Merrill Knox
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How Bill O’Reilly Helped Save BU’s Student Newspaper - TVNewser
Staff at the newspaper received a call Tuesday from O’Reilly, who explained why he was making the donation. “As a former Freep-er, he got his start here and he remembers his time at the Freep,” Plantz said. → Read More
Federal Court Rejects Aereo’s Plea to Operate as Cable System - TVSpy
Federal Court Rejects Aereo’s Plea to Operate as Cable System → Read More
Ratings: CNN Wins Demo in Total Day, Prime; ‘New Day’ Delivers Highest Demo Ratings Ever - TVNewser
Ratings: CNN Wins Demo in Total Day, Prime; ‘New Day’ Delivers Highest Demo Ratings Ever → Read More
Brian Williams Selects Stories for Air ‘With Blinders On’ - TVNewser
Brian Williams Selects Stories for Air ‘With Blinders On’ → Read More
Deborah Turness on ‘MTP’ Change: ‘The Time Had Come For This to Happen’ - TVNewser
Deborah Turness on ‘MTP’ Change: ‘The Time Had Come For This to Happen’ → Read More
It’s Official: Chuck Todd Named Host of ‘Meet the Press’ - TVNewser
It’s Official: Chuck Todd Named Host of ‘Meet the Press’ → Read More
David Gregory: ‘I Leave NBC as I Came – Humbled and Grateful’ - TVNewser
David Gregory: ‘I Leave NBC as I Came – Humbled and Grateful’ → Read More
Pres. Obama: ‘Police Should Not be Bullying or Arresting Journalists’ - TVNewser
Pres. Obama: ‘Police Should Not be Bullying or Arresting Journalists’ → Read More
Q2 Earnings: Tribune Broadcasting Revenues Up 63% - TVSpy
Tribune Media reported $425.8 million in broadcasting segment revenues for the second quarter of 2014, a 63% increase compared to the year-ago quarter. Broadcasting segment revenues in the second quarter were up 4.9% pro forma for the acquisition of Local TV, which was completed in December. On the same basis, retransmission consent revenues were up 78% and advertising revenues were down 2.2%. “I… → Read More
Politico: Chuck Todd ‘Likely Successor’ to David Gregory on ‘Meet the Press’ - TVNewser
Politico: Chuck Todd ‘Likely Successor’ to David Gregory on ‘Meet the Press’ → Read More
Covering Ebola: ‘It’s So Easy to Stoke the Fear Instead of Talking Plain’ - TVNewser
Covering Ebola: ‘It’s So Easy to Stoke the Fear Instead of Talking Plain’ → Read More
Al Jazeera America CEO on Channel’s First Anniversary: ‘We Have Accomplished A Lot’ - TVNewser
Al Jazeera America CEO on Channel’s First Anniversary: ‘We Have Accomplished A Lot’ → Read More
21st Century Fox Withdraws Time Warner Bid - TVNewser
> In a statement, 21st Century Fox said that it still believed that a union of the two made sense, creating a colossus in the television and film giants. But Time Warner‘s firm rejection of its outreach and a drop in its own stock price made further pursuit of a bid untenable. “These factors, coupled with our commitment to be both disciplined in our approach to the combination and focused on delivering… → Read More
CNN ‘Not Aware’ of Arwa Damon Lawsuit - TVNewser
A CNN spokesperson tells TVNewser the network is “not aware” of a lawsuit over senior international correspondent Arwa Damon allegedly biting two paramedics “in a drunken rage” at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad last month. The lawsuit was first reported by TMZ, which says Damon and CNN are being sued for $1 million by two EMTs who claim they suffered injuries after Damon became “seriously intoxicated”… → Read More
‘CNN Newsroom’ Moves to New York, But Atlanta’s Still in the Picture - TVNewser
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Bloomberg Names Leadership for Politics Vertical - TVNewser
Bloomberg has announced two key appointments for its newly-created politics vertical: Tom Johnson has been named executive editor and Pat King has been appointed senior producer. Johnson joins Bloomberg after 20 years at ABC News, where he was most recently senior broadcast producer of “World News with Diane Sawyer.” In a note to staff this morning, Bloomberg senior executive editor Josh Tyrangiel… → Read More
The Top Cable News Shows in July Were… - TVNewser
Fox News had the top 14 programs in total viewers and the top nine programs in the key A25-54 demographic in July 2014. As usual, “The O’Reilly Factor” was the number one program in cable news in both total and demo viewers, averaging 2,832,000 total viewers and 446,000 demo viewers. “The Kelly File” was second with 2,386,000 total viewers and 386,000 demo viewers. “The Five,” “Special Report with… → Read More
July 2014 Ratings: HLN Down Double Digits - TVNewser
A year after the George Zimmerman trial propelled HLN to double- and triple-digit audience growth, the channel is down across the board year-over-year. For the month of July, HLN was fourth in total viewers and third in the demo for total day and fourth in both ratings measurements in primetime. The ratings for July 2014: > * Primetime (Mon-Sun): 376,000 total viewers / 128,000 A25-54 * Total… → Read More
WATE Meteorologist Fires Back at Wardrobe Critic: ‘I Was a Straight A Student’ - TVSpy
WATE Meteorologist Fires Back at Wardrobe Critic: ‘I Was a Straight A Student’ → Read More
Reporting on a Unique Tragedy, Chris Cuomo Motivated by ‘Sense of Purpose’ - TVNewser
Reporting on a Unique Tragedy, Chris Cuomo Motivated by ‘Sense of Purpose’ → Read More