News From Outside Disappears In North Korea
Lee Si-young's Seoul-based Free North Korea Radio station has tried for two decades to give real-time news to North Korea's 26 million people. But Lee says she now feels a sense of crisis about her work as big government-funded broadcasters in the United States and South Korea have fallen silent this year because of major funding cuts and policy changes. ( Ahn Young-joon/AP )
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:16 PM
Tower Products CEO Jim Veltrie To Retire Dec. 30
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:14 PM
AP Fund For Journalism Secures $30 Million In Funding Commitments
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:29 PM
Trump Wary of Lifting Ownership Cap; Nexstar Responds
The station group, which is seeking FCC approval for its $6.2 billion deal for rival Tegna, says: “We continue to believe that the landscape is ripe for regulatory reform and that we are on the path to completing our transaction.”
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:23 PM
Warner Bros. Discovery Second Round Bids Due Dec. 1
Warner Bros. Discovery has asked bidders to submit a sweetened second round of offers by Monday, Dec. 1. The media giant led by CEO David Zaslav has been sitting on the first round of non-binding bids since Nov. 20.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:18:59 PM
People will tell you no. Your job is to not listen to them.
Sarah Topol spent a year and a half reporting on what life is like for a deserter in the Russian army. Her reporting “The Deserter: An epic story of love […]
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Poynter Institute at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 2:59:44 PM
Former Phoenix News Anchor Stephanie Hockridge Sentenced To 10 Years For $63M Fraud In Covid Relief
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:09 PM
The Fate Of Googles Ad Tech Monopoly Is Now In A Judges Hands
A judge queried lawyers about whether a breakup made sense during closing arguments on how to fix the tech giants dominance in online advertising.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:31 PM
ITN Launches Low-Latency IP Control Room Powered By Techex, TAG Video Systems And Matrox Video
ITN Productions, an award-winning factual content producer, today launched a new low-latency IP gallery for news bulletins. Responsible for delivering a leading public broadcasters daily news coverage across two newsrooms, …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:18:59 PM
Trump lashes out at reporter, highlighting a pattern of attacking press he dislikes
During a recent exchange, President Trump insulted a reporter after being asked a question he didn't like, underscoring a long-running habit of belittling journalists who are critical of him.
NPR News at Thursday, November 20, 2025 5:34:49 AM
Meet The Conservative Lawyer Causing Headaches For Major News Networks
Critics are concerned that Daniel Suhr, the head of a conservative legal group, may be pulling the strings behind many of the Trump FCCs moves.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:10 PM
BBC Washington News Editor Adam Levy Exits After Complaints Over Management Style
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John Eimen, Child Actor On Leave It To Beaver & McKeever And The Colonel, Dies At 76
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:14 PM
Poynter announces 31 journalists selected for final Essential Skills for Rising Newsroom Leaders coh
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Nov. 20, 2025) — The Poynter Institute is pleased to welcome the 31 media leaders chosen to attend the second and final Essential Skills for Rising Newsroom […]
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NFL, MLB, Broadcast Season Fuel Disney, Fox, Paramount, WBD Viewership Gains In October
But it was not enough to topple YouTube, who finished the month with 12.9% of TV time, according to Nielsen. ( Frank Franklin II/AP )
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:30 PM
Sinclair Names Michaela Pereira Executive Producer of Amazing America
Sinclair today announced that award-winning journalist Michaela Pereira has joined the company as executive producer of Amazing America, Sinclairs digital content brand celebrating the history, heritage and culture of the United States. A …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:08 PM
Zeam Launching The Comedic Friendzgiving — A Version Of The Parade, On Thanksgiving Day
Zeam, a provider of live OTT solutions and the hyperlocal streaming platform Zeam, announced today their latest project meant to innovate on live formats: Friendzgiving — A Version Of The Parade. …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:28 PM
Maria Bartiromos $70M Fox News Pay Revealed
Newly unsealed documents from a voting machine companys lawsuit against Fox News disclosed the anchors hefty paycheck.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:12 PM
Four Top Contenders At Apple To Succeed Tim Cook
John Ternus, Craig Federighi, Eddy Cue and Greg Joz Joswiak each oversee a different part of the company.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:09 PM
Sean LaRose Upped To VP-GM Of WUHF & Partner WHAM
Sinclair taps him to succeed the retiring Chuck Samuels as leader of the Fox and ABC affiliates in Rochester.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:26 PM
Opinion: Jamal Khashoggi's words live forever
Jamal Khashoggi came from a prominent Saudi family but fled his country in June, 2017, after he'd become increasingly critical of his government. The Saudi journalist was murdered in 2018.
