Who Is Sean Duffy? Transportation Secretary Nominee Met Wife On Real World
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:05:24 AM
Suzanne Stevens Joins KRIS Corpus Christi News
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:05:24 AM
WMAQ Reveals Uninsured, Uninspected, Duct-Taped Chicago School Buses
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:05:23 AM
Sale Of KTAS San Luis Obispo To Major Market Broadcasting Closes
The sale of KTAS San Luis Obispo, Calif. from Palazuelos 2023 Revocable Trust to Major Market Broadcasting of California announced in October 2024 for $550,000 has closed. The seller, Palazuelos …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:05:21 AM
TikTok Shock: Supreme Court Upholds Law, Setting Stage For Ban On U.S. App Stores
After years on the brink, TikToks clock has run out as the U.S. Supreme Court today upheld a lower court ruling that the app owned by Chinas ByteDance must sell itself or be banned in the U.S. on Jan. 19 due to national security concerns.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:05:19 AM
Female-Led Production Team, All-Female Broadcast Crew To Lead NESNs Telecast Of Dunkin Womens Bea
NESN will broadcast the Dunkin Womens Beanpot championship and third-place games with a female-led production team and an all-female broadcast crew for the second straight year. Scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:05:17 AM
Optimum Asks MSG Networks To Refund Customers $125M
Optimum has called on MSG Networks to refund customers up to $125 million, which represents the estimated $10 per month per subscriber value MSG Networks attributes to its programming. This demand follows an ongoing blackout of Knicks, Rangers, Islanders and Devils games.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:05:14 AM
CNN Found Liable For Defaming Security Consultant In Story On Afghan Evacuations
The jury also awarded $5 million in damages. CNN also was found liable for punitive damages, with an amount to be determined in the next phase of the trial.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:05:12 AM
Jack Pohl Named Evening Co-Anchor Of WDTN News
Nexstar NBC affiliate WDTN Dayton, Ohio, has named Jack Pohl as evening co-anchor of 2 News. Melissa Jones, WDTN-WBDT VP-GM, said: “Jack was born and raised in the Miami Valley, …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:05:09 AM
Dulce Sloan Leaves The Daily Show After Seven Years
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:05:06 AM
Is Netflix Deliberately Dumbing Down TV So People Can Watch While Scrolling?
Streaming insiders have claimed theyre being made to rewrite scripts for viewers who use their phones while watching. Is this the end of prestige TV? Or pure fiction?
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:05:03 AM
CBS Owner Paramount Discusses Settling Trump Suit, With Merger Review On Tap
Trump is seeking $10 billion in a suit over a 60 Minutes Harris interview while the incoming FCC signals a tough review of the Paramount merger with Skydance.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:05:00 AM
Will The Press Fight Like Tigers Against Trump?
From criminal subpoenas to the Espionage Act, the next administration is likely to crack down on journalists. How we respond depends on the courage of media owners.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:58 AM
Dow Gains 335, Nasdaq Jumps 292, S&P 500 Rises 59
Wall Street finished its best week since Trumps election with a rally on Friday.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:56 AM
CNN Reaches Settlement With Security Consultant After Jury Found Network Liable For Defamation
CNN reached a settlement with a security consultant this afternoon, hours after a jury found the network liable for defamation and awarded him $5 million.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:53 AM
Allen Media Preparing To Hub Weather, Cut Local Forecaster Jobs
Multiple sources say that Allen Media Group will begin the process of “hubbing” weather forecasts from the Atlanta facilities of its co-owned Weather Channel. The group, which owns around 36 stations in mid-size to small markets across the country, has already been quietly cutting a variety of jobs in recent days, including managers, anchors and forecasters.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:51 AM
Universities Are Mapping Where Local News Outlets Are Still Thriving — And Where Gaps Persist
Across the country, academics, journalists and researchers are mapping their states news and information ecosystems. Their methodologies differ, but such initiatives seek to make sense of the splintered reality of where people are getting their local news and information.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:49 AM
NAB Publishes Long-Awaited Future Of TV Initiative Report
The 32-page report aims to guide FCC in proceedings to end ATSC 1.0 and complete the transition to ATSC 3.0 or NextGen TV.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:46 AM
TikTok Goes Dark In U.S.
