Trump says the GOP convention beat the NFL. The ratings say otherwise.
President Donald Trump was quick to boast about how many Americans tuned in to the Republicans midterm convention, but the facts dont back him up. On Sept. 10, hours after […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, September 17, 2026 6:03:20 AM
Three things to figure out before starting that memoir
Mallary Tenore Tarpley got nearly 50 rejections on the path to publishing her memoir, “mostly from publishers and from grants and fellowships I had applied for — and I wasnt […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, September 17, 2026 10:32:53 AM
HBCU GO Brings Tennessee State-FAMU Rivalry To Primetime Sept. 19
HBCU GO will air Tennessee State University vs. Florida A&M University in primetime Sept. 19, renewing a storied HBCU football rivalry. The game is part of Allen Media Groups free …
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TV News Check at Friday, September 18, 2026 12:02:55 AM
Keynes Launches kAI Analysis Layer For Kortex
CTV technology company Keynes said Tuesday it is launching kAI, a new AI-powered analysis layer inside its Kortex platform that lets marketers ask questions in plain language and get analysis, …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 12:02:57 AM
AI Actor Tilly Norwoods Universe Is Growing. Her Creator Says Get Used To It
In a live appearance at IBC, the first-ever “AI actor” likened her role in the media industry to “a different kind of paintbrush.”
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TV News Check at Tuesday, September 15, 2026 12:03:08 AM
Dow Adds 509, Nasdaq Climbs 251, S&P 500 Gains 65
U.S. stocks jumped Friday after oil prices eased and an inflation update comes in near expectations.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, September 15, 2026 12:03:09 AM
TV Newscasts Using Super Teases At Exactly The Right Time
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 12:02:58 AM
Americans give their take on press freedom. You should worry
Fresh off the presses from a Pew Research Center and Knight Foundation collaboration, a new report shows solid support for a free press. Just about three-quarters of the public say […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 7:04:42 AM
Our hearts are broken: L.A. news stations mourn journalist, pilot killed in helicopter crash
The scene in Chatsworth, a suburban neighborhood of Los Angeles, on Tuesday was already tragic. An SUV had crashed into a Metro bus, killing two people. But then it got […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, September 17, 2026 7:04:07 AM
Seven Months After Its New Chairman Called Layoffs A Bad Word, Lee Enterprises Cuts Staff
Those affected include veteran copy editors and the sole remaining newsroom employee of a North Carolina paper.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, September 15, 2026 12:03:11 AM
Want to build a data center? Fund the journalists who will hold it accountable
Communities and state governments that are inclined to host new data centers are now realizing that (thanks to the moratorium movement) they possess something surprising: serious leverage. They can and […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, September 17, 2026 7:04:07 AM
Local news audiences arent disappearing, but their habits are changing fast
This article was originally published by Northwestern Universitys Medill Local News Initiative and is republished here with permission. In 2024, the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern University conducted its first in-depth […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 7:04:41 AM
IBC: Ikegami Adds Four New UNICAM XE Cameras
Ikegami says it is adding four new cameras to its UNICAM XE line, introducing the UHK-X700VN, UHK-X750VN, UHK-X600VN and UHK-X650VN at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam, Sept. 11-14. The company said …
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TV News Check at Sunday, September 13, 2026 3:02:59 AM
WSAW Wausau Adds Meteorologist From Sister Station
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TV News Check at Sunday, September 13, 2026 3:03:00 AM
Trump renamed Lake Ontario. Newsrooms still have to decide what to call it
For the Associated Press stylebook, Gulf of Mexico stayed. Lake Ontario will, too. In January 2025, Donald Trump, fresh into his second term, issued an executive order to rename the […]
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Poynter Institute at Monday, September 14, 2026 6:03:46 AM
Paramount & AGs Settlement Talks Set For Next Month
Under the routine procedure of the federal court system, a judge in Oakland on Friday instructed the battling parties to sit down together for “two consecutive days in the end of October” The ”in-person settlement conference” is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. PT in a month and a half, per Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, September 15, 2026 12:03:08 AM
AI Is Deflating Hollywoods Microdramas Scene
Phone-centric soaps kept underemployed cast and crew in Los Angeles afloat after the strikes. With AI-generated verticals now flooding the apps, auditions – and hopes – are evaporating.