NPR News at Monday, November 24, 2025 1:13:19 AM
Far Cry Series From Rob Mac, Noah Hawley A Go At FX
Mac will also star in the show, based on the Ubisoft video game franchise.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:14 PM
Fubo Accuses NBCUniversal Of Discriminatory Tactics Amid Programming Blackout
The company adds of the carriage dispute that its being asked to “subsidize” Versants cable networks in a multi-year distribution deal.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:05 PM
What were thankful for in media in 2025
This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Ever since I started this newsletter in 2019, […]
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Want to tell your own story? Try memoir-plus.
Mallary Tenore Tarpley has spent most of her life writing her memoir — first in bright, fuzzy journals with joyful images of Winnie the Pooh, Minnie Mouse and stuffed bears, […]
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Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives Renewed For Season 4 At Hulu
More of Mormon Wives is on the way with another 20 episodes coming in early 2026.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:04 PM
The Rookie: North Gets ABC Pilot Order; Jay Ellis To Star In Spinoff From Alexi Hawley
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:13 PM
Trump Welcomes APs Photographers. Its Reporters? Not So Much
The White House now has conflicting approaches for Associated Press journalists as it fights the news service in court over access to presidential events.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:32 PM
Dow Climbs 664, Nasdaq Gains 154, S&P 500 Rises 61
Stocks climbed Tuesday on hopes for lower interest rates as the Dow rallied.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:18:58 PM
Sarah Bloomquis Celebrates 30 Years At WPVI Philadelphia
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:16 PM
KCTV Chief Meteorologist Luke Dorris Moving To Mornings
Gray Medias CBS affiliate KCTV Kansas Citys Chief Meteorologist Luke Dorris is moving from his nightside role to become the lead meteorologist for KCTV5 News This Morning, effective Monday, Dec. …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:26 PM
Lionsgate & Nielsen Expand Partnership To Deliver Combined FAST Channel And Digital Network Measurem
Nielsen will now measure both Lionsgates FAST channel MovieSphere and MovieSphere Gold, the first contemporary all-movie digital network. FAST now comprises 6.8% of total TV consumption, an increase of more than 400% over the last four Septembers.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:23 PM
How do producers shape the stories you hear?
NPR's Jonaki Mehta and Matt Ozug talk about what producers actually do on the radio and how they shape the news listeners hear every day.
NPR News at Monday, November 24, 2025 1:13:19 AM
CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $36 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
NPR News at Monday, November 17, 2025 6:12:56 PM
New NBA & MLB TV Deals Will Drive Global Sports-Media Spend To $78 Billion in Five Years
Ampere Analysis forecasts a 20% increase by 2030.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:04 PM
The BBC apologized for its edit of Trump's January 6 speech. He says he will still sue
The BBC apologizes to President Trump for edits made to his January 6 speech that gave the impression that he specifically called for violence. But Trump still wants a financial settlement.
NPR News at Saturday, November 15, 2025 8:25:08 PM
Local TV Political Coverage Needs A Tune-Up Or Viewers Will Tune Out
Local newsrooms are retaining trust at better rates than national media, so just using national political packages from feeds in local newscasts doesnt make sense.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:17 PM
WRAL Promotes Michelle Mackonochie To Evening Anchor Lineup
Capitol Broadcastings NBC-Fox affiliate WRAL Raleigh, N.C. announced today that Michelle Mackonochie will be joining the stations evening anchor lineup beginning Monday, Jan. 5. Mackonochie, a familiar face to WRAL …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:25 PM
Trump Says He Opposes Lifting Broadcast Ownership Cap, Defying His FCC
President Trump said Sunday he would not be happy if the FCC lifted the national ownership cap that bars any station owner from collectively reaching more than 39% of U.S. households. Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy, a longtime Trump ally, has been vocal in recent weeks about his opposition, arguing removing the cap would silence Republicans.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:31 PM
NBC Sports Network Launches On Comcasts Xfinity TV
In an intra-company tie-up, NBCUniversals new stand-alone NBC Sports Network is now available on select Comcast Xfinity TV cable packages.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:03 PM
Why Im begging TV showrunners to stop writing journalists as villains
Maybe its an age thing. I find myself yelling at the TV screen. An angry old man shouts in frustration as the quarterback of his favorite team, driving toward a […]
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Poynter Institute at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 2:59:44 PM
How NPR edits remarks by the president
The BBC recently apologized for a documentary it aired in 2024 featuring remarks by President Trump. In light of this news, we wanted to share how NPR handles editing remarks by the president.
NPR News at Saturday, November 15, 2025 8:25:08 PM
AP Switches To DaVinci Resolve Studio For Global News Production
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:05 PM
Theater owners watch closely as a Warner Bros. Discovery sale looms
Earlier mergers, like Disney's 2019 acquisition of Fox, cut the number of films studios released theatrically — a troubling trend for theater owners already coping with consolidation and streaming.