TikTok has officially shut down in the U.S. ahead of a Sunday deadline but said it hopes to be reinstated when Donald Trump takes office on Monday.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:42 AM
Scripps News Names Liz Landers National Security Correspondent
Emmy-winning journalist Liz Landers will serve as national security correspondent for Scripps News, the national news outlet owned by The E.W. Scripps Co. In this new role, she will lead …
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:32 AM
Frasier Revival Not Moving Forward After Two Seasons On Paramount+
CBS Studios will shop the series, which debuted in October 2023, around to other platforms.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:30 AM
Dan Mason To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award From Broadcasters Foundation Of America
The longtime Westinghouse and CBS Radio executive will be honored with the Edward F. McLaughlin award during the BFOA Golden Mic Award Gala and Fundraiser at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on Monday, March 10.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:28 AM
How To Make Broadcast TV A Precision Marketing Product
The shot clock is on for broadcasters to provide mass reach with one-to-one precision, and its an achievable goal. Heres how to do it.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:25 AM
Francisco San Martin Dies: Days Of Our Lives Actor Was 39
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:23 AM
BBC Studios Considers Exiting Indian Production Business
The potential exit comes amid industry-wide consolidation and shrinking content budgets from TV broadcasters and OTT platforms. No final decision has been made.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:23 AM
Court Rejects Request By IAB, Others: Wont Block Click-To-Cancel
A federal appellate panel on Friday rejected a request by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and others to block the Federal Trade Commission's new click-to-cancel regulations, which aim to enable consumers to easily cancel recurring subscriptions to newspapers, gyms, retailers and other businesses
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:18 AM
X Is Rolling Out A Dedicated Vertical Video Feed For US Users
The company is adding a video tab in the apps bottom bar for users in the U.S. to let them quickly access video content on the platform. “An immersive new home for videos is rolling out to users in the US today,” the company said in a post on Sunday.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:16 AM
Fox News Aired Every One of The Top 500 Most-Watched Cable News Shows Since the Election
While the term “mainstream media” is often used as shorthand by conservative pundits as a way to talk about what they see as liberal bias in legacy media, the term misses the mark by a vast margin. Thats because the most influential outlet in the political media ecosystem offers a decidedly conservative and pro-Trump point of view: Fox News.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:13 AM
Kantar Media Being Sold to H.I.G. Capital For About $1 Billion
The media measurement and analytics company will part from parent Kantar Group.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:11 AM
Big Chuck Schodowski, Cleveland TV Icon, Dies At 90
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:09 AM
Casey Stegall Returns To KDFW News
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:09 AM
IAB Survey: Ad Execs Bullish On Ad Growth & AI Usage In 2025
AI continues to catch on, with 42% of buyers using it and another 36% exploring its use for media planning, activation.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:09 AM
Alliance For Women In Media Foundation Extends Gracie Awards Deadline Until Feb. 6
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:07 AM
Last Week In Regulation For Broadcasters
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from Jan. 13-17 with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:06 AM
Carr Named FCC Chairman Just Hours After Trump Takes Oath
President Trump, within hours of taking his oath of office on Capitol Hill yesterday, signed an order designating Brendan Carr, 46, as his new FCC chairman, a commitment Trump made on Nov. 17 in which he referred to Carr as a warrior for free speech.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:04 AM
YouTube Hits Record Share Of TV Usage In December With 11.1%
Holiday football games were five out of the six most-watched telecasts during the month, according to Nielsens The Gauge report.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:02 AM
IMDb Sets Nikki Santoro As CEO, Founder Col Needham As Executive Chair
IMDb is celebrating its 35th anniversary with a major restructuring. As of Tuesday morning, founder Col Needham has become executive chair as former COO Nikki Santoro takes over as CEO.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:04:00 AM
CNN Nabs Longtime WaPo Editor Philip Rucker As SVP Editorial Strategy & News
Rucker spent two decades at the Washington Post, most recently as national editor.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:03:57 AM
Trevor Noah Returns To Host 2025 Grammy Awards
Trevor Noah will host the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in his fifth consecutive year as MC of the awards show on CBS. Once again, he also will serve as a producer.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:03:55 AM
Nexstar & Altice Optimum Reach Carriage Agreement After Standoff
The partnership agreement was announced Saturday, and although the terms were not released, programming has already been restored to two million subscribers of Optimum TV, which is owned by the U.S. arm of French telecom giant Altice.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 9:04:13 AM
Murdoch's News Corp offers Prince Harry settlement to resolve years-long lawsuit
Rupert Murdoch's team made the offer to resolve the hacking suits from Prince Harry and a British lawmaker as a trial was to begin. A settlement could help Washington Post CEO Will Lewis.
