NAB Names Shawn Donilon Chief Advocacy Officer, Honors Rick Kaplans Service
The National Association of Broadcasters will unify its legal and government relations teams under Shawn Donilon as Rick Kaplan departs after more than 14 years with the trade group.
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TV News Check at Sunday, October 18, 2026 2:02:20 AM
Poynter announces first cohort for Leading AI in the Newsroom
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (October 16, 2026) — The Poynter Institute today announced the first cohort of Leading AI in the Newsroom, a new leadership program created for journalists guiding artificial […]
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Poynter Institute at Friday, October 16, 2026 6:31:42 AM
Popular YouTube Show Picked Up By Scripps Sports Network
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 12:52:59 PM
Netflix Chief Content Officer Leaves; To Be Replaced By Former Disney Exec
Peter Rice will take over Bela Bajaria's position as Chief Content Officer.
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TV News Check at Saturday, October 17, 2026 1:02:17 AM
A new report argues newsrooms need to do more experiments — like, the kind with randomization and re
Mississippi Today had a question. Did the stories around its Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporting affect the way those investigations were received? Its the kind of question local newsrooms cant easily test on their own. But researchers from Local NExT Lab at Syracuse University could. In a national survey, 1,768 adults were shown the same investigation...
Nieman Labs at Thursday, October 15, 2026 11:47:21 AM
Turkey Raids Pro-Opposition TV Station
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TV News Check at Thursday, October 15, 2026 6:37:15 AM
Jude Law To Portray Legendary Soccer Coach In New Series
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 1:47:11 PM
Amazon Orders Tennis Drama From Andre Agassi
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 1:30:35 PM
Comcast Ruled Liable For $213M In Patent Infringement Case That Dates Back To 2018
Comcast was ordered to pay the plaintiff—Wherever TV—$213 million in damages.
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 1:21:04 PM
Net Insight Names Mario von Dahn New CFO
Net Insight has appointed Mario von Dahn as its new chief financial officer and a member of the executive management team. He will take the role no later than April …
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 9:53:16 AM
SMPTE Heads To South Africa In Expansion Push
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 1:02:21 AM
Tegna names Tim Thomas To Lead Atlanta & Macon Stations
Tim Thomas will oversee WXIA-WATL in Atlanta and WMAZ in Macon as TEGNA shifts Kristie Gonzales to a new ad sales role.
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 10:18:26 AM
Beam Dynamics Names Brian Mauger North America Sales Manager
Beam Dynamics has appointed Brian Mauger as regional sales manager for North America, adding a veteran sales leader as it expands its work with media, broadcast, live event and enterprise …
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 2:02:15 AM
Noah Adams, longtime host of NPR's All Things Considered, has died
One of NPR's most gifted storytellers, his soft voice and vivid writing helped define the network's sound for a generation of Americans.
NPR News at Sunday, October 18, 2026 11:30:41 AM
Linear TV Investment Platform To Be Backed By Industry Executive Jeff Shell
The project would be financially supported by RedBird Capital Partners and is scheduled to launch during the first half of 2027.
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TV News Check at Thursday, October 15, 2026 9:51:44 PM
Team Boxing League Enhances Production For Fourth Televised Season
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TV News Check at Saturday, October 17, 2026 1:02:16 AM
MPT Sets Fourth Season of Made in Maryland For Oct. 28
Maryland Public Television will launch the fourth season of its original series Made in Maryland on Oct. 28 with three half-hour episodes airing over consecutive Wednesdays. The series spotlights people …
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 3:02:19 PM
CBS gives JD Vance a prime-time town hall just before the midterms
In timing that is certainly good for a Republican Party looking for a last-minute rally ahead of the midterm elections, CBS announced Wednesday that it will air a town hall […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, October 14, 2026 5:03:39 AM
From bad to worse: 2026 is shaping up to be “a super El Niño year for local news”
If you thought last year was bleak, Medills annual State of Local News Report is here to ring the alarm bell louder. What was a “creeping erosion” has now “mushroomed into a full-blown super El Niño-like event for local news, leaving widespread and long-lasting displacement in its wake,” writes Tim Franklin, founding director of the...
Nieman Labs at Tuesday, October 13, 2026 2:19:01 PM
Midterm Political TV Ad Spending Up 30% Through Mid-October
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 3:02:20 PM
How the worst act in vaudeville helped shape modern libel law
During the vaudeville era, the Cherry Sisters of Marion, Iowa, built a reputation as the worst act to ever grace the stage. But that didnt stop crowds from packing into […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, October 14, 2026 5:03:40 AM
Trumps latest attack on James Talarico involves veganism, barbecue and vomiting. Here are the facts
The way President Donald Trump tells it, the issue that sizzles in the Texas U.S. Senate battle is a gross tale about Democrat James Talarico. The president has regurgitated this […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, October 14, 2026 6:02:35 AM
Googles News AI pilot expands to over 400 publications, including U.S. local news outlets
In December, Google launched its News AI pilot program, which licenses content from select publishers and uses it to test new AI features in Google News. On Thursday, the company announced that the program has added new partnerships, bringing the total number of publications in the pilot to more than 400 worldwide. At launch, the...
Nieman Labs at Thursday, October 15, 2026 11:01:46 AM
Metas new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites, legal experts say
Meta can use web scrapers to crawl and collect content from websites “associated with” business accounts on its platforms, according to its new commercial terms of use. The update, set to go into effect on October 30, will include news publishers with business accounts. These accounts allow companies or public figures to manage Facebook pages,...
