How Meet The Press, TVs Longest-Running Program, Continues To Take The Nations Political Pulse
Meet the Press is the longest-running program in television history. It launched as a radio show in 1945 before moving to the fledgling NBC television network in 1947. That means the show will hit its 80-year milestone next year, just a year after NBC marks its 100th. “We like to go big here at NBC, so were already talking about it,” current host Kristen Welker says.
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Read your work out loud and other tips for finding your writing voice
One of the biggest compliments a writer can receive is when readers recognize their stories without having to read their byline. Thats because the writer has a distinctive voice. That […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 9:25:07 AM
Zixi Names Alyson Stewart Senior Director Of Sales
Zixi has appointed Alyson Stewart as senior director of sales. She will lead direct sales and partnerships as Zixi expands its presence with broadcasters, media companies and enterprise customers, the …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:43 PM
IBC: Matrox Video To Highlight IP & Software-Defined Tools
Matrox Video said it will showcase a suite of interoperable IP technologies and software-defined production tools at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam, Sept. 11-14, marking the company’s 50th anniversary and underscoring …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:35 PM
Spotifys New Ad-Skipping Feature Is Not Scaring Off Podcast Advertisers Yet
The platform is testing out a feature that allows paid users to skip ads on podcasts, but experts say this will likely not have any immediate impact.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:04:00 PM
Will Paramount Leave California? Execs Say Its On The Table
CEO David Ellison has suggested a possible move as the antitrust battle drags on over the companys Warner Bros. deal.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:45 PM
CBS Sports Says No Timetable For Tony Romos Potential Return After Drunk Driving Arrest
CBS Sports CEO David Berson told reporters the situation is “a personnel matter, and a legal one for Tony. So I cant speak to that as an evolving situation, and therefore were still investigating. There is no timetable or final decision at this time.”
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:48 PM
Sinclair To Launch Pittsburgh Sports Tonight On Aug. 31
Sinclair today announced the creation of Pittsburgh Sports Tonight, a new live, locally produced sports program premiering Monday, Aug. 31. Airing weeknights at 7-7:30 p.m. ET, the program will deliver …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 3:08:49 PM
After Only Two Months, Ava Moschets MMJ Position Eliminated Due To TV Merger
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:55 PM
Vivaro Uses Appear X20 Platform To Handle Record World Cup Audiences
Vivaro, a provider of media processing and live content solutions, used Appear ASAs X20 platform to deliver live video workflows for broadcasters and streaming platforms during the 2026 FIFA World …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:41 PM
AI Is Reshaping Media Planning & Buying, But Humans Still Own The Wheel
Leaders from Hearst Television, E.W. Scripps, Dentsu, Viamedia and SureWaves told a TVNewsCheck Working Lunch Webinar last week that AI has already automated routine, labor-intensive work but it cant replace the value-adding expertise people bring to the equation.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:52 PM
IAB Tech Lab Seeks Public Comment On Updates To Privacy Standards Portfolio
IAB Tech Lab released updates to its Privacy Standards Portfolio and is seeking public comment on proposed changes to the Global Privacy Protocol and a finalized Data Deletion Request Framework …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:38 PM
DPA Microphones Names Raul Contreras West Coast Regional Sales Manager
DPA Microphones has appointed Raul Contreras as West Coast regional sales manager. Contreras will oversee sales and customer relationships across the western United States for DPA Microphones, Austrian Audio and …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 12:04:18 PM
NFL Network Blackout Ends As Comcast, Disney Reach Deal
The NFL Network and NFL RedZone channel are back on the countrys second-largest cable distributor.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 3:08:53 PM
Paramount Has Spent 100 Years In Hollywood. David Ellison Loved That. Until He Didnt
The mogul says he's considering moving his studio out of California. Not long ago, he was talking a big game about how a merger with Warner Bros. Discovery would boost the state.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:50 PM
IAB Tech Lab Opens Privacy Updates For Public Comment
Enhancements to the Global Privacy Protocol (GPP) and the Data Deletion Request Framework (DDRF) Version 2.0. which has been finalized, will help to mitigate privacy risk and support consistency across the advertising industry. Public comments are accepted until Sept. 11.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:56 PM
Newsmax Preps Lawsuit Over FCC Broadcast TV Ownership Vote
In an interview on Tuesday, Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy reaffirmed his commitment to litigation and said FCC Chairman Brendan Carr was not good for conservatives.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:47 PM
After Trump Plane Ruse, WHCA Presses White House On Press Pool Safeguards
The White House Correspondents Association has asked President Donald Trumps administration to “work with us on a protocol for handling extraordinary security circumstances in the future,” now that his secret plane switch last month has been revealed by leaks to news organizations.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:44 PM
ASG Adds Eran Binyamin Zeitoun As Senior Technical Program Manager
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:34 PM
Land Communications Deploys Dielectric OptiLoad Systems At Two Texas Stations
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Trump Media Reports More Than 10 Sign-Ups To Real-Time Truth Social Feed
Early customers are primarily high-frequency trading firms.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 3:08:51 PM
Dow Dips 22, Nasdaq Gains 143, S&P 500 Adds 20
Wall Street rose near a record Wednesday as AI stocks climbed and worries about inflation eased a bit.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:30 PM
Net Insight Enables One Of Europes Largest Broadcast-Grade Centralized Live Productions Over Intern
DMC Production Norway selected NetInsights Open Live Media solution to centralize the production of Blinkfestivalen 2026 (Aug. 5-8). Combining Nimbra 520, Nimbra Edge and Nimbra Live Intelligence, the solution will …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:42 PM
'New York Times' alleges White House abuses legal system to intimidate reporters
The New York Times will argue in court Thursday that the White House is abusing the justice system to intimidate reporters over a story that angered President Trump.
