Patrina Adger Leaves KFDM Beaumont News
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:35 PM
Sinclair Names Jennifer Lopez To Boise Leadership Role
The station group ups Jennifer Lopez to vice president and general manager of its KBOI, KYUU and KNIN, giving her oversight of operations, sales and community engagement.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:15 PM
Matthew Wright, Ellen DeGeneres Show Executive Producer, Dies At 52
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:07 PM
Fox Flies On A World Cup, Political High
It sets records in revenue and adjusted EBITDA in first quarter 2027.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:19 PM
NBC, ABC & CBS Evening News Ratings: Tony Dokoupil Finally Gets Good News
Recent broadcast evening news ratings give everyone at ABC World News Tonight With David Muir , NBC Nightly News With Tom Llamas , and CBS Evening News With Tony Dokoupil something to celebrate. And Tony Dokoupil and his team at CBS, despite being in third place, finally got some good news after getting off to a rocky start early this year.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:41 PM
LinearB Launches Agentic Studio for Engineering Teams, Coding Agents
LinearB today debuted Agentic Studio, a new product the company says is designed to give engineering leaders and coding agents more context about software delivery so teams can make faster …
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:22 PM
Michael Wilbon Stepping Away From ESPN Due To Worrisome Health Problems
The co-host of ESPNs long-running debate show Pardon The Interruption alongside Tony Kornheiser, said on Monday that he will take an indefinite leave of absence from PTI and his NBA analyst duties in a message on social media.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:14 PM
WHTM Says It Is Pulling GOP Ad Attacking Pennsylvania House Candidate
President Donald Trumps No Going Back PAC targets Democrat Janelle Stelson over an unsubstantiated allegation.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:11 PM
The Nieman Lab News-About-News Quiz: October 30, 2026
For decades now, news publishers have been yammering on about “gamifying” the news. But what about gamifying the news about the news? Welcome to the Nieman Lab News-About-News Quiz, a weekly incentive to keep up with the latest happenings in the world of digital journalism. All questions will be based on the weeks Nieman Lab...
Nieman Labs at Friday, October 30, 2026 8:00:16 AM
Whos Really Watching?
The evolving science of TV measurement.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:10 PM
Truth In Advertising: Why Are Political Candidates Held To A Different Standard?
We demand factual accuracy from companies selling products and services, but don't demand comparable accountability from candidates asking for our votes.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:36 PM
Press Forward gave $20 million to 205 local newsrooms over two years. Heres how some of them spent
Most local newsrooms in the U.S. have one thing in common: They need more money, and many dream of dollars they can use however they want. In 2024, Press Forward, the nonprofit trying to mobilize a philanthropic army for local news, announced it would give at least 100 small local newsrooms — those with annual...
Nieman Labs at Thursday, October 29, 2026 3:52:01 PM
KMBC Activates Live Radar In Kansas City
Hearst Television ABC affiliate KMBC Has activated what it says is Kansas City’s only live radar, moving the weather tool to a new home in Belton, Miss., after its previous …
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:29 PM
Meta pledges to consult publishers before finalizing its new terms
Meta will complete “a full consultation” with news industry leaders before implementing its controversial new terms — even if it means another delay, an executive for the social media company announced today. “Weve heard publishers feedback on our proposed ads and business terms update. We care deeply about our partners and do not plan to...
