Whoopi Goldberg didnt get The View a $6 million federal grant. That claim originated as satire.
Republicans have touted numerous examples of what they consider frivolous, wasteful spending as the Department of Government Efficiency works to carry out President Donald Trumps budget cuts. Some social media […]
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Poynter Institute at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:56 AM
Astound Broadband Set To Transform Its Network With Harmonic
Harmonic said that Astound Broadband, the sixth largest MSO in the U.S. catering to over one million subscribers, has selected the company’s cOS virtualized broadband platform to drive the evolution …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:56 AM
Comcast Technology Solutions Boosts QC Efficiency With Interra Systems Baton Version 9
Interra Systems, a provider of end-to-end quality assurance solutions for the digital media industry, today announced that Comcast Technology Solutions has integrated recent updates to Baton Version 9. Comcast Technology …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:52 AM
CNBC Will Bring Its Sports Business Brand To TV & Events In Expansion
CNBC Sport will add a weekly TV series and launch CNBC Sport-branded productions (starting with a Steph Curry special) in the coming weeks.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:50 AM
Facebook Rolls Out Story Monetization For All Creators
Facebook is now paying content creators across the globe based on how many views they receive on content posted to their public stories — a new monetization option via the Facebook Content Monetization program.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:49 AM
Netflix, Amazon & Peacock Go Big On Popular YouTubers
As Beast Games boasts profit and gears up for more seasons, streamers search for similar success.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:47 AM
WATN Memphis Anchor Richard Ransom Leaving TV To Work In Health Care
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:45 AM
TV Consumer Reporter Creates Free Website Listing Certified Businesses For Consumers
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:45 AM
Sports Betting TV Spend: $130.8M, FanDuel And DraftKings Tops
Sports betting/online gambling operations spent $130.8 million national TV advertising over the most recent 90-day period, according to estimates from EDO AdEnGage.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:44 AM
KAKE Wichita Names JC Lowe Director Of Sales/Station Manager
Lockwood Broadcast Group ABC affiliate KAKE Wichita, Kan., has appointed JC Lowe director of sales/station manager. Lowe brings decades of experience in broadcasting, having successfully led sales teams and managed …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:42 AM
Dow Climbs 675, Nasdaq Rallies 451, S&P 500 Adds 117
Wall Street rallied Friday to its best day in months, but that wasnt enough to salvage its losing week.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:41 AM
Tuff TV To Relaunch On Broadcast TV, Streaming Platforms In September
The return of the men-focused channel comes at a time when more Americans are using a mixture of broadcast and free streaming TV options to be informed and entertained.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:39 AM
Trump Claims Negative Press Coverage Should be Illegal, Calls For Opponents To Be Jailed
In a dark speech on Friday, President Donald Trump called for his opponents to be jailed and reiterated claims that negative press coverage of him by CNN, MSNBC and major newspapers should be “illegal.”
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:37 AM
Trump Signs Executive Order To Dismantle Voice Of Americas Oversight Agency
Donald Trump is targeting the Voice of America and other U.S.-funded international broadcasting entities, as he signed an executive order on Friday to eliminate the functions of their oversight agency. Employees were informed Satureday morning that they were being put on administrative leave with pay, but must be available to work if directed to do so.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:35 AM
CPJ Urges Congress To Act As Trump Aims To Dismantle Voice Of America
“It is outrageous that the White House is seeking to gut the Congress-funded agency supporting independent journalism that challenges narratives of authoritarian regimes around the world,” said CPJ Program Director Carlos Martinez de la Serna in New York. “We call on congressional leaders to protect this critical agency, which provides uncensored news in countries where the press is restricted.”
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:33 AM
VOA Staffers Denounce Trump Shutdown As National Security Issue
The news organizations director, Michael Abramowitz, says the president is “failing to protect U.S. interests.”
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:31 AM
Strong TV Ratings & Attendance, Womens Basketball In Good Place Heading To NCAA Tournament
More networks showed more games on TV this season and ratings were strong heading into March Madness that starts this week. ESPN will have the lion's share of tournament games again, but Fox increased its footprint in the sport with five games in primetime on Saturday nights and 18 total on the network.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:27 AM
Original Looney Tunes No Longer Available On Max
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:24 AM
Two-Minute TV Shows Have Taken Over China. Can They Take Over The World?
Micro dramas (90-second episodes, cheesy plots, lots of romance) are catching on worldwide. Will they upend the entertainment industry?