NPR News at Thursday, July 23, 2026 4:00:00 AM
IBC: MultiDyne Updates VersaFrame Platform For Hybrid Production Workflows
MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems unveiled its next-generation VersaFrame VF-9100 fiber transport platform, pitching the unit as a modernized infrastructure option for broadcasters, production companies, systems integrators and AV …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:37 PM
In South Dakota, public media endures a year after federal funding was wiped out
We check in on one state public broadcasting network a year after President Trump signed a law ending federal funding of public media.
NPR News at Wednesday, July 22, 2026 4:30:32 PM
Primetime Upfront Ad Sales Rise 9% To $33.7B, CPMs Fall 6%
Total TV upfront ad sales activity for the upcoming 2026-27 TV season was up 9% to $33.7 billion -- largely attributable to a major increase in streaming upfront deals, according to Media Dynamics estimates.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:57 PM
Tammy Fine To Lead Talent Development At NBC News
Tammy Fine, a veteran NBC News producer who spent a significant part of her career overseeing key newsmaker interviews in the first hour of Today , will lead efforts to develop careers and find up and coming journalists who might join the overall team
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:59 PM
Your Channels, PA Media Launch 24/7 Sports News FAST Channel On Samsung TV Plus In U.K.
A new 24/7 sports news channel, Your Sports News, debuts today on Samsung TV Plus in the United Kingdom after a partnership between Your Channels, an MPG Media Group company, …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:51 PM
Justice Dept. drops 'New York Times' subpoenas under pressure from judge
The Justice Department is dropping the subpoenas it filed demanding grand jury testimony and phone records from New York Times journalists after sharp questioning Thursday from a federal judge.
NPR News at Thursday, July 23, 2026 10:31:19 PM
Anthropic Tries To Shore Up Investor Confidence Ahead Of Blockbuster IPO
The company is racing to public markets this fall and has fielded tough investor questions on Chinese rivals, Trump-era tensions and AI infrastructure boom.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 3:08:52 PM
A year after Trump funding cuts, public media finds support from audiences
A year ago, President Trump cut all federal funding for public TV and radio. Hundreds of public media staffers got laid off. But listeners and viewers are also stepping up with support.
NPR News at Thursday, July 23, 2026 4:01:32 AM
FCC scraps cap on TV ownership. Critics worry it gives corporations too much power
Federal regulators voted to lift a cap meant to preserve competition among local TV stations. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says the move will help local news survive. Not everyone agrees.
NPR News at Friday, August 7, 2026 4:01:04 AM
KDKA Debuts AR/VR News Studio
The station the 13th CBS-owned to integrate the technology into its news operations.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:53 PM
ACLU Requests ABC Station Probe Documents From FCC
The FOIA request aims to document a vendetta against broadcasters who say things the President doesnt like.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:04:01 PM
Rage-giving, innovation and cuts: How public media has survived without federal funds
A year after President Trump signed a law ending six decades of federal funding of public media, it's a time of reinvention, innovation and clear anxiety at public tv and radio stations nationwide.
NPR News at Sunday, July 26, 2026 5:00:00 AM
Longtime OpenAI Exec Brad Lightcap To Step Down
Lightcap, who joined the company in 2018, said he was leaving to start something new.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:54 PM
Paramount says it will pause its Warner acquisition while legal challenges play out
A dozen states and the Writers Guild of America had challenged the merger.
NPR News at Friday, July 24, 2026 5:26:21 PM
Federal judge halts Paramount-Warner Bros. merger for now
A judge has ordered Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to pause their merger for at least two weeks. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with CNN media analyst Brian Stelter about why the plan was halted.
NPR News at Tuesday, July 21, 2026 3:58:42 AM
Spectrum, Optimum Restore Local News Carriage, Expand Ad Partnership
The deal returns Spectrum News NY1 and News 12 in New York, brings Spectrum News to Optimum TV customers in Texas and North Carolina, and expands advertising capabilities through Spectrum Reach.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:36 PM
Local TV Strategies: Media Buyers & Sellers On 2027s State Of Play
Leaders from NBCUniversal, Publicis, Hearst Television and E.W. Scripps will frankly assess a market where silos continue to stymie innovation for regional and national advertisers in a panel at TVNewsCheck s Local TV Strategies conference at the NAB Show New York on Oct. 21. Register here
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:53 PM
Trump's relationship with the media on display at Correspondents' Dinner
President Trump is set to speak tonight at the rescheduled White House Correspondents dinner despite his difficult relationship with the press.
