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In an obvious move, Craig Melvin will succeed Hoda Kotb.

If Comcast does want to spin off MSNBC & CNBC along with the rest of the cable assets, I could see it working if Sky News was included in the new spun off company. Sky News could provide MSNBC with international news coverage and if Comcast doesn't think NBC News needs MSNBC, I can't see why they would want to keep Sky News which doesn't really collaborate much with NBC News. MSNBC could also use the Sky News branding since it's unlikely the NBC branding would remain. While I still think a sell off is extremely unlikely, I can see why they are considering it. The entertainment channels are a drain on growth for the company overall, and the cable group is worth a lot more when the profitable and highly rated MSNBC is included, and by selling them off Comcast doesn't have to worry about owning a news channel the President hates.

The comment, not sure it was a quote was not directed at MSNBC but all the many cable networks with low viewership that fill up our cable lineups. I'm not sure why someone applied that directly to MSNBC, which is part of NBC News and plays a key role in news gathering, reporting and more. If, and probably its a big if, since this is just floated as an idea for analysis, it was to happen, MSNBC, CNBC, and USA, because of their tie in with the network and Peacock (news, business news, sports) may not be included. Plus as you note MSNBC makes a lot of money, I expect CNBC does and USA might. What makes NBCU unique vs. WBD and Paramount, is they have not shied away from just shutting down cable networks.

KDKA finally got news mic flags, although unlike all of the others that use the call sign square, the entire mic flag is black.

I knew they weren't paying attention to the news jobs when I saw a recruiting post a few months ago that used the image of a meteorologist who left the company a year ago.

FOX is only as dominant as it is because there's less competition in their niche. MSNBC and CNN cannibalizing each other's ratings is likely accelerating both networks' decline. Ultimately, though, 24/7 cable news is an outdated model and I'm sure we'll eventually see FOX start to decline as well. It's not like young people are watching them either.

I think people in general are just tired of the "all Trump, all the time" monomania on these networks. It's been almost a decade of the same topics on a loop. It makes it that much harder for them to compete with YouTube, Twitch, podcasts, social media, etc. where there's actual choices, not the same programming over and over again.

So Sinclair is trying to be edgy like Tegna and cheap like Scripps as well? Same garbage just wrapped up in a new package trying to chase a demographic that won't watch it.

WBNS 1977 news open:

Tdlr: The differences between Vizrt and Chyron GrayONE graphics! Here’s an interesting tidbit — WOIO - 19 News is the only ex-Raycom Gray station that is running their graphics on Chyron (with the exception of their news and weather ticker on Vizrt). Please correct me if I am incorrect! They kept Chryon when making the transition to their custom graphics package in 2019. If anyone has any insight on why they use two graphics systems for the L3 and the news ticker, while other Gray stations just use one, I would love to hear why! WOIO in 2023 with both Chryon (L3) and Vizrt (News Ticker) elements. Whenever ex-Raycom stations were transiting to Gray graphics starting in 2019, their systems switched over from Chyron to Vizrt as those were the systems that ran the Gray graphics packages. Fast forward to now, with the world of the acquisitions of Meredith and other media groups (which run on Chyron), the GrayONE graphics can be ran on both Chryron and Vizrt systems. Check out this excerpt from The Other Site - Working across different graphics platforms “Given its large footprint, Gray Television uses a variety of graphics systems across its stations, with GrayONE designed to work with Chyron Prime and Vizrt Viz Trio. Quinn noted the package is designed to be both user-friendly for smaller markets and competitive for larger ones. “If you A/B some of our stations that are running Chyron or Viz, to an average viewer or somebody in our design world, it’s going to be hard to tell the difference,” said Quinn, who also noted the creativity of the process required to bring the package’s unique animations natively to the different platforms.” Like mentioned from the The Other Site article about GrayONE in 2023, you really can’t tell a difference between which station is running Chryon or Vizrt, but there are a few noticeable differences to look out for: -The news and weather ticker: (1) Chryon’s uses the Barlow font and has a “seamless” never ending ticker. Additionally, the weather icons are still and do not move. Vizrt’s uses the Gotham font and has a “fade in” effect for each new headline. Additionally, the weather icons are the new Gray ones that can be seen online in addition to GRAYOne weather graphics. They also are animated with Vizrt. They both share a similar text effect that expands the text out — “HEADLINES, WEATHER, LOTTERY, etc.” this comes from the 2020 Meredith graphics. (One note - when GrayONE was being rolled out initially to Vizrt systems, the ticker used the Barlow font and had still GrayONE weather icons) (1) WANF - runs off of Chryon WBTV - runs off of Vizrt -The L3’s: (2) Chryron’s lower thirds feature a larger top headline box while Vizrt’s headline box is smaller. This apply to both their normal and breaking news L3. Additionally, they share a similar text effect that expands the letters when they use the “Breaking News” L3 — this also comes from the 2020 Meredith graphics. (2) WECT - runs off of Vizrt WOIO - runs off of Chyron (L3) and Vizrt (News Ticker) I just thought this was an interesting analysis to bring to this forum. Happy to hear everyone’s opinions on this. At the end of the day, GrayONE is awesome and it’s nice that the Design Group made it for both graphics systems. Yes there are a few differences that are not noticeable to the regular eye but to news geeks like us, we notice and can tell what station is using either Chryon or Vizrt I encourage you to watch some Gray produced newscasts and try to guess which graphics system they are running! Source: https://www.The Other Site.com/2023/06/05/gray-television-motion-graphics-grayone/

I wonder if Gray has decided to give up on promoting its news jobs due to the layoffs? I point this out because Gray's various recruiters on LinkedIn are only posting sales jobs. However, Gray's jobs website still has more news jobs versus sales jobs, and news jobs are still being posted. Just not being promoted by the recruiters anymore.