Nieman Labs at Wednesday, October 28, 2026 1:23:04 PM
Sandy Frank Dies: Legendary Distributor & Name That Tune Producer Was 97
Frank is best known for producing and distributing game shows such as Name That Tune and The Dating Game as well as bringing Japanese monster movies to the United States. Starting out as a sales executive for Paramount Pictures in the late 1940s, Frank went on to work at NBC, launched Sandy Frank Program Sales, where he sold series including You Asked For It before also moving into production with Sandy Frank Entertainment.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:08 PM
$1 Billion Or Bust? Gavin Newsom Proposes Major California Film & TV Tax Credit Expansion
The governor's call on Monday threw fuel on the fire to push Sacramento politicians to do more to help out the Golden State's most iconic industry.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:09 PM
TVN Video: Local Broadcasters Are Building Streaming That Scales, But Revenue Hasnt Caught Up
Leaders from NBCUniversal Local, E.W. Scripps, CBS, Gray Media and Viamedia laid out streamings growing importance and the stubborn challenges to amping up its monetization proportionally in this panel at TVNewsCheck s Local TV Strategies conference.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:40 PM
CBS Stations To Debut AR/VR Election Centers Nationwide
The deployment of immersive election coverage is designed to help viewers of its 15 stations a better understand local races, results and issues through interactive visual storytelling.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:22 PM
As Political Ad Spending Skyrockets, Broadcast TV Remains King
Even though marketers have increasingly shifted their dollars to other media, local stations are reaping a bonanza during these midterm elections. Nowhere is this is more evident than in Texas.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:31 PM
Netflix Needs You To Watch, Not Just Pay
The streamers ad ambitions depend on viewing hours, which have stalled.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:26 PM
The Ringer bets on Substacks network over its own website
“Very interesting that The Ringers writers write on Substack and not…The Ringer.” “Whats the point of the website then?” “Hold up. Youre telling me The Ringer would rather make money on writing than not make money on writing?” These were some of the responses after The Ringers Zach Lowe announced his new newsletter. The Lowe...
Nieman Labs at Thursday, October 22, 2026 2:13:23 PM
'Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter
Saying the president was grasping at straws, a federal judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over a story reporting on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
NPR News at Sunday, November 1, 2026 2:20:19 AM
Melodi Hankins Joins Fox Illinois Morning News Team
Melodi Hankins, an evening anchor for WRSP-WCCU Springfield, Ill. (Fox Illinois), has moved to the station’s morning lineup. Hankins will join co-anchor Bethal Miles and meteorologist Matt Bednar on NewsChannel …
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:21 PM
The Content Creator Election: Digital Streamers & TV Networks Face Off For Midterms Coverage
Journalists such as Jim Acosta and Scott MacFarlane are now competing against their former employers for eyeballs.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:27 PM
Only 32% of Americans have high confidence that news orgs will report midterm election results accur
About six in 10 Americans said they have at least “some” confidence that news organizations will report the upcoming midterm election results accurately, according to a new national survey. But only 32% said they had “quite a bit” or “a great deal” of confidence that journalists would do the job. In the survey from Medill...
Nieman Labs at Thursday, October 29, 2026 1:35:18 PM
APTS Mourns Death Of KET Leader Shae Hopkins
Americas Public Television Stations is remembering Shae Hopkins, the longtime leader of Kentucky Educational Television and chief executive of Kentuckys statewide public media network. Kate Riley, APTS president-CEO, said Hopkins …
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:29 PM
Monday Night Football Goes To The Movie Theater: Cinemark Plans Dallas Cowboys Test Run
The exhibitor will hold the first live game screening of a Dec. 7 Dallas-Seattle in-market game at its flagship Plano, Texas, multiplex.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:32 PM
Judge Again Tosses Out Trumps $10B Suit Against Wall Street Journal
A federal judge has again dismissed Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over its reporting on a letter sent to Jeffrey Epstein for his birthday in 2003.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:44 PM
Creators who show their sources build trust, survey finds
About one in five U.S. adults regularly gets their news from news creators on social media platforms, but it can be difficult for audiences to suss out which personalities to trust amid an avalanche of misinformation, hot takes, and polarizing content. New research spearheaded by a team of journalists and political scientists shows that giving...
Nieman Labs at Tuesday, October 27, 2026 10:00:48 AM
Publishers pressure Meta to nix new terms that would let the company scrape their websites
The largest news publishing trade association in the United States is calling on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to suspend the implementation of the companys new commercial terms of service, set to go into effect on October 30. In an open letter to Zuckerberg published Thursday, News/Media Alliances president and CEO Danielle Coffey wrote that Meta...