Nieman Labs at Friday, October 16, 2026 12:31:43 PM
British Government May Intervene With Sky & ITV Merger
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TV News Check at Thursday, October 15, 2026 9:27:04 PM
A death at a Russian plague lab raised pandemic fears. Heres what experts are watching.
It sounded familiar: Pneumonia reported near a lab studying infectious pathogens in a country where the government is known to conceal unfavorable information. Conflicting reports and unanswered questions about a […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, October 15, 2026 6:03:33 AM
Dow Jumps 556, Nasdaq Adds 20, S&P 500 Rises 25
Wall Street muscled higher Thursday despite more swings for AI stocks.
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TV News Check at Sunday, October 18, 2026 2:02:19 AM
Katie Zacharias debut as press secretary went about as badly as it could have
New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia held her first press briefing on Tuesday. And how did it go? Put it this way: It could have gone better. Way better. […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, October 14, 2026 7:03:21 AM
Proton Launching Proton IS Camera At NAB New York
Proton Camera Innovations GmbH plans to use NAB Show New York 2026 to announce the full market launch of its PROTON IS miniature broadcast camera. The company said the camera, …
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 10:36:20 AM
TikTok To Add Drama Series Programming From New Partnership
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 1:57:01 PM
Local newspaper closures have surged to more than three a week
Local journalism has been in decline for decades. But 2026 was an especially bad year as both the rate of newspaper closures and the number of new news deserts spiked, […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, October 14, 2026 5:03:38 AM
Ron Gant Stepping Away From WAGA’s ‘Good Day Atlanta’ After 14 Years
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 10:09:31 AM
CNN, MS NOW and Politico prevail against White House — for now
A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that President Trump cannot ban news organizations from covering him at the White House because he does not like the nature of their coverage - at least, not until the matter goes to a formal trial.
NPR News at Wednesday, October 14, 2026 2:16:02 AM
GOP Gets Another Supreme Court Win In TV Political Ad Fight
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with Republicans a second time in a legal battle over television advertising costs in the lead-up to the midterm elections, prompting two liberal justices to dissent.
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 3:02:31 AM
Dow Drops 175, Nasdaq Loses 573, S&P 500 Falls 85
A broad sell-off in technology companies pulled stocks lower on Wall Street Friday, capping off the market’s worst week since late June. The S&P 500 fell 1.1%. Its roughly 2% …
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 3:56:14 PM
National Comedy Center Acquires I Love Lucy Artifacts
Early pilot script and film prints are included in the artifacts
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TV News Check at Saturday, October 17, 2026 1:02:16 AM
BBC Launches YouTube Stream In U.K. & U.S. Markets
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 6:57:24 AM
College journalism is thriving at schools that dont teach it
This article was originally published in the Student Press Report, a national news desk highlighting the successes and challenges facing college journalism. Just before 7 p.m. every Monday of his […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, October 14, 2026 7:03:21 AM
If journalists cant explain an election, we havent finished the job
Understanding the American electorate has never been more important or more challenging, especially for journalists. We know the country is polarized and that voters in both parties are angry. But […]
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Poynter Institute at Friday, October 16, 2026 6:31:42 AM
President Trumps losing streak versus the press continues
Once again, President Donald Trump has suffered a setback in his efforts to restrict press access to the White House. In a ruling late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Timothy J. […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, October 15, 2026 7:03:41 AM
Two creators went to NYUs business school, then decided to make a show about the news
On a September afternoon in Manhattans Union Square neighborhood, Shreyas Sinha is sitting on a toilet, wearing a blue suit. Looking into the camera, he asks, “Why is it that everything Ive been eating this year is giving me diarrhea?” Sinha is about to link the 2026 cyclospora outbreaks to decades of problems at the...
Nieman Labs at Wednesday, October 14, 2026 2:43:55 PM
Station Trading Roundup: 2 Deals, $2,255,000
The purchase of four stations by Gray Media tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA Advisory Services.
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 3:02:30 AM
Newsroom Profile: Black Indy LIVE
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, October 14, 2026 5:03:38 AM
ENCO To Debut AI Production Tools At NAB Show New York
ENCO will use NAB Show New York on Oct. 21-22 at the Javits Center to showcase new AI production tools, captioning and translation workflows, automation products and virtual production technology …
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 2:02:14 AM
A shrinking local press is making it easier for public officials to restrict access
As CNN, Politico and MS NOW challenge their White House ban in court, a similar press access battle is playing out in Utah — one that dates back to the […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, October 15, 2026 12:03:26 PM
Great American Media Launches Pure Flix Familia
Great American Media is expanding its streaming strategy for Latino audiences with Pure Flix Familia, a new destination focused on faith, family and Spanish-language programming.
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 10:29:38 AM
Zacharia Out As White House Press Secretary
Katie Zacharia out after only one week as press secretary. A permanent replacement has yet to be named.
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 1:03:47 PM
President Trump nixes idea of livesteaming an execution
A week ago, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposed livestreaming the firing-squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army major who killed 13 people and injured another 32 in a […]
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Poynter Institute at Friday, October 16, 2026 7:02:23 AM
New York Positioned To Surpass California As Country’s #1 Location For Film & TV Production
A recent report for the quarter that ended Sept. 30 showed that New York State increased 87 percent in production spend, compared to only 17 percent for the state of California.
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 6:46:04 AM
Former ESPN Producer Questions Objectivity With Sports Gambling Now Present
The former producer questions the changes that have occurred under current ESPN President Jimmy Pitario.
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TV News Check at Friday, October 16, 2026 10:01:23 AM