple truth: Leadership is not a technical skill. Its a human one. […]
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Poynter Institute at Tuesday, December 30, 2025 11:47:49 PM
Why critics have a love-hate relationship with top 10 lists
A tradition can be sustained out of unbridled love or deadening obligation. The responsibilities required can summon gratitude or stir up dread, leave you energized or enervated. Like the holidays, […]
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Poynter Institute at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:19:37 AM
NBC To Air Stumble Episodes On Mondays Next Month
NBC is ending its linear run of Peacocks The Paper earlier than expected. Instead, starting on Jan. 5, NBC will air episodes of its freshman comedy Stumble in the Monday at 8:30 p.m. ET time slot — where broadcast-friendly versions of The Paper have been airing since Nov. 10.
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TV News Check at Saturday, December 27, 2025 11:21:18 AM
Dow Climbs 80, Nasdaq Rises 133, S&P 500 Adds 31
S&P 500 closed at another record Tuesday, beating the high it set earlier this month.
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TV News Check at Friday, December 26, 2025 10:44:31 PM
How NPR's 'Newscast' turns breaking news into trusted headlines
Korva Coleman describes what it takes to get the news right when millions hear it first through NPR newscasts.
NPR News at Sunday, December 28, 2025 12:24:19 PM
The Most Crucial Thing Newsrooms Can Write In 2026? A Mission Statement
Local newsrooms must set the mission and make the internal changes necessary to achieve the goal every day.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, December 30, 2025 11:47:49 PM
Stranger Things Shatters Nielsen Record It Already Held
Stranger Things outdid itself with the premiere of its final season over the Thanksgiving holiday. The Season 5 premiere ushered in the highest weekly viewing total ever for a streaming title.
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TV News Check at Saturday, December 27, 2025 11:21:17 AM
The X Files To Be Available For Free With Ads On Pluto TV
Though the beloved, long-running sci-fi drama is already available to stream on Hulu and Disney+, its addition to Paramount-owned Pluto TV on New Year's Day will make it completely free to watch with ad breaks.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:14 AM
Pat Finn Dies: The Middle, Seinfeld Actor Was 60
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:19:54 AM
Entertainment & Media Industries Shed A Whopping 17K Jobs In 2025
U.S.-based media companies spanning TV, film, digital publishing and broadcast announced 17,163 job cuts through November, an 18% increase from 2024, according to data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, December 31, 2025 11:50:49 PM
Radio drama 'The Archers' turns 75
The world's longest-running radio drama turns 75 in January. 'The Archers' chronicles a fictional farming family in England, navigating climate change, mental health and romance.
NPR News at Saturday, December 27, 2025 11:20:45 AM
Warner Bros. Discovery Board Poised To Reject Paramounts Latest Offer, Stay The Course With Netflix
The board will formally gather for a vote next week.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:25:40 AM
Investigative Journalism Is Leaving Television Behind
The media industry loves to talk about the death of things. The death of cable. The death of appointment viewing. The death of the 30-second spot. But were not talking enough about whats actually dying: long-form investigative journalism on television.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:19:58 AM
A year of standout podcasts from NPR member stations
As the year wraps up, we're revisiting standout podcasts from NPR member stations in 2025.
NPR News at Sunday, December 28, 2025 4:46:14 PM
MTV made it big with music videos. Where does it stand today?
A reflection on music videos' glory days -- as MTV shuts down channels.
NPR News at Wednesday, December 31, 2025 11:50:46 PM
Bart Story, Longtime Entertainment Research Executive, Dies At 63
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TV News Check at Sunday, December 28, 2025 4:46:25 PM
Malcolm In The Middle Revival Gets Premiere Date, Key Art, Photos & Trailer
Malcolm in the Middle: Lifes Still Unfair , the upcoming four-episode revival of the 2000s Fox comedy series, will premiere April 10, 2026 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the US and Disney+ internationally.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:04 AM
Conde Nast Suffers Data Breach
It was hacked, and more than 2.3 million user records from Wired were released, including name, email, address and phone, but no passwords.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, December 31, 2025 11:50:50 PM
Sports Media Winners & Losers Of 2025
The big sports-media winners of the year — and the others whod like to forget their annus horribilis.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:11 AM
Heres how many of Project 2025s media proposals were implemented in 2025
When the Heritage Foundation published a 920-page compendium of policy suggestions called “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise” in April 2023, it did so to little fanfare. By fall 2024, […]
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Poynter Institute at Tuesday, December 30, 2025 11:47:49 PM
NewsTECHForum 2025 Reveals How Newsrooms Are Actually Deploying AI And Whats Still Broken
TVNewsCheck 's NewsTECHForum marked a definitive shift: AI is no longer experimental in newsrooms. It's infrastructural. From camera-to-cloud workflows and private 5G networks to archive monetization and content authentication, the organizations embedding AI into daily operations are pulling ahead. ( Image via Ideogram / Ordo Digital )
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:06 AM
Hollywood Stocks In 2025: Winners, Losers & Surprises
The M&A-boosted Warner Bros. Discovery, as well as Sphere Entertainment, Fox, and Imax were among the gainers, while Netflix moved little, and some cinema operators declined over the past year.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:05 AM
Hit the pavement, talk to strangers, listen: 5 lessons from great storytelling
This year, we revived the “WriteLane” podcast and got to listen as the Tampa Bay Times Lane DeGregory and retired editor Maria Carrillo spoke with winners of the 2025 Poynter […]
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Poynter Institute at Tuesday, December 30, 2025 11:47:49 PM
January 2026 Regulatory Dates For Broadcasters
Quarterly issues/programs lists, childrens television programming reporting, new webcasting royalties, expansion of audio description requirements, comment deadlines, political windows and more.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:19:54 AM
What to know about Nick Shirley, the YouTuber alleging day care fraud in Minnesota
Shirley is a 23-year-old self-described independent YouTube journalist who made prank videos in high school before pivoting to politics. He participated in a White House roundtable in October.
