“Wall Street Week,” the venerable program that has been around in one form or another since 1970, is moving beyond its usual focus on the ups and downs of the stock market. The program, which was originally produced by Maryland Public Television and hosted by Louis Rukeyser, has long focused on interviews with prominent Wall […]

A day will come when Gayle King decides to step down from her prominent role at “CBS Mornings.” But that day is not today. King and CBS News have struck a deal to extend her contract, according to people familiar with the matter. King, who has been at CBS News since taking a role at […]

Lance Frank has been named to oversee internal and external communications for the news, stations and syndication unit of Paramount Global’s CBS “In this new role, Lance will oversee all internal and external communications for CBS News, CBS Stations, syndication, talent, programming, first-run syndication and division strategy,” said Wendy McMahon, president and CEO of the […]

TelevisaUnivision CEO WadeDavis will hand the reins of the Spanish-language media giant to Daniel Alegre, the Activision Blizzard and Google alum who joins the company on Thursday. The transition came as part of a succession planning process led by the company’s board of directors, including Davis, who will shift to the role of vice chairman. […]

On the set of CNN’s “NewsNight,” guests may not be certain whether they should shake hands or ball them up into fists. When the cameras are off on the set of anchor Abby Phillip’s program, the atmosphere matches that of a nice dinner party. Before the 10 p.m. show even got on the air one […]

ESPN may need to come up with a new method for getting inside the NBA. Adrian Wojnarowski, who has diligently chronicled team moves, trades and more within professional basketball for the Disney sports-media giant for seven years, has decided to move along, citing a desire to improve his lifestyle. Within minutes of the distribution of […]

One of the industry’s most prominent stand-alone public-relations firms is being scooped up by an operator that wants to compete on a bigger playing field. Acceleration Community of Companies, a group of marketing-services firms led by industry veteran Michael Nyman, will take a majority stake in DKC, the public-relations agency once known as Dan Klores […]

Vivek Ramaswamy has come off the campaign trail and will soon be taking part in the streaming wars. The former Republican presidential candidate will lead “Truths with Vivek Ramaswamy,” a limited-series roundtable program that will debut on the Fox Nation streaming service on Sunday, September 22, and then air in a shorter version at 10 […]

Gil Thorp, the veteran funnies-page high-school coach, is getting new help on the sidelines. Rachel Merrill takes over the drawing duties on the long-running comic strip, set on the playing fields of the fictional Milford High School starting September 30 — the first time “Gil Thorp” will have been drawn by a new artist in […]

More than six million subscribers signed up for Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max streaming service in the third quarter, according to the company’s CEO, Speaking at an investor conference held by Goldman Sachs, Warner CEO David Zaslav said Max represented one of the company’s best opportunities for growth, and said “we are scaling, we are scaling […]

Roy Wood Jr. is about to launch a new comedy show that, if all goes well, will feature people who aren’t supposed to be funny cracking wise on a network that isn’t known for making people laugh. “I like comedy in tough places,” quips Wood. He has found one. CNN — CNN? —  will on […]

You’ll need more than an hour a week this season to really experience “60 Minutes.” The venerable CBS newsmagazine, entering its 57th season, will move firmly beyond its Sunday-evening model with the launch of a free ad-supported streaming channel devoted to its library of investigations, features and profiles — including Andy Rooney’s essays and Mike […]

It’s official: TV-news anchors can fact-check presidential candidates during a national debate. In an era when news outlets have been loath to make themselves the target of invective from partisans, ABC News on Tuesday night opted to allow moderators in a broadcast of a presidential debate to correct the participating candidates — mostly former President […]

People who want to see what Brian Stelter has planned for CNN’s “Reliable Sources” media newsletter won’t have to wait as long as they might think. Starting Monday, “RS” will publish each weekday morning, Monday through Friday, and the next edition — the first to be issued since Stelter returned to CNN last week after […]

The last of TV’s big five-original-nights-a-week late-night show is giving up 24 hours out of its schedule. NBC will move “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” to four nights a week, the latest in a series of moves across the late-night daypart aimed at shoring up the economics of the programs as audiences move away […]

One of the newer arrivals in the world of online sports betting is making a wager of its own. Disney’s ESPN is no stranger to the world of gambling. The sports-media giant has aired a show devoted to sports odds and in the past struck partnerships with both Caesars Entertainment and DraftKings that helped it […]

NASCAR plans to launch three new studio programs to keep fans’ pulses racing throughout the 2024 Playoffs. “NASCAR Inside the Playoffs” debuts Thursday on TruTV and its Warner Bros. Discovery streaming companion Max, a few months ahead of the launch of the company’s new pact with the racing league. Veterans broadcasters Shannon Spake and Steve […]

Don’t count on next week’s debut of a new season of ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” to force a quick end to the current carriage dispute between DirecTV and Walt Disney Co. DirecTV CFO Ray Carpenter told investors Tuesday that the satellite distributor is prepared to stand firm against Disney’s current stance in a blackout that […]

CNN’s exclusive interview with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic candidates for 2024 election, snared nearly six million viewers on Thursday night, according to early data from Nielsen, marking one of the Warner Bros. Discovery cable outlet’s best showings in the 9 p.m. hour in recent history. The interview, […]