WRC anchor Leon Harris will “step away” from the Washington D.C. NBC-owned station’s anchor desk after leaving the Thanksgiving newscast early. There was speculation on social media about why Harris left the 6 p.m. show. The station said he “appeared unwell” before disappearing. A quick check of tveyes showed the station went to an extended…
WRC anchor Leon Harris is making news after leaving the Washington, D.C., NBC-owned station’s Thanksgiving night broadcast early. A clip posted to X showed Harris stumbling through scripts and speaking incoherently during the first seven minutes of the newscast. A quick check of tveyes showed the station went to an extended commercial break at around…
Toi Thornton has signed off from NBC Connecticut. Thornton was the weekend morning anchor at the NBC owned Hartford station. “LIFE UPDATE: This week is my final week at NBC Connecticut. Thank you to all of the people of Connecticut for allowing me into your homes every Saturday and Sunday morning! And to tell you…
Local news site Patch recently asked its readers to submit their worst Thanksgiving dinner fails, and–no surprise here–most of them stemmed from screwups in the kitchen. There was the cook who forgot to add sugar to the pumpkin pie, the grilled turkey that absorbed lighter fluid, and the neglected oven that set a house on…
Darrel Lieze-Adams has been promoted to president and general manager of WBBH and WZVN serving the Fort Myers/Naples, Florida, television market. Lieze-Adams was the vice president and station manager of the NBC affiliate. “Darrel knows Southwest Florida intimately and has been instrumental in helping build WBBH and WZVN into the respected brands they are today,”…
ADWEEK opened the 2025 Media Agency of the Year Awards for entry. The program seeks to recognize media agencies demonstrating innovation and excellence in media planning and buying, Nominations are due Dec. 23, 2024. Media agencies can apply for recognition in three categories: Breakthrough: For this award, ADWEEK considers agencies founded five or fewer years…
Happy Friday to all who celebrate! In this week’s edition of stories we didn’t get to for one reason or another, we get a little more info on the Tegna layoffs and how our friend AI may start to impact our professional lives. We also see a few heavyweights hang up their lav mics in…
A Fox in the White House: Fox News has been finding itself in the unique position of seeing its on-air talent–most notably Pete Hegseth–potentially move into President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. The latest outgoing FNC personality is Sean Duffy, who Trump nominated as transportation secretary. Duffy hosts The Bottom Line on Fox Business and is married…
Symone Woolridge has joined Minneapolis Fox-owned station KMSP as evening news anchor. Starting in December, she’ll co-anchor the Fox 9 at 5 p.m. newscast alongside Kelcey Carlson, the Fox 9 at 5:30 with Amy Hockert, as well as the Fox 9 at 6:30 newscast with Tim Blotz. “Symone will make the perfect addition to our…
Is getting into smart TV OS a smart move for The Trade Desk? Today, ad tech platform The Trade Desk announced that it has developed Ventura, a new streaming TV operating system (OS). Additionally, it will partner with smart TV original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and other streaming TV aggregators to launch the OS as early…
The increase in AI-spun made for advertising sites is making it harder for buyers to ensure their ads show up in quality environments, especially when using AI-powered media buying tools like Google’s Performance Max, according to four sources. One ecommerce brand found that, for one recent campaign, between 30% and 40% of its Pmax display…
Aesia Toliver has been named weekday evening co-anchor at Norfolk, Virginia NBC affiliate WAVY. She was the weekday morning news co-anchor at WAVY. “It’s been such an honor and joy waking up Hampton Roads every morning but I’m moving to a new shift at @wavynews10 – one where I get to sleep in a bit!”…
Happy Friday to all who celebrate. In this week’s edition of stories we didn’t post for one reason or another, we see some sturm und drang over what the recent election of The Trump means for journalism and a scuffle broke out in Baltimore over a ballot initiative funded by the man behind Sinclair. Let’s…
The numbers $49 million — Paramount notched an operating profit of just $49 million–barely above breakeven–but it’s the second quarter in a row of profitability for the network. $6.73 billion — Paramount netted a total of $6.73 billion in sales, which was short of the estimated $6.94 billion it was anticipated to bring in and…
Abigail Degler will join ABC affiliate WMAR in Baltimore, Maryland as a weekday meteorologist. Degler previously worked as the weekend morning meteorologist at WJZ in Baltimore, MD. Before moving to Baltimore, Degler worked as the weekend morning meteorologist at WAFF in Huntsville, Alabama. She started her career in meteorology at WTWO in Terre Haute, Indiana.
An election-pegged commercial from Calm that didn’t have a single line of spoken dialogue quickly became a major talking point in the hours following Donald Trump’s win of the White House. Both within the advertising industry and outside of it, fans have been discussing the merits of the ad’s 30 seconds of pure silence, a…
Some brands have found that TikTok Smart+, launched in October, has delivered inconsistent performance. Others have grumbled about a lack of clear revenue data, beyond the basic campaign metrics like impressions, conversions, and return on ad spend, making it tough to validate its effectiveness. “We’re not at a point where we’re seeing large shifts of…
Jackson, Mississippi ABC affiliate WAPT is making changes to its weekday morning and weekday evening news teams. Starting Wednesday, November 20, anchor Allie Ware rejoins the weekday morning news team after leaving in 2021. On Monday, December 2, weekday morning anchor Erin Pickens moves to the evening news team, co-anchoring the 5 p.m. newscast with…
As Americans head to the polls on Tuesday, it’s important to remember that reporting the results will be a marathon, not a sprint. With that in mind, TVNewser reached out to the poll watchers at various news networks to weigh in on what viewers need to know amidst the incoming flood of Election Night data….
Alexa Farrell (pictured left) said she is leaving WTIC in Hartford, just six months after starting at the Fox affiliate. “So long 61,” Farrell wrote on Facebook. “The plan was never to stay for a long time, but the people and the stories from here will stay with me forever.” Farrell joined the station in…
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