New Super PAC Aims To Rally Tech Workers To Help Limit AI
Shaunna Thomas is a founder of the Guardrails Alliance, which has raised $5 million, is positioning itself as a populist effort that will take on the pro-AI interests trying to influence this year’s elections.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 6:45:25 AM
Clear-Com Introduces Avalon IP Station For Modern Communication Workflows
Clear-Comhas introduced Avalon, a purpose built 1RU IP intercom communication platform for modern networked production, designed to simplify and scale workflows across broadcast, live events and production environments. Avalon supports FreeSpeak wireless beltpacks, HelixNet digital …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:00:05 AM
FreeStream Names Parag Naik CEO-CTO To Lead Direct-To-Mobile Rollout
Parag Naik was appointed chief executive officer and chief technology officer of Free Stream Technologies and will lead the company’s push to deploy Direct-to-Mobile, a terrestrial broadcast system that sends …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 5:57:50 AM
Florida’s TikTok Lawsuit Could Signal Wider Social Media Crackdown
“Mark my words, we're going to go after anybody that's going to hurt our kids — anybody and everybody,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said during an event announcing the TikTok lawsuit.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 6:02:56 AM
New Edith Wharton story juxtaposes the horrible with the mundane
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Andrew Gulli, managing editor of The Strand Magazine, about publishing a new short story from Edith Wharton and its resonance today.
NPR News at Thursday, June 18, 2026 4:00:49 PM
HRTS To Co-Sponsor Easterseals’ Reimagined Disability Arts Awards; Will Present New Access Leadershi
The Hollywood Radio and Television Society will serve as a community partner and co-sponsor of Easterseals Disability Services’ reimagined Disability Arts & Culture Awards, known as the DARCYS, set for …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 7:30:49 AM
Irdeto Announces Leadership Transition; Axel Gallant Promoted To CEO
Irdeto, a CANAL+ company and global provider of digital platform cybersecurity, today said that Doug Lowther will step down as chief executive officer. Axel Gallant has been Named to succeed him. …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 12:30:09 PM
Short fact-checking videos take the stage at GlobalFact
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Fact-checkers from around the world shared some recent examples of their short videos at the annual GlobalFact fact-checking conference here. Here are three. Dheeshma Puzhakkal, NewsMeter (India) […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, June 18, 2026 5:09:58 PM
NESN Heats Up Summer With Comprehensive Bruins, NHL Programming
NESN announced a slate of comprehensive Bruins-focused coverage across the NHL’s biggest summer events, providing fans with real-time, in-depth analysis and exclusive content as the hockey calendar transitions from postseason …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 12:18:01 PM
Political Advertising To The Rescue — But For How Long?
Local television still commands a central role in political campaigns. But the more useful conclusion is more complicated: political advertising is not just propping up local TV’s economics in the short term. It is also masking some of the industry’s longer-term strategic problems. Political money is not solving those problems — it is merely postponing them.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 5:51:04 AM
PMC Acquires Remaining Vox Media Brands
Penske Media has acquired Vox Media‘s brands Vox Studios, Eater, The Verge, SB Nation, PopSugar, The Dodo, Punch, Thrillist and Vox Creative, along with Concert, Vox Media’s ad marketplace, and Forte, Vox Media’s first-party data platform. PMC has created a new subsidiary, PMX. It will combine the newly acquired brands and PMC’s existing publishing portfolio
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 12:10:44 PM
Consider adding consumer-driven revenue models, media expert tells fact-checking, misinformation gro
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Despite their traditional reliance on public benefit funding and philanthropic donations, fact-checking and misinformation outlets need to consider adding a consumer-driven model to keep their enterprises afloat, […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:06:26 AM
Truthset, Magnite Integration Lets Buyers, Sellers See Data Accuracy in Campaigns
Buyers and sellers on Magnite’s advertising platform will now see independent accuracy ratings for audience data used to target campaigns after the company integrated Truthset’s Data Rated Audiences into its …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 2:23:25 PM
Study: Programmatic CTV Pause Ads More Effective Than Traditional Spots
Using TVision attention data, the WunderKIND Ads study shows that Pause Ads can deliver 69% increase in attention over traditional video spots.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 1:34:10 PM
Radial Entertainment Hires Former Sony Exec Carrie Ferman As COO
Ferman previously was head of business strategy and operations at Sony Pictures TV. This is the latest major hire at Radial under CEO Jeff Shultz, who joined the company in December.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:54:36 AM