Nieman Labs at Thursday, October 22, 2026 2:26:54 PM
Digital Nears 75% Share Of Local Ad Spend, 80% By 2030
In a major update to its tracking of local ad spending, Borrell Associates has doubled its estimates for the growth of local digital ad spending in the U.S., and revised digital media's share of the market upward.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:20 PM
Blockgraph & FreeWheel Add Premium TV Proximity Targeting
Blockgraph and FreeWheel said today they have expanded their collaboration to give advertisers a new way to target premium TV audiences based on proximity to real-world locations. The offering is …
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:17 PM
Gabriel Awards Open 61st Competition For 2026 Entries
The 61st annual Gabriel Awards are now open for entries, with a refreshed lineup of 23 categories spread across four divisions: film and theatrical releases, television and streaming series, audio …
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:12 PM
Bobby Wright, McHales Navy Actor, Singer & Son Of Kitty Wells, Dies At 84
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:32 PM
WMAQ Chicago, Telemundo Chicago Expand Election Coverage
NBC O&O WMAQ (NBC 5 Chicago) and Telemundo Chicago (WSNS) are planning wall-to-wall coverage of the Nov. 3 election, with live reports from major Illinois races and extended coverage across …
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:28 PM
The Independent Journalism Atlas looks at “wells” and “springs” in news deserts
What do we mean when we talk about news deserts? The term has become a shorthand for areas devoid of local news coverage. But a new essay from the Independent Journalism Atlas recalls that when Penny Abernathy popularized the term through her research, she used it to describe a more nuanced picture: To show what...
Nieman Labs at Monday, October 26, 2026 2:56:55 PM
Alaska Senate race controversy continues, puts election tactics in the spotlight
The New York Times explosive report earlier this week about a hotly-contested Senate race in Alaska is still producing aftershocks. The Times Kellen Browning reported that the campaign of Mary […]
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Poynter Institute at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:03:12 AM
ITU Updates Handbook On Precise Frequency, Time Systems
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:34 PM
Meta delays rollout of terms that would allow broad scraping of news sites. Legal experts are still
Meta has delayed the effective date of its new terms of service for business accounts to November 20 in the face of mounting pressure from the global news industry. Nieman Lab first reported on the terms on October 15. They would allow for the mass scraping of websites “associated with” business accounts on Facebook, Instagram,...
Nieman Labs at Friday, October 23, 2026 1:03:31 PM
Daytime Emmys: General Hospital Wins Sixth Best Drama Series In A Row; Kelly Clarkson Wins In Fi
General Hospital won for Outstanding Drama while Beyond the Gates triumphed in the actress categories at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday. The marquee win for GH was its sixth in a row in the category, besting fellow daytime drama nominees Peacocks Days of Our Lives and the CBS duo of The Young and the Restless and newcomer Beyond the Gates .
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:45 PM
FCC Names Courtney Reinhard Head Of Space Bureau
Courtney Reinhard will lead the FCC’s Space Bureau, FCC Chair Brendan Carr announced, placing a veteran of the wireless industry, the Senate and the commission in charge of the agency’s …
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:30 PM
TVN Video: TV Advertising Needs Mindset Change To Stay Competitive
Executives from Sinclair, Fox Television Stations, ITN and Media Inno said ad selling processes — as well as technology — must change for stations to compete against digital giants in this panel at TVNewsCheck s Local TV Strategies conference.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:39 PM
As Rokus Merger With Fox Clears More Hurdles, Streaming Provider Delivers Strong Q3 Results
Total revenue in the July-to-September period surged 24% from the prior-year period to hit $1.5 billion, with earnings per share zooming to $1.20 from 16 cents in the same frame of 2025. Both metrics were substantially better than Wall Street analysts consensus forecast.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:05 PM
Liz Roldán Named VP Of News At WLTV Miami
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:35 PM
Appellate Court Revives Sunday Ticket Antitrust Verdict Against The NFL
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the case back to the district court in Los Angeles on Nov. 30 to reinstate the jurys verdict and hold a new trial on damages.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:42 PM
Utopai Studios Names Hans Ku Chief Product Officer
Utopai Studios has named Hans Ku chief product officer as the company expands its film and television slate and develops its PAI cinematic storytelling engine for productions and industry partnerships. …
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:16 PM
Dow Adds 214, Nasdaq Falls 273, S&P 500 Slips 39
More drops for AI and tech stocks on Monday overshadowed gains for most of Wall Street.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:06 PM
NAB Opens Nominations For 2027 Technology Awards Recognizing Excellence in Broadcast Engineering and
The National Association of Broadcasters is accepting nominations for the 2027 NAB Technology Awards, celebrating outstanding contributions to broadcast engineering, digital leadership and technological innovation. Recipients will be honored during …
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:23 PM
NewsTECHForum: What Industry Leaders Really Think About News Technologys Future
DPP CEO Roman de Pomerai kicks off TVNewsCheck s NewsTECHForum conference on Dec. 15 by drilling into the technology priorities of todays media and journalism leaders drawing on original industry research. Register here .