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TV News Check at Saturday, September 12, 2026 12:08:14 AM
Jon Voight Explains What Hes Up To As Trumps Special Ambassador To Hollywood
The 87-year-old Academy Award winner sat down to discuss his approach to lobbying for a federal tax credit at the White House: “We have an opening here, we have some sunlight, its going to happen.”
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TV News Check at Thursday, September 17, 2026 12:03:41 AM
Breaking News Is A Commodity Now. Depth Is The Only Asset Left With Yield
Viewers want verification and depth. Advertisers are buying attention duration. So why are TV newsrooms still clinging to breaking stories that have long since broken on viewers phones?
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TV News Check at Saturday, September 12, 2026 12:08:09 AM
CNN CTO: News Must Be Business In A Box
AMSTERDAM — News organizations need to position themselves for constant multiplatform production and audiences with an increased appetite for personalization, CNN SVP and CTO Alex Charalambides told the IBC conference …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, September 15, 2026 12:03:05 AM
IBC: Techex Adds MXL, TAMS Support
Techex said it will use IBC 2026 in Amsterdam, Sept. 11-14, to showcase new integrations and expanded live-production tools for its software-defined media platform, tx darwin, including native MXL and …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, September 15, 2026 12:03:10 AM
Worlds fact-checkers to meet in Antwerp, Belgium, for GlobalFact 2027
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Sept. 17, 2026) – The worlds fact-checkers will gather in Antwerp, Belgium, for GlobalFact 2027, the 14th edition of the fields largest professional meeting. The International Fact-Checking […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, September 17, 2026 8:34:56 AM
Emmy Awards: The Complete Winners List
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 1:03:10 AM
After months of drama, it was 60 Minutes of more of the same
“60 Minutes” had its much-anticipated season premiere on Sunday. All eyes were on what the show would look like under the direction of new executive producer Nick Bilton and, ultimately, […]
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Poynter Institute at Tuesday, September 15, 2026 7:14:31 AM
Gray Media Adds Weekday Run For Its Syndicated The Good Side
Gray Media is expanding its lineup of syndicated news programs with new seasons of InvestigateTV+ and Aging Untold and a weekday editionof The Good Side. InvestigateTV+ returns for a fourth …
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 12:03:15 AM
Freelance journalism can be brutal. Heres how successful writers make it work
The only food in my kitchen was a bag of russet potatoes, my pants were starting to fall down my hips, and I wasnt going to make rent that month. […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 7:04:42 AM
Trumps latest Kennedy Center fight sounds almost made up
If someone had told you a decade ago that we would have a president who changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario, tore up the East […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 6:03:13 AM
Theres An Old-School Newspaper War Brewing In DC — And We All Stand To Benefit
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TV News Check at Saturday, September 12, 2026 12:08:12 AM
IBC: Matrox Video Integrates ORIGIN With NVIDIA Holoscan For Media
Matrox Video has integrated Matrox ORIGIN with NVIDIA Holoscan for Media, allowing ORIGIN media services to be provisioned, configured and deployed inside the Holoscan for Media reference architecture using Kubernetes. …
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TV News Check at Sunday, September 13, 2026 3:02:59 AM
60 Minutes is back with many new faces — before and behind the camera
CBS' 60 Minutes returns to the air tonight with a new look, several new faces and under new management.
NPR News at Sunday, September 13, 2026 7:30:32 AM
NFL Melbourne Game Scores 18.5M U.S. Viewers On Netflix
The first NFL regular season game in Australia on Sept. 11 peaked at 21.3 million viewers.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 1:03:10 AM
ESPN gave Ted Cruz 10 minutes on College GameDay. Critics say it crossed a line.
ESPN has spent the past several years trying to navigate — often awkwardly and inconsistently — the delicate balance between discussing sports, politics and social issues. There has been criticism […]
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Poynter Institute at Monday, September 14, 2026 7:08:17 AM
VIDEO: Will AI end humanity? How to separate the real risks from the hype
Anthropic employees are quitting and warning that artificial intelligence could end humanity. AI agents have broken out of test environments to hack websites. And lawmakers are proposing new regulations aimed […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 10:32:28 AM
Janelle Rodriguez To Exit NBC News As Programming EVP
The executive is credited over her nearly 12-year tenure with successfully building the networks streaming product, NBC News NOW.