Tango Media Systems, Sinclair’s AMP Renew Technology Partnership To Speed Multi-Market TV Ad Sales
Tango Media Systems renewed and expanded a technology partnership with AMP Sales & Marketing Solutions, the national advertising sales division of Sinclair Broadcast Group, as both companies move to speed …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 7:26:08 AM
ACT Entertainment & Netgear Partner To Power Networked Live Production
ACT Entertainment and Netgear have formed a strategic partnership to verify interoperability between Netgear switches and key technologies from ACT’s tvONE, Green Hippo and lighting control brands, the companies said …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:37:01 AM
Journalists share how they exposed Russian influence networks
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuanias capital is less than 25 miles from the border with Belarus, an ally of Russia. As with other European nations in Russias immediate orbit, Lithuanians say […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, June 18, 2026 8:57:00 AM
WPP Media Unveils Prototype For New ‘Buyer Agent’ Standard
The first-mover announcement is consistent with big historical moves by WPP Media and its predecessor organization, GroupM, to move the industry forward by developing media research and/or technical standards for buying media — from Nielsen ratings to CTV — in order to prevent industry inertia around key media technology developments.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 1:59:15 PM
Hearst Media Production Group To Debut ‘The Great American Journey’ Hosted By Kelsey Grammer On NBC
The new series will celebrate 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. ( John Russo photo )
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:47:23 AM
Guillermo Rodriguez of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Joins ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 35
He is the latest celebrity contestant to be announced on the upcoming season, following The Traitors and Love Island star Maura Higgins, Summer House fixture Ciara Miller and Savannah Bananas player Jackson Olson. The full cast of celebrities and professional dancers will be announced on Sept. 2.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 5:34:44 AM
May Sweeps In Pittsburgh Show Ratings Decline Facing Linear Broadcast TV
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 12:13:03 PM
TiVo Channels Expands Free Streaming Lineup Across U.S., Key European Markets
TiVo Channels, the free ad-supported streaming television service from Xperi previously known as TiVo+, has added a slate of new channels across the United States and key European markets, broadening …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 12:24:41 PM
Why do journalists do that?
This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Before we get to the news of the […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:06:26 AM
How Hackers Found A Back Door Into The American Living Room
Nation-state cyberattackers are increasingly using residential proxy networks to mask their traffic, turning everyday electronics into a massive global threat.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 6:29:55 AM
HBO Max Cuts Prices 40% Ahead Of ‘House Of The Dragon’ Season 3
HBO is reducing the price of its annual subscription plans across all three of its tiers.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 1:38:28 PM
The Fox-Trump Divorce
For a decade, the network and the president have fueled each other’s rise. As the midterms approach, both are learning who really owns the Republican base.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 10:16:26 AM
Lithuania sees itself as a nation on the front lines of the misinformation war
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Top Lithuanian military and diplomatic officials touted their nations “whole-of-society” approach to fighting a torrent of misinformation and disinformation attacks. “We now treat cognitive warfare as a […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:06:26 AM
Fact-checkers, dont quit now: A call for endurance at GlobalFact 2026
The International Fact-Checking Network brought together more than 300 journalists and researchers from across the globe this week in Vilnius, Lithuania, for GlobalFact 2026, the 13th annual conference. This essay […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:06:26 AM
RTL Deutschland Selects Octopus Newsroom For Nationwide News Production
RTL Deutschland has moved its national news channel ntv onto the Octopus Newsroom platform, a key milestone in a multiyear project to replace the broadcaster’s legacy NC Power system and …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:15:30 AM
Perry Sook: Big Tech Poses ‘Very Urgent’ Threat To Broadcast Stations
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 8:48:31 AM
WRTV Indianapolis To Become Indiana’s Ag Station
Circle City Broadcastingannounced a strategic partnership between its ABC affiliate WRTV Indianapolis and Hoosier AgToday. Through this collaboration, WRTV will be positioned as “Indiana’s Ag TV Station,” expanding agricultural coverage across …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 12:39:21 PM
The U.S. government has unilaterally disarmed in the fight against falsehoods
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Nina Jankowicz — who was ousted from the U.S federal Disinformation Governance Board in 2022 amid a campaign by critics who accused it of government censorship — […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:06:26 AM