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:24 AM
Fox News Chases Down Broadcast Networks In Ratings
The cable network leads CBS, ABC and NBC in Monday-Friday primetime viewership since the start of 2025.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:22 AM
Conan OBrien Returning To Host 2026 Oscars
The comedian will be back to host the 98th Academy Awards, which will take place on ABC on Sunday, March 15. Also returning will be producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:20 AM
U.S.-Canada Trade War Threatens Local News Media On Both Sides Of The Border
Paul Deegan, CEO of News Media Canada, discusses how the trade war is affecting the news industry, the broader economic implications and the efforts being made to restore balance in a historically strong relationship.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:18 AM
NewsNation Presents Off Road Confidential In Partnership With Visit California
NewsNation and sponsor Visit California invite viewers on a journey with Off Road Confidential, a 30-minute travel special showcasing the beauty and hidden treasures of Northern California. Hosted by food, culture, …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:17 AM
Locked On & Amazon Team Up For Fire TV Channels Bracket Breakdown
Tegna Inc. is joining with Amazon Fire TV Channels to bring college basketball fans “a new approach to mens and womens NCAA Tournament coverage.” Fans can stream Fire TV Channels Bracket …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:15 AM
NAB Show: Manifold Technologies To Launch Up/Down/Cross Conversion Service, Integration Of Arkonas
Manifold Technologies GmbH, provider of service-oriented software solutions for Tier 1 live productions, has revealed plans to introduce several features to its Manifold Cloud suite aimed at expanding the feature …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:11 AM
Gray Stations Add Local News Live To Daily Lineup
This expansion means Local News Live now airs Monday through Friday in a total of 46 television markets and reaches more than 19 million households according to Nielsen.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:09 AM
New Data On Political Advertising Shows Growing Importance Of CTV Ads
CTV ad impressions were up 24% in 2024 and its share of ad spend grew significantly.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:08 AM
Scripps Sports Carves Out Its Unique Niche In Sports TV
Scripps Sports President Brian Lawlor discusses how the growing interest in women's sports has impacted the new sports network.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:06 AM
Chris ODonnell To Star In 911: Nashville On ABC
The former NCIS: Los Angeles lead will play a fire captain in the first-responder drama.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:04 AM
After Dinging Netflix This Month, Influential Wall Street Analysts Now Upgrade Stock
MoffettNathanson lifted its rating on the streaming giant to buy, from neutral, after its analysts recently argued gains from turning password-borrowers into paying customers had run its course.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:07:02 AM
Dow Gains 353, Nasdaq Climbs 55, S&P 500 Adds 36
Wall Street rose again Monday, and more big swings could be ahead, with a decision by the Federal Reserve on interest rates coming later in the week and worries continuing about President Donald Trump's trade war.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:06:55 AM
Warner Bros. Extra To Return For Season 32
Fox Television Stations renew both Extra and Jennifer Hudson as fall season begins to take shape.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:06:53 AM
Mobile Broadcasting: Lets Not Put The Cart Before The Horse
ATSCs Madeleine Noland: While some are intrigued by the possibilities of 5G Broadcast, there are too many caveats for it to leapfrog over ATSC 3.0.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:06:51 AM
NextGen TV Transition Plan Will Hit Obstacles, But Likely To Win FCC Approval
A proposal for a U.S. broadcaster transition to ATSC 3.0 is likely to secure FCC approval, but it will face strong pushback from the consumer electronics industry, pay TV operators and consumer advocates, an analyst warns.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:06:50 AM
Broadcasters Foundation Board Adds Kristin Cantrell, Kate Riley, Peter Smyth
The Broadcasters Foundation of America (BFOA) has elected Kristin Cantrell, owner-CEO, Seven Mountains Media and CapCity Communications; Kate Riley, president-CEO, Americas Public Television Stations; and Peter H. Smyth, former chairman-CEO, Greater Media, to its …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:06:48 AM
DAZN & LIV Golf Announce Major Multiyear Rights Deal
The sports streamer will have free-to-view rights in 200-plus markets and exclusive rights in Canada, Japan and some European territories.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:06:46 AM
NBCUniversal Preps Massive Live Event Push In 2025 Upfront
The 2025 upfronts are a couple of months away, but Mark Marshall, NBCUniversals ad sales chairman,is already sending a message to Madison Ave. The company is also moving its Telemundo evening celebration from Monday to Tuesday, after Amazon took over its previous window.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:06:45 AM
SAG-AFTRA Affirms Support For DEI As Studios Back Away
On Monday, the national board of the actors union adopted a resolution stating that DEI is a “moral imperative” and is also “crucial to the creative and economic vitality of our industry.”
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:06:43 AM
FBI: CIA No Longer Getting Backdoor Pilot, Eyes Straight-To-Series Order
Originally announced as a planted spinoff, the project, tentatively titled FBI: CIA — a title expected to change — was to be introduced in an episode of the CBS mothership series this spring serving as a backdoor pilot. That is no longer happening. But the new spinoff could still join the mothership on the 2025-26 schedule with a straight-to-series order.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:06:41 AM
Oracle Emerges As Most Likely TikTok Buyer
Investors, bankers and former executives familiar with ByteDance say that Oracle has “emerged as a leading contender to help run TikTok” per a deal President Donald Trump is promoting to honor last year's divest-or-ban law.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:06:39 AM
Meteorologist Lauren Bostwick Filling-In At KTVT Dallas
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TV News Check at Monday, March 17, 2025 9:06:09 PM
WDBJ Roanoke Begins New Project With Focus On Neighborhoods
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TV News Check at Monday, March 17, 2025 9:06:09 PM
NAB Show: DVEO & Stream Republic To Showcase Next-Gen Broadcast & Streaming Solutions
DVEO and Stream Republic, two providers of broadcast, streaming and AI-powered media solutions, are set to exhibit at NAB Show (April 6-9, Las Vegas Convention Center), showcasing cutting-edge technologies that “optimize …
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TV News Check at Monday, March 17, 2025 9:06:08 PM
Industry Backs FCCs Push to Eliminate Outdated Regulations
Broadcasters, cable and wireless groups have extensive wish lists for the FCCs Delete, Delete, Delete initiative.
