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They're still not responsive, I see.

NBC News hires outside firm for mandatory anti-harassment training

This is good.

They are also starting to Interview Staff and Employees. I am guessing the On-air Host/Anchors are also being Interviewed as well and maybe some Former Executives, Staff Members, and Hosts/Anchors and some Former Employees even?

Just out of curiosity, why do you keep capitalizing words that don't need to be capitalized?

Maybe someone at Nexstar finally realized giving their stations' websites random names that don't really connect with the station itself is stupid, and are now "finally" trying to fix that mistake. Hopefully this means the end is nigh for sites like arkansasmatters.com and ozarksfirst.com.

Or maybe they realized that shorter URLs are much easier to type into web browsers on phones.

She does but she’s a bit politicized now.

Do tell.

Starting Monday Dec 4, CBS 4's (WFOR) morning news starts at 4:30 joining WPLG and WTVJ. That leaves WSVN as the only station to start at 5:00.

Considering the sheer number of lights in their "newsplex", that's a half-hour's worth of savings on their electrical bill.

There have been reports that CBS wants to get Oprah on CBS This Morning.

 

They should poach someone like TJ Holmes or get if they want another female, Soledad O Brien or Ann Curry would be the ultimate redemption story.

Soledad O'Brien needs a redemption story?

I have Cox Cable included here where I live. Don't have to pay a dime for it.

Oh, I'm sure you're paying for it through your rent.

WCVB is #1 because of the quality of its newscasts, not the quality of its Facebook page or Twitter feed.

Don't judge a TV station by its social media accounts.

It is. It's directly modeled from the mobile site and the changes they went through earlier this year.

 

And when I say "directly modeled", I mean, it's pretty much the mobile site that fits your wide® screen device.

And, yet, it's not responsive. It stays exactly the same no matter how narrow my browser window is. Meanwhile, the mobile site looks bad when viewed in a desktop browser; it's clearly not responsive, either. Of course, if it was, it wouldn't be a separate site.

C'mon, Tegna. Even Sinclair and Nexstar have responsive sites.

(Twitter is fine; there it's easier to avoid the VUZ/CNN garbage).

Actually, I had to unfollow WMUR's Twitter account because it tweets so frequently and often only with links to "human interest" stories I had no interest in.

Tribune risks having to pay a hefty "kill fee" if the merger isn't completed by some point next spring, or if it collapses.

Why is it Tribune that would have to pay that? Isn't it normally the would-be-buyer that would pay?

Also, it makes it look like Tribune's the one being punished for the deal collapsing for regulatory reasons, even if those reasons are because of Sinclair's massive size.

I'm sure both the code name and the loss of signal will be seen as yet more proof of media bias.

I just rewatched it, this time with sound. That intro was recorded in advance and assembled in editing, right?

I watched that video without sound as I'm at work.

I don't plan on watching it with sound.

MNT the programming service will be around at least another year. And, I wouldn't be that shocked if it hangs around for some time after that. IDK It may become an unbranded service. But, it's cheap to run and allows affiliates to fill 10 hours of real estate a week in one fell swoop. So, it does serve some purpose.

I'm thinking it'll go unbranded sooner rather than later, with Fox completely letting go of the branding/standardization reins for affiliates at the same time. Heck, they may even quietly encourage affiliates to rebrand away from it.

Considering that St. George is over 250 miles from SLC, I wonder if Weigel is planning on starting a news division.

EDIT: Another idea: What if Weigel is planning on trying to purchase KSTU or whichever station is spun off from the Sinclair/Tribune merger?

Several NBC O&Os are adding an additional half hour to their morning news programs pushing early today to a 3 30 a start time.

 

http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/nbc-washington-adds-extra-hour/192554

Gee, maybe they should just rename it "Really Late Tonight"...

They why is WSYX a McStation? They have more than enough red viewers outside of the blue inner city (which IS the largest city in Ohio, mind you).

 

WKRC, to be blunt about it, got a special look to differentiate themselves from WKEF/WRGT in nearby Dayton. And when Sinclair folds KSTU into KUTV, KSTU will get the McStation look.

Uh...McStation? I think you lost me there....

What I still don't understand is why Sinclair looks at successful stations like KUTV and WKRC and say "you keep doing what you're doing, we won't mess with you and we'll even give you special graphics". Then they look at other successful stations like KOMO and WJLA and say "we are going to meddle with your operations as much as possible, slash your budget, fire all of the people that made the station successful, fire the popular anchors, and give you the same cheap graphics everyone else gets"

Take a look at which states the stations are in.

KUTV is in Utah, WKRC is in Ohio, KOMO is in Washington state, and WJLA is in DC. Utah and Ohio are red states. Washington isn't. DC definitely isn't.

Those people don't hold any positions of relevant power. The Republican rank-and-file purged all of their moderate legislators seven years ago in the latest of multiple purity waves buoyed by Fox News and talk radio rhetoric.

Oh, you're talking about legislators. I was talking about voters.

You really think Republicans watch John Oliver? Please. They've been spoonfed by the usual suspects, namely Fox News, Rush and Lumpy, etc., to disregard anything he says - or anything said by his contemporaries - as "fake news."

 

Oliver only has one specific audience, and that's liberal Democrats. Sad, but true.

You assume that people in this country are only conservative Republicans or liberal Democrats. What about people who are neither? Are they capable of watching Oliver even though they're not liberal Democrats?

Are you as excited as I am about the first O.J. Simpson "Tweet" and Facebook post???

I believe the main monologue segment is usually available on HBO's YouTube channel.

It's available on Roku via subscription.

Wow....the bezels on that 9-pack are thick.