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He does the 5, 6 and 11.

Interesting watch. Adam Conover argues that Netflix swindled consumers with its cheap $8 offering, helped kill the traditional TV model, and now that it has the lion's share of streaming viewers, it's jacking up prices and adding advertisements---its plan all along. Conover also claims their method of dropping the entire seasons at once to encourage binge-watching is causing Netflix's constant show cancellation problem. Why?: full season releases causes a season to stay relevant for a few days then fizzle. Conversely weekly releases keeps momentum and attention around a show. I think Power on Starz is a good example of that. Conover also concludes that streaming services are collapsing because audiences like free content, which made the ad subsidized network television popular. A future where all of television is multiple paid streaming services is not sustainable.

Here's a free link to a Deadline article that confirms the number of stations (up to 60) as well: https://deadline.com/2024/09/sinclair-tennis-channel-ceo-ousting-dr-phil-1236080980/ Sinclair should have never have bought that many stations to begin with. Groups like Sinclair are in way over their heads right now and viewers are paying the price because of their greed, especially in markets where competitors have been consolidated and decimated.

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They really need to go back to letting style and content decisions be made at the local level. They can control the budgets still but each station knows more about how to connect with its area than some suit in Cincinnati. If they decided to do hard news emphasizing breaking news and investigative stuff it would go a lot farther. The business doesn’t need to be reinvented. It needs to get back to the way it was 20 or 30 years ago. And a lot of that is style and writing. That stuff is nearly free.

Looks like Pannoni4 might be gone. I don't see it anymore on YouTube. That was Michael's oldest-running channel...like 8 or 9 years old.

Never at the end of the shows, but they'll often turn the camera around if State Street is bustling after a show lets out, across the street. Typically a Saturday night thing.

In this video originally posted by @SoFloTVClassics notice how Bryant Gumbel speaks for almost the entire introductory portion of the program. Couric doesnt speak until 11 minutes in. I noticed the same when Deborah Norville was anchoring with Bryant during Gulf War coverage. According to Couric's book, Bryant had it in his contract to open the show and toss to Willard. Eventually, NBC News President Andy Lack wanted Katie and Bryant to be equal partners so Bryant refused and left. Gumbel is an undeniable talent and my favorite host of the program, but his type A personality clouds his image. At least in his Sunday Morning interview with Jane Pauley he says he's mellowed with age.

Death of Princess Diana's coverage from Los Angeles, 1997. KDKA Eyewitness News 1992 KWCH Eyewitness News 2000