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:37 PM
Can You Afford To Watch TV?
The streaming era has provided viewers a lot of great things to watch. But it comes at a price.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:25 PM
Optimal Advisory Adds Blair Levin As Washington Policy Head
Optimal Advisory added Blair Levin as partner and head of Washington policy advisory, saying he will build and lead the firms policy practice as clients face rising uncertainty from regulation, …
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:18 PM
Criminal Minds Ending With 20th Season On Paramount+
The show has been formally titled Criminal Minds: Evolution since moving to the streamer in 2022.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:33 PM
Fox Revenue Jumps 22% to $4.6B As World Cup, Political Ads Fuel Record Quarter
Advertising revenue increased by 47% during the first quarter of fiscal year 2027.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:24 PM
Netflix Taps Googles Darshan Kantak As Ads Platform VP
He will oversee the ad product, engineering and data & insights teams to develop strategic initiatives for the streamer globally.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:07 PM
RCS Worldwide Strengthens Leadership Team With Two Executive Appointments
RCS Worldwide has named two senior executives to help lead its product and client experience strategy as the company works to expand its broadcast software business. Tammy Halcomb has been …
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:13 PM
House Members Push For Anna Gomezs FCC Renomination
Energy and Commerce Dems call on Senate leaders to pair her reappointment with Republican nominee.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:35 PM
Savannah Guthrie Shares New Post Asking For Information About Her Mothers Disappearance: We Ache F
The post Savannah Guthrie Shares New Post Asking For Information About Her Mothers Disappearance: We Ache For Her, We Cry Out For Answers appeared first on TV News Check .
TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:31 PM
Melissa Zukerman, Skydance Chief Comms Officer, reveals Her Core Execs
Melissa Zukerman, chief communications officer of Skydance, has become the latest member of the post-merger companys CEO Corporate and Business Leadership teams to reveal her core group of executives. The list includes Zukermans deputy chief communications officer at Paramount Laura Watson; former Paramounts head of communications for direct-to-consumer Shannon Buck; Paramount head of corporate social responsibility Deborah Marcus; and Virginia Fout, who is joining Skydance as head of events ...
TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:44 PM
TVN Video: Local Buyers & Sellers Say Off-Cycle Year Must Yield Innovation
Leaders from Hearst Television, NBCUniversal, E.W. Scripps, Publicis Media, ITN and Tango Media Systems unpack how the industry must modernize now in this panel at TVNewsCheck s Local TV Strategies conference.
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:38 PM
Americas Public Television Stations Mourn Death OfBeth Courtney, Former President-CEO Of Louisiana
Kate Riley, president-CEO of Americas Public Television Stations (APTS), issued the following statement on the death of Beth Courtney, former president-CEO of Louisiana Public Broadcasting. “Americas Public Television Stations are …
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TV News Check at Monday, November 2, 2026 11:02:43 PM