NPR News at Tuesday, November 18, 2025 3:59:07 AM
BBC Leaders Grilled By Lawmakers Over Its Standards After Trump Threatened To Sue
The BBC's chairman acknowledged Monday that it was too slow in responding over a misleading edit of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump but rejected claims that the broadcaster's impartiality was being undermined from within its own board. ( Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP )
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:15 PM
White House Pauses Federal AI Draft Order
The White House has put on hold a draft executive order aimed at preempting state artificial intelligence regulations that would significantly impact the digital advertising industry's ability to navigate one set of national rules. This action allows for the current patchwork of state-specific laws to continue developing.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:11 PM
Amazon MGM Studios Unscripted Chief Barry Poznick Exiting
Barry Poznick, who oversees unscripted television for Amazon MGM Studios, which produces series including The Voice and Survivor , is exiting after nearly 10 years at MGM, which was acquired by tech giant Amazon in 2022.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:00 PM
Inside the unlikely origins of NPR's Tiny Desk concerts
From a spontaneous jam to a global series, this is the story of Tiny Desk told by its creators.
NPR News at Saturday, November 15, 2025 8:25:08 PM
YouTube TV-Disney dispute drags on, leaving millions without access to games or shows
An ongoing dispute between YouTube TV and Disney means millions of YouTube TV subscribers are unable to access Disney programming, including ESPN's college football games and popular ABC shows.
NPR News at Saturday, November 15, 2025 8:25:09 PM
Turkey prices may be climbing, but your Thanksgiving bird is still safe to eat
Turkeys are supposed to go “gobble-gobble,” not “Ah-CHOO!” But bird flu is on the rise in the U.S. again. The recent jump in cases might hike the price of your […]
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Poynter Institute at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 2:59:44 PM
KNBC-KVEA Los Angeles Launch Annual “Helping Our Community” Campaign To Fight Hunger This Holiday Se
KNBC (NBC4) and KVEA (Telemundo 52) Los Angeles launch the eighth annual “Helping Our Community” campaign from Nov. 24 to Dec. 31 to fight hunger in Southern California. The initiative raises funds for …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:27 PM
Sinclair Offers To Acquire Scripps For $7 per Share In Unsolicited Takeover Bid
Sinclair has proposed to acquire smaller rival E.W. Scripps in its entirety, offering $7 per share for stock in Scripps that it does not already own. Sinclair disclosed the takeover bid Monday in an SEC filing and also said it has increased its stake in Scripps to 9.9%.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:24 PM
NPR Student Podcast Challenge: Cold Weather Swimming
One of our NPR College Podcast Challenge finalists brings the story of a group of women who, every week, take an icy plunge into the Connecticut River.
NPR News at Tuesday, November 18, 2025 1:27:04 AM
The Media Giant That Has Bet Big On Bringing Hollywood Stars Back to Canada
Bell Media is expanding international partnerships, including with Hollywood studios, and using Canadian series like Heated Rivalry , a Match Game revival and U.K.-based distributor Sphere Abacus to do so.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:13 PM
BBC Confirms Plans To Save $130M By Shrinking & Rethinking Workforce
The BBC has confirmed plans to save at least £100 million ($132 million) by radically reimagining its workforce to compete with tech giants.
BBC Chief Operating Officer Leigh Tavaziva wrote to employees on Tuesday to address a report over the weekend about secret internal work, known as Project Ada.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:02 PM
Cozi TV Adds Malcolm & Eddie & The Steve Harvey Show To Morning Lineup
Cozi TV, NBCUniversal Locals national multicast network that offers dramatic and comedy favorites, is expanding its morning roster with a pair of iconic comedies from Sony Pictures Television: Malcolm & Eddie and The …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:07 PM
Judge Throws Out Truth Socials Defamation Lawsuit Against The Guardian
A Florida judge granted motions to dismiss to The Guardian and other defendants in a defamation lawsuit filed by Truth Socials parent company, Truth Media & Technology Group Corp., the latest example of President Donald Trumps legal actions against media companies not holding up in court. ( Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP )
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:01 PM
WTVF Nashville Feature Reporter Finds Stories That Make Viewers Smile
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:06 PM
Ion Airs Exclusive Coverage Of Elevance Health Womens Fort Myers Tip-Off Nov. 28-29
Ions exclusive coverage of Elevance Health Womens Fort Myers Tip-Off will kick off with this years edition of the Thanksgiving weekend tournament, Nov. 28-29, held at Suncoast Credit Union Arena …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:28 PM
535,473 Meals Collected For Food Bank Of Northeast Arkansas
Two media organizations joined together again on Nov. 21 to collect a record amount of food and money the equivalent of 535,473 meals. The Jonesboro Media Group (Saga Communications) teamed …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:19:08 PM