NPR News at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 8:25:38 AM
Poynter launches membership program to mark 50th anniversary
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Jan. 21, 2025) – The non-profit Poynter Institute, which works to strengthen journalism in service to truth and democracy, has launched a new membership program for those […]
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Poynter Institute at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 8:07:12 AM
Trump Signs Executive Order To Block TikTok Ban
The presidents executive order says the Justice Department “shall take no action” against Apple and Google for offering TikTok in their app stores.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 8:03:49 AM
Seating arrangements at the Trump inauguration give a preview of whats to come
Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. That was the big news Monday, and there are plenty of places where you can find how […]
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Poynter Institute at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 7:06:46 AM
TikTok Says Its In The Process Of Restoring Service To US Users
TikTok thanked President-elect Donald Trump, who on Sunday said he planned to sign an executive order after his inauguration on Monday to give TikToks China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer before the popular video-sharing platform is subject to a permanent U.S.ban.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 7:04:40 AM
HONOR THE DREAM
TVNewsCheck is honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. today. Our AM and PM newsletters will return tomorrow, Jan. 21.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 7:04:38 AM
GOP Control Of The FCC Starts Today
Brendan Carr – seven years a regular commissioner – will step into his new role of FCC chairman after noon ET today. Job one for Carr, 46, is likely to help with restoring the FCC's authority to auction spectrum.
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 7:04:35 AM
President Donald Trumps Inauguration Day speeches, fact-checked
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took his second oath of office Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, offering an agenda heavily foreshadowed by his campaign promises. Speaking […]
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Poynter Institute at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 6:07:05 AM
David Schneiderman, Village Voice Editor & Publisher, Dies At 77
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 5:45:18 AM
David Lynch, Twin Peaks And The American Art Of Television
Twin Peaks was his ultimate portrait of a land of terror and beauty. ( Spelling Entertainment )
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TV News Check at Tuesday, January 21, 2025 3:10:09 AM
Newsrooms will keep losing their conservative audiences
The hard question isnt how journalists should cover Trump, but how they should relate to Trump voters. Now that the furor of the election has died down, perhaps political coverage might be perceived as a little less partisan. And perhaps theres an opening for conservative audiences to return to the news, if theyre not worried...
Nieman Labs at Monday, January 20, 2025 12:03:39 AM
Publishers find the AI era not all that lucrative
“The AI era,” Sara Fischer writes in Axios, “is proving lucrative for media publishers looking to offset a slowdown in ads and subscription fatigue.” My prediction for 2025 is that this will not be true for most news organizations, because theyll find that no technology companies are interested in paying for their content. While in...
Nieman Labs at Thursday, January 16, 2025 12:03:19 AM
The rise of informal news networks
Predictions — said someone — are a fools game. But theres little doubt that in the next year we will continue to bear painful witness to the decline of Americas formal news structures. Twentieth-century news outlets will keep crashing by the wayside — victims to changing business and technological models, to hubris, to cultural mistrust...
Nieman Labs at Sunday, January 12, 2025 12:03:17 AM
Prediction markets go mainstream
For decades, the news industry has operated on a familiar rhythm: Journalists chase scoops, publish headlines, and define the news cycle. But a new model for information sharing is emerging. Prediction markets — platforms where users buy and sell shares based on the probability of future events — are poised to disrupt the media landscape...
Nieman Labs at Friday, January 10, 2025 12:03:26 AM
Lessons learned in The Building of Lost Causes
Ten years ago, in Vancouvers oldest office building, a few colleagues and I launched what seemed like an impossible venture: a digital newspaper that would stand up to one of the most powerful forces on earth, the oil and gas industry. We funded it through crowdfunding and a handful of “social impact” investors who knew...
Nieman Labs at Thursday, January 9, 2025 12:03:04 AM
Journalists explain legislative procedure
This will be the year journalism finally explains arcane legislative rules to the public — for national, state, and local government. Most people find talk of clotures, filibusters, committee votes, bill reconciliation, the legislative calendar, and beyond absolutely boring. If civic-affairs news is the broccoli of American journalism, then coverage of legislative procedure is the...
Nieman Labs at Sunday, January 5, 2025 12:03:51 AM