NPR News at Friday, July 24, 2026 4:30:31 PM
Paramount's chairman says lawsuit opposing Warner Bros. merger is political
An antitrust lawsuit has put Paramount's bid for larger rival Warner Brothers Discovery in jeopardy. Paramount's chairman says the problem is really about politics -- and whether he's fit to own CNN.
NPR News at Wednesday, August 5, 2026 4:01:04 AM
LPTV Advocates Petition FCC For Voluntary 5G Broadcasts
Petitioners tell the commission there's no mandate to ATSC 3.0 for LPTV.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:34 PM
California A.G. Slams David Ellisons Plan To Pull Paramount Out Of The State As Blackmail Attempt
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is leading a 12-state coalitions lawsuit seeking to block Paramounts takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, responded to David Ellisons threat to pull Paramount out of the state unless Bonta agrees to settlement talks. “In a span of weeks, Paramount agreed to halt the merger until a court decision or until June 2027, asked for a November trial, and is now back with another attempt to blackmail the state into letting an illegal deal through,” Bonta wrote...
TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:59 PM
Land Communications Deploys Dielectric OptiLoad Systems For High-Power TV Upgrades In Texas
Broadcasters in Texas are using OptiLoad systems from Sinclair Broadcast Groups Dielectric to support high-power transmitter upgrades and improve transmitter protection, company and integrator representatives said. Land Communications installed the …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:43 PM
Marshall To Debut All-Weather CV574-WP POV Camera
Marshall Electronics will introduce its first all-weather, all-IP 4K point-of-view camera, the CV574-WP, at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam, Sept. 11-14, in Stand 10.C11. The CV574-WP is built for outdoor use …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:40 PM
AI Models Are Breaking Out Of Their Cages. Their Creators Are Scrambling
New details of how ChatGPT maker OpenAI failed to notice that its models had launched a hacking raid raise questions about the industrys approach to safety.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 3:08:50 PM
TV Time Co-Founder Launches Bingers To Revive Beloved TV-Tracking App
The new app is developed by one of TV Times original founders, Antonio Pinto, who said last month he would attempt to rebuild the best features of TV Time after its owner, Whip Media, decided to shut down the product to focus on AI efforts instead.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:46 PM
WGA Slams David Ellisons Plan To Pull Paramount From California
The union has fired back at Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison after he threatened to start pulling Paramount out of California on Oct. 1. “This type of behavior is precisely why the merger should be blocked,” he said.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:49 PM
YouTube Now Requires Creators To Have Twice As Many Watch Hours To Start Earning Money
Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. Currently, creators need 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours over the past year or 1,000 subscribers and 10 million Shorts views over the past 90 days.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 3:08:54 PM
More Than 800 USA Today Co. Employees Want The Company To End Its New Palantir Partnership
“Part of the problem is that we know very, very little about how Palantirs software is going to be used.”
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 3:08:55 PM
Netflix Renews Seinfeld Licensing Deal For Five More Years
And Paramount has extended its basic-cable rights for another three years.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:34 PM
IBC: Suitest To Show AI-Powered Device Testing Platform
Suitest will demonstrate an updated AI-powered test platform for over-the-top streaming services, device makers and operators at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam, Sept. 11-14, in Stand 14.A66. The company said its …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:38 PM
Unified Streaming Launches Trusted Media To Add Verifiable Provenance To Live & On-Demand Streams
Unified Streaming is rolling out Trusted Media, a tool that lets broadcasters, streaming platforms and content owners attach verifiable authenticity information to live, on-demand and virtual channel streams as they …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:04:03 PM
Roger Keating To Retire As Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer At Hearst Television
Keating joined Hearst Television in 2008 to build its digital media unit. Under his leadership, many of the companys digital properties became market leaders in many of its markets. He also helped lead and found several industry consortia and startups intended to give local broadcasters greater scale and new business opportunities.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:04:02 PM
The Office U.K. Star Lucy Davis Reveals Incurable Cancer Diagnosis
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:48 PM
Trump Says Karoline Leavitt Resigning As White House Press Secretary
Leavitt, 28, is resigning by the end of August “so she can spend more time with her beautiful young children and family, a decision I totally understand and respect!” Trump said in a Truth Social post Wednesday announcing her planned departure.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:31 PM
Bob Iger Buys L.A. Lakers In Big Bucks Post-Disney Slam Dunk
The ex-Disney CEO and Josh Kushners Thrive Capital have scored the L.A. Lakers for $12.5 billion.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:41 PM
NFL Faces AI Accusations Over Move The Sticks Podcast Feed
NFL Network personality Daniel Jeremiah said hes no longer involved with the podcast, despite still being listed as one of its hosts.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:03:32 PM