Quinta Brunson Exits Warner Bros. TV, Signs New Overall Deal With Disney’s 20th Television
As part of the new pact, Brunson and her Fifth Chance Productions shingle will develop, write and executive produce projects for Disney Entertainment Television’s brands and platforms.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 1:53:19 PM
Netflix Cancels The Duffer Brothers Series ‘The Boroughs’ After One Season
Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer are headed to Paramount.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 5:20:03 AM
AWS-3 Auction Hits $3.1B As Bidding Winds Down
The FCC's AWS-3 auction passes the $2.9 billion threshold for EchoStar to avoid paying a penalty, and one analyst expects the bidding to wrap up soon.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 5:24:43 AM
Fox Closes Upfront First
Fox closes its upfront deals around a month earlier than last year with market-leading pricing growth and no rollbacks.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 11:22:35 AM
Having global fact-checkers come to Vilnius is a huge milestone for Baltic journalists
VILNIUS, Lithuania — For years, the three Baltic nations — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — have found themselves on the front lines of information warfare between east and west. To […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, June 18, 2026 5:09:58 PM
Meta Prevails In Battle Over Scam Real Estate Ads
U.S. District Court Judge George Russell III in Baltimore said Meta was protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which generally provides that interactive companies aren't responsible for illegal content posted by third parties.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 5:42:43 AM
Summer Of Sports: NBA, NHL & World Cup Ride Huge Ratings Wave
Outside of some Olympic years, viewers are tuning in like they haven't at any time in the recent past.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 1:43:11 PM
‘1st Look Presents: Sail4th 250 — Celebration of America’ Premieres This Weekend On NBC Stations
NBCUniversal Local’s LXTV Productions will premiere a special edition of its lifestyle series 1st Look this weekend, following Saturday Night Live on NBC stations nationwide. The half-hour program, 1st Look …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 10:05:33 AM
How Should News Orgs Label Their AI Use For Audiences?
New studies suggest some answers: Human oversight was the most influential factor considered, while disclosure of generative AI use was important for credibility and news use. But people didn’t show any preferences for whether news outlets should use AI for menial tasks
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 7:21:17 AM
Nexstar Foundation Awards $5,000 Grants to West Virginia & Kansas Nonprofits
The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation awarded $5,000 grants Thursday to the Marion County Humane Society in West Virginia and Kids With Courage of Kansas City as part of the company’s …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 10:14:06 AM
Chyron Releases Weather 2.4 With Enhanced Data Processing Capabilities
Chyron released Weather version 2.4, adding new data-management features intended to speed and improve weather graphics for broadcasters and meteorologists. The update expands the DataFlow module with a managed framework …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:08:10 AM
Should I stay or should I go? How to decide whether its time to leave your journalism job
The media industry has been messy lately. Consolidation, layoffs, ownership priorities and public disputes seem to be making as much news as the actual news. The instability — and all […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:06:26 AM
Dow Gains 72, Nasdaq Surges 496, S&P 500 Adds 80
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose on Wall Street Thursday and erased most of their losses from a day earlier to notch weekly gains. The market’s reversal was powered by …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 3:48:42 PM
The View conducted a respectable (and respectful) interview with Vice President JD Vance
This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. The View conducted a respectable (and respectful) interview […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:06:26 AM
ATVA Blasts Deltavision Media for Demanding ‘Egregious’ Retrans Fees In Syracuse
Verizon subscribers in Syracuse could lose access to World Cup coverage if a deal isn’t reached next week.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 5:08:29 AM
Gray Media Adds Aristotle Data To Political 360 Digital Advertising Service
Gray Media is enhancing its Political 360 digital advertising solution by integrating voter and consumer data from Aristotle, the companies said Thursday. The move pairs Gray’s local broadcast and digital …
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 1:30:56 PM
Netflix & TF1 Kick Off Landmark Streaming-Broadcast Tie-Up In France
Starting June 19, Netflix subscribers in France will be able to access content from TF1+, the VOD service of the country’s largest commercial network, directly within the platform, at no extra cost to their existing subscription.
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TV News Check at Thursday, June 18, 2026 1:51:03 PM