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Yesterday — 4 December 2024Main stream

‘CBS Evening News’ Gets Streaming Companion ‘CBS Evening News Plus’

4 December 2024 at 17:25
A new, retooled “CBS Evening News” won’t launch until early next year, but it already has a sequel. CBS News unveiled plans Wednesday to launch “CBS Evening News Plus,” a 30-minute continuation of its overhauled flagship newscast that will stream online and air on certain CBS-owned stations. Already, the new half-hour program, which will be […]

ESPN Makes Way to Disney+ in Bid to Catch Families, Casual Sports Fans

4 December 2024 at 15:00
If some people don’t feel they need to go to ESPN, Disney is working to bring ESPN to them. The entertainment giant on Wednesday made ESPN content available to Disney+ customers — even if they aren’t direct subscribers to the ESPN+ broadband hub or the ESPN linear cable networks. Under the plan, Disney will make […]

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ESPN, Stephen A. Smith Closing in On New Deal

3 December 2024 at 21:18
ESPN and Stephen A. Smith are close to hammering out a new contract that will give the popular Disney sports personality potential access to other parts of the Magic Kingdom. The two sides, who have been in negotiations for several months, are said to be hopeful they can reach a deal over the next several […]

TV Anchor Kendis Gibson Details ‘Five Trips’ With Psychedelics in New Book

3 December 2024 at 16:15
To viewers at home, Kendis Gibson seemed to have it all. Off-camera, he felt like he didn’t. Gibson was in 2018 the regular co-anchor of ABC News’ overnight program, “ABC News Now,” and working hard to climb the ladder, appearing 212 times on “Good Morning America” in his first two years at the Disney-backed outlet. […]

Sean Hannity to Host Monthly Longform Interview Program on Fox Nation

3 December 2024 at 16:14
Sean Hannity may be looking to go the route trod in the past by Larry King, and, more recently, his former colleague Chris Wallace. The longtime Fox News opinion host will debut a new monthly longform interview program on Fox Nation, the subscription-backed streaming outlet that is a sibling to the Fox Corp.-owned cable-news network. […]

TelevisaUnivision CEO Unveils Layoffs, Restructures Executive Team

2 December 2024 at 16:30
The CEO of Spanish-language giant TelevisaUnivision said he would restructure his executive team and cut jobs in a move he said was “aimed at strengthening our position for 2025 and beyond.” In a memo to employees sent Monday, Daniel Alegre, who was named CEO in September, indicated he wanted to tear down some walls between […]

NBC Sports is Latest to Test NFL ‘Alt-Casts’ With EA Sports Madden Game on Peacock

29 November 2024 at 02:45
Can NBC make an NFL broadcast as dynamic and interactive as a videogame? The Comcast-backed media company will soon try. NBC Sports plans to live-stream a match-up between the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday, December 21 on its Peacock broadband hub that will blend live action and videogame elements from EA Sports’ […]

ABC News SVP Derek Medina to Exit

27 November 2024 at 18:35
Derek Medina, a longtime ABC News business executive, will leave the Disney unit at the end of the year after a more than two-decade run. His exit may spur new questions about what plans ABC News has to assign an executive to directly oversee talent relations, something that people familiar with the unit say has […]

NBCU, Walmart Kick Off Shoppable Ads in Thanksgiving Football

26 November 2024 at 16:47
Walmart wants to jump-start Black Friday shopping with a couple of ads in NBC’s Thanksgiving football broadcast that will let viewers visit a virtual store. Viewers will be able to scan QR codes that appear during commercial breaks that will take them to Walmart.com shopping pages. Walmart will also run a two-minute segment from its […]

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Will Balance White House Chief Role With Primetime Show

26 November 2024 at 14:15
In an era when traditional media is shrinking, Kaitlan Collins, at least, will have more to do. CNN gave the anchor of its 9 p.m. hour the title of chief White House correspondent, a maneuver that will have her scrambling for the latest news on the Trump administration even as she tries to maintain a […]

After 2024 Presidential Election Call, NewsNation Hopes for New Viewers in 2025

25 November 2024 at 15:36
NewsNation wants its viewers to know the cable-news outlet is keeping an eye on them, no matter how complex the headlines may get in the weeks ahead. The Nexstar-backed network is making a slight tweak to its slogan that it thinks carries outsize meaning. Starting Monday, NewsNation will tout itself as delivering “News For all […]

Bonnie Hammer, Once Called ‘Queen of Cable,’ Plans to Exit NBCU After Celebrated Tenure

22 November 2024 at 20:46
Bonnie Hammer, a legendary TV executive who has had a hand in popular programs ranging from “This Old House” and “Zoom” to “Monk” and “Mr. Robot,” plans to leave her role as vice chairman of NBCUniversal at the end of the year, according to two people familiar with the matter, exiting after the expiration of […]

Norah O’Donnell’s ‘CBS Evening News’ Exit Set for January 24

22 November 2024 at 20:15
Norah O’Donnell’s last day behind the anchor desk of “CBS Evening News” will be January 24, CBS News revealed Friday, setting up a timeline for a transition to a new format for a venerable news program that has been part of its schedule, under various names, since 1941. O’Donnell, who became anchor of “Evening News” […]

Jason Kelce Tackles Late-Night Series for ESPN

22 November 2024 at 07:00
Jason Kelce is ready to blitz the ranks of TV’s late-night hosts in a limited-run wee-hours program on ESPN. “They Call It Late Night With Jason Kelce” will air on five consecutive overnights heading into late-season NFL football weekends. The series will run at 1 a.m. on Saturdays starting January 4 on ESPN, with the […]

MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ Midweek Ratings Plunge 15% After Hosts Visit Trump at Mar-A-Lago

21 November 2024 at 23:18
Ratings continue to sunset at MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” after the hosts surprised audiences earlier this week by announcing they had gone to visit Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago following years of feuding with him. On Wednesday, MSNBC’s morning mainstay lured an average of 647,000 viewers overall, and just 51,000 viewers between 25 and 54, the demographic […]

Warner Bros. Discovery Unveils New Shoppable Ads, Consumer ‘Moments’ for Max

21 November 2024 at 14:00
Warner Bros. Discovery is adding some new commercial concepts to ad-supported Max that could turn the streaming hub into a shopping mall or a microscope. Using artificial intelligence, the company can create an advertising unit that identifies items within television shows and films and pairs them with related products from an advertiser and then sets up a QR code […]

Daisy Duck Hits Sidelines When ESPN Shows Animated Knicks Vs. Spurs NBA Game on Christmas Day

20 November 2024 at 20:26
ESPN’s latest hire: Daisy Duck. The animated waterfowl has been a part of the sports giant’s parent company for more than 80 years, but on Christmas Day, she’ll take a shot at something completely different, working as a sideline reporter while the New York Knicks take on the San Antonio Spurs in an animated version […]

Comcast Cuts the Cord: 5 Burning Questions About M&A, MSNBC and More

20 November 2024 at 17:10
Comcast believes it has found a solution to the problem of what to do with a passel of big cable assets that are entering a period of ongoing decline. In doing so, however, the cable-and-entertainment giant also raises a significant number of questions. The owner of NBCUniversal said Wednesday that it planned to split the […]

MSNBC Faces Potential for Big Changes in Comcast Cable Spin-Off

20 November 2024 at 16:41
MSNBC fans who are disappointed in the progressive-leaning network after Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election may no longer have it to kick around. The cable-news outlet could have to consider changing its name and familiar markings under a spin-off of the bulk of the cable assets of parent company Comcast, one of the […]

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