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TV News Check at Monday, March 17, 2025 7:06:44 PM
ABC News Pivots Podcast Slate To Focus On True Crime, 20/20' Shows In Works
ABC News will lean into its primetime newsmagazine to populate its podcast programming.
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TV News Check at Monday, March 17, 2025 6:04:56 PM
Audacy Appoints Kelli Turner To Permanent Role As CEO, Names New Executives
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TV News Check at Monday, March 17, 2025 6:04:55 PM
Roughly 20 Staff Let Go At Scripps KGTV San Diego
Viewers of KGTV ABC 10News wont be seeing some of their familiar anchors and reporters following layoffs initiated by E.W. Scripps Co., the San Diego ABC affiliates owner. ( Pat Mueller )
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TV News Check at Monday, March 17, 2025 6:04:55 PM
ABC News Producer Gina Sunseri Wins National Space Club & Foundation Press Award
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TV News Check at Monday, March 17, 2025 5:05:36 PM
A pipeline company is suing Greenpeace for $300 million. A pay-to-play newspaper is accused of taint
Last fall residents of Mandan, North Dakota woke up to an unfamiliar newspaper at their doorsteps. The broadsheet Central ND News, printed on newsprint, had columns, standard-sized articles, and headlines. But there was an odd theme to its stories. Many referenced events that had happened nearly a decade earlier, when protestors had swarmed the rural...
Nieman Labs at Monday, March 17, 2025 5:04:17 PM
Noticias Telemundo Texas To Present Investigative Special On Organized Crime Along U.S.-Mexico Borde
The investigative special En La Mira de Los Traficantes will stream on Noticias Telemundo Texas, one of Telemundo Station Groups free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels, on Saturday, March 15, and Sunday, March …
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TV News Check at Monday, March 17, 2025 3:06:49 PM
Trump is getting pushback from an unlikely place — the conservative media
With consumer confidence plunging and investors dumping stocks, the tone of the conservative media towards President Donald Trump and his economic policies has shifted.
NPR News at Sunday, March 16, 2025 9:00:26 AM
'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks
Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.
NPR News at Saturday, March 15, 2025 1:05:59 PM
Dorothy Thompson: The journalist who warned us about Hitler
Dorothy Thompson saw the rise of Nazi Germany as a foreign correspondent in Berlin. A new series from Radio Diaries tells the story of Thompson's career as a radio broadcaster.
NPR News at Friday, March 14, 2025 7:00:00 AM
Judge dismisses Fox News from sexual assault lawsuit against former star
A federal judge has dismissed Fox News as a defendant in a lawsuit filed against former anchor Ed Henry. Former producer Jennifer Eckhart alleges he sexually harassed and raped her.
NPR News at Thursday, March 13, 2025 5:00:00 AM
'Murder the Truth' describes a campaign to silence journalists and curb free speech
New York Times editor David Enrich talks about a wave of recent legal attacks on journalists — led by tech billionaires, corporations and political figures like President Trump.
NPR News at Tuesday, March 11, 2025 11:00:21 AM
Top 'Washington Post' columnist resigns, accusing publisher of killing piece
Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned today, accusing the paper's publisher of killing her piece on owner Jeff Bezos' overhaul of its opinion pages.
NPR News at Monday, March 10, 2025 10:23:52 AM
A bane for tyrants abroad, U.S.-funded networks fear fate under Kari Lake
U.S.-funded international networks reach more than 420 million people in more than 100 countries each week. Some network leaders fear that Kari Lake intends to cancel all funding for them.
NPR News at Monday, March 10, 2025 6:00:00 AM
Voice of America bias inquiry sparks concerns of political meddling
Voice of America is reviewing the social media posts of a reporter for possible bias against the Trump Administration. The review is sparking concerns of political meddling.
NPR News at Saturday, March 1, 2025 4:00:00 AM
Bezos' changes at 'Washington Post' lead to mass subscription cancellations — again
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos's changes to the opinion pages have led subscribers to cancel in droves. It's the third wave of mass cancellations at the Post in just a few months.
NPR News at Friday, February 28, 2025 11:37:15 AM
Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post, says the newspaper's editorial section will publish columns only in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.
NPR News at Wednesday, February 26, 2025 2:06:01 PM