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TV News Check at Saturday, September 12, 2026 12:08:09 AM
Paramount Leaving California Could Mean Up To $21B In Lost Annual Economic Output: Study
A leaked economic impact report also states that if Paramount leaves the state, as many as 57,980 full-time jobs would be lost.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, September 15, 2026 12:03:06 AM
Dow Drops 317, Nasdaq Sinks 172, S&P 500 Falls 45
Oil prices leapt to their highest since May on Thursday and dragged Wall Street lower.
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TV News Check at Saturday, September 12, 2026 12:08:10 AM
MeTVs Halloween Boo-Nanza Brings Oz, Classic Horror in October
MeTV says it will spend October on a monthlong Halloween lineup that includes an unedited broadcast TV showing of The Wizard of Oz and a steady run of classic horror …
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TV News Check at Sunday, September 13, 2026 3:03:01 AM
What are lawmakers doing about AI risks? Here are the proposals in Congress
Lawmakers face pressure to respond to growing alarm over artificial intelligence, after a researcher from leading AI company Anthropic resigned and said in a public X thread that AI could […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 6:03:13 AM
Stingray Launches 17 Localized FAST Music Channels on Rakuten TV in Europe
Stingray has launched 17 localized free ad-supported streaming television music channels on Rakuten TV across Europe, giving viewers in nine countries free access to country-specific music programming. The Montreal-based company …
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TV News Check at Saturday, September 12, 2026 12:08:11 AM
RFK Jr. says Americans have the sickest children in history. History says otherwise
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said despite high healthcare spending, the U.S. is failing its children on an unprecedented level. “This country pays two to three times what every […]
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Poynter Institute at Monday, September 14, 2026 6:03:46 AM
FCCs Gomez: Kimmels Self-Censorship Shows Trumps Bid To Control Media Working
The FCC's lone Democratic commissioner is pointing to ABC comedian Jimmy Kimmels decision not to broadcast an interview with Texas Senate nominee James Talarico as evidence of what she called the Trump administrations attempts to stifle free press.
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TV News Check at Saturday, September 12, 2026 12:08:12 AM
So, you want to be a journalist in Indy? Heres what you need to know
This column is part of the Indianapolis Public Editor project, a pilot program designed to test whether the presence of a public editor who analyzes local coverage can elevate audience […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 4:32:15 AM
Snoop Dogg Set To Host 2026 VMAs
MTV announced today that Snoop Dogg will host the show as it returns to the West Coast for the first time since 2017. Last year, Queens-raised LL Cool J fronted the show from New York.
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TV News Check at Saturday, September 12, 2026 12:08:13 AM
Globecast Previews MooM Media Orchestration Platform At IBC
Globecast is highlighting its new MooM platform at IBC as the company expands beyond content transport and into broader media operations management. The cloud-native software, which stands for Media Orchestration …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, September 15, 2026 12:03:10 AM
Widows Bay Breaks Emmys Record With 14 Wins Including Best Comedy, Pitt Wins Best Drama
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , taken off the air by CBS, won best variety series. It's one of six Emmys the show has won this year after the show was canceled for what the network said was economic reasons while many believe it was his criticism of the Trump administration. ( Chris Pizzello/AP )
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 1:03:11 AM
PGA Tour Names Tyler Rutstein Chief Marketing Officer
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 1:03:09 AM
Sam Altman says one almond uses as much water as 38,000 ChatGPT queries. Not quite.
Youve probably heard that using artificial intelligence consumes a lot of water. But how does it measure up with snacking on almonds? OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made the comparison in […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 7:04:42 AM
How Trump Is Wielding Power To Stifle Speech
President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, September 15, 2026 12:03:07 AM
Gray Media Ups Ronna Steber To Chief Revenue Officer
She will oversee ad sales strategies and establish best practices throughout Grays TV stations and digital operations.
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TV News Check at Wednesday, September 16, 2026 12:02:58 AM
Does Stephen Colbert Miss Latenight TV?: Nope!
Hot off his Emmy win for outstanding variety series, Stephen Colbert went on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tuesday night and revealed if he ever thinks about returning to latenight television.
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TV News Check at Thursday, September 17, 2026 12:03:40 AM