NPR News at Wednesday, December 31, 2025 1:05:27 PM
A Year Of Unexpected Uncertainty Ahead
The future of the Top 4 ownership rule and cap still remains hazy, with uncertainty from President Trump, the DOJ and prospective lawsuits uncomfortably persisting.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, December 30, 2025 11:47:48 PM
US Sees Surge In Violence Against Journalists Under Trump, Report Says
The US press have suffered about as many assaults this year as in the previous three years combined. ( Ethan Swope/AP )
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TV News Check at Sunday, December 28, 2025 4:46:31 PM
WCVB Boston To Launch NewsCenter 5 At 12:30 On Jan. 5
Hearst ABC affiliate WCVB Boston will debut a new half-hour, weekday newscast at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. NewsCenter 5 at 12:30 will follow NewsCenter 5 at Noon …
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:19:57 AM
Layoffs Expected As Marketers Face Pressure Over AI Savings, Survey Finds
At the largest companies, 47% of marketing executives expect to be handing out pink slips, and some have already started.
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TV News Check at Friday, December 26, 2025 10:44:32 PM
Meteorologist Berkeley Taylor Leaves KBTX News Bryan/College Station
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:15 AM
NY Governor Signs Law Requiring Social Media Warnings
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation requiring social media platforms with addictive features to display cigarette-style warning labels. The measure applies to platforms with addictive feeds (generally meaning algorithmic recommendations), videos that play automatically and infinite scroll (meaning content that appears without users' manual input).
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:12 AM
Warner Bros. Discovery & Canal+ Strike Milestone International Agreement Over HBO Max
The agreement renews HBO Max in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungrary and Romania on Canal+, but will also see the streamer distributed via Canal+ in Belgium and Austria.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, December 31, 2025 11:50:53 PM
Dow Drops 249, Nasdaq Falls 119, S&P 500 Slips 24
Stocks slipped on Wall Street Monday as 2025 winds down.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:07 AM
Theres No Happy Ending for Movie Theaters, No Matter Who Wins Warner
Netflix, Paramount will both eventually have reasons to scale back theatrical releases.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, December 31, 2025 11:50:51 PM
Would Major Hollywood Unions Accept A Five-Year Contract? AMPTP Mulls Offer As 2026 Talks Near
Hollywoods top labor groups usually operate on three-year deals, but the negotiations body for studios and streamers is contemplating longer pacts.
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TV News Check at Saturday, December 27, 2025 11:21:19 AM
How Hallmark Built A Holiday Media Empire, Complete With Cruises
Hallmark has transformed into a holiday entertainment powerhouse, producing 80 hours of original programming, including 24 holiday movies this year. The company has expanded into the experiences business, with a Hallmark Christmas Cruise and Hallmark Christmas Experience festival in Kansas City.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:10 AM
The New Billionaires Of The AI Boom
Just like past tech booms, the latest frenzy has produced a group of billionaires — at least on paper — from smaller start-ups.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:21:59 AM
Julia Fife Leaves KDFW Dallas, Evan Andrews Returns
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:19:58 AM
After the Camp Mystic flood, journalists worked to tell a story shaped by grief and unanswered quest
During the Fourth of July weekend, independent journalist Danielle Villasana was away, looking forward to a break from the news cycle. She heard early reports about flooding in the Texas […]
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Poynter Institute at Tuesday, December 30, 2025 11:47:49 PM
What If … PBS Implodes?
With funding models failing and audiences shifting online, PBS may be nearing a systemic collapse.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:09 AM
Josh White Becomes 7th News Director In 40 Years At WYMT
Josh White will be the news director at WYMT, Grays CBS affiliate in Hazard, Ky., starting on Jan. 19 and returns to the region with more than 25 years of experience in television news, digital content and newsroom leadership.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:19:53 AM
NFL Flexes TV Schedule To Set Steelers-Ravens All-Or-Nothing Showdown For Sunday Night Football
The NFL has announced its full Week 18 schedule for Saturday, Jan. 3 and Sunday, Jan. 4, and the regular season will come to a close in Pittsburgh. The league decided to flex the win-or-go-home matchup between the Baltimore Ravens (8-8) and Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7) for the AFC North title and the conferences No. 4 seed in the playoffs to Sunday Night Football.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:27:05 AM
C-Band Deadline Pushes Broadcasters Toward IP-Based Distribution Systems
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TV News Check at Friday, January 2, 2026 7:19:57 AM