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Scripps hires for one thing, but everyone kinda ends up doing everything. BTW Mimi already earned her super secret news handle/ radio code name... "Sphinx" The code names are a "Term of endearment" and is decided by a secret drunken committee from San Diego Press Club, SPJ and Deja Girls (Midway Drive). Not all reporters are lucky enough to have a secret code name.

In my home market... WPLG 10 will become the first station in the nation to have an international news bureau when it launches its newest news bureau from Havana, tomorrow night at 6:00pm. Reporter Haztel Vela and Photog Brian Ely have already moved to the communist country and will be stationed at the new news bureau. Even though it will be very expensive to have a bureau like this, the way WPLG 10 and other stations in the market have been covering Cuba recently, its not surprising that WPLG 10 is doing this. http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/miami-station-to-launch-nations-first-cuba-bureau/184151

As always... love the last open because of the music. But wow... surprised KCNC used Newswire. But now that can fill the missing open in the NMSA database for KCNC.

"It's time for News 4"...wait a minute, THAT'S NOT IMAGE IX! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=MRxBRb5p0aM;t=83

I'll bet you'll see that return to regularity with sweeps looming. That said, even with fewer anchors, I swear channel 5's evening anchors take more time off than channel 7's, and someone's always off there. By the way, I noticed in the last several weeks that there are no longer 2 anchor positions on their job site, which tells me that the alternating Dick/Rob tandem will remain at 4, or they're satisfied with Susan and Michelle on weekend mornings, the latter I'd imagine being the more likely arrangement.

"George" George Of the Jungle... Watch Out For That Tree... In the newsbiz...it's NEVER too soon. EatNews

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