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  1. 19 hours ago, Roadrunner said:

    Hard agree with above criticisms, because I think the show had no need to redesign its logo, and if they really felt like they did, this certainly was not the direction to go. It honestly just gave me a very generic company feel and also Vistaprint vibes (the business card/stationery company). Not hip at all, especially if they're trying to lean into younger audiences long-term. Also maybe not, but...you never know -- wondering if anyone's going to somehow politicize the logo's now-complete use of blue.

     

    I agree, there was no need for a new logo, the circular one that they have right now still works. Feels like one of those unnecessary logo changes that companies get too often these days. Is there a need? Probably not. Is someone making money off this change? Most likely. 

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  2. 11 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

     

    Yeah, because television is SOOOO comparable to newspapers. 🙄 Hey, if people are willing to pay for Spotify, Apple TV+, HBOMax, CBS All Access, Disney+, Amazon Prime, etc, why aren't they willing to pay for visual news content in the same way? Especially, if they can get the content JUST catered to them (microtargeting). It's the big newspapers that are being gutted and haven't converted well because A. Owners are treating them like slush funds (like these big station groups do to their stations) and B.They are using technology to promote an old model of journalism, not evolving it (which they could digitally). Small community papers have been growing for that very reason! I have quite a few local papers that I love, but it's just not the same video storytelling. Reading a story about Iran isn't the same a seeing the visuals and hearing the content. You get more nuance. Why do you think NPR is so damn successful? That kind of storytelling you can read, but it doesn't have the same power.

     

    I certainly feel like there will be a television subscription bubble. Yes, there's so many that are popping up, but people will not paying for the 20+ subscription services all at the same time, it simply defeats the purpose of cord-cutting and I feel like media companies have failed to realize this. The ones that will stay alive are due to default: Netflix because it is the original, Amazon Video due to people wanting Amazon Prime for 2-day shipping, Disney+ because of Disney/Marvel/Star Wars, and possibly Hulu since they have a little bit of everything on there. But all of the others are in trouble: Quibi is pretty much DOA.  AT&T/WarnerMedia already kicked out executives in correlation to HBOMax having a lackluster subscription start possibly due to branding confusion:

     

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    HBO Max, which launched May 27, was hoping to convert many of HBO’s 30 million-plus subscribers to the service, which costs the same amount. But the offering only added 1.1 million HBO customers and 3 million retail customers in its first month. The rollout was hampered by the company’s ongoing negotiations with Amazon and Roku about bringing the app to their connected TV devices. More than two months after launch, HBO Max still isn’t available on either platform.

    Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bob-greenblatt-kevin-reilly-major-warnermedia-restructuring-1306486

     

    I see what you mean, I do like context too, but you do have to realize consumers usually want things conveniently on-the-go or free. As for NPR, their funding is similar to PBS: grants from foundations or business entities, contributions from listeners like us and sponsorships. 

  3. 3 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

     

    I expect them to get out of the business of broadcasting, providing more customized content and move to a subscription model. Saying that people watch TV news for 'human connection' is what's wrong with the platform. I want information, not to connect with other people. I also don't want to be used as a tool to sell ads, because all that's doing is exacerbating the sensationalism and appealing to the broad base, not doing real journalism regardless of it's broad base appeal. Screw that.

    I see what you mean but a subscription model would not work at all. Just ask the newspaper and magazine companies and their dwindling subscription audience.  People are not going to pay a monthly fee when they have the opportunity to find the information free elsewhere. Sponsorships and ads are revenue areas that will always be featured in the tv news industry to keep programs afloat. 

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  4. 1 hour ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

     

    Hahahaha! That's not embracing technology. That's using technology to keep the old tools working even as they fail. I won't walk you through how this is a totally trash idea, like rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic. Instead, I'm just going to do what I'm going to do to change it and watch the ship go down.

     

    I don't see this as a Titanic situation. What exactly do you expect them to do? Local television has been evolving with the times and I think many stations are being very strategic with their futures. People continue to watch local tv news basely for the human connection, they connect to the story because of the reporters and anchors.  They can interact with talent on Instagram and on Twitter to get a more personal connection. Local stations are the connective tissue to many communities in terms of mass communication. All of these shenanigans do add up to what the 'tv-news experience' is all about.  If it's mainly just for context, the audience will just simply go to Google for the news or ask Alexa what's the weather outside. Even with all the fluff that we all criticize about ABC News and NBC News, their audience still remains loyal. These free apps are actually useful for those have a Roku or have decided to ditch a monthly cable subscription, which is a huge group of people. It's all about harnessing technology to their benefit,  The Titanic situation rests mainly on cable and satellite companies these days, they dug their own graves. 

  5. 11 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

     

    The mass consolidation, new streaming services and cable cutting indicate it's shrinking.

    It's shrinking but the audience is going elsewhere, that's why the media companies are investing on the free apps (CBSN, ABC News Live, etc..), that's how I'm getting my news these days since cord cutting. It's sorta neat to watch WABC or WPIX live from San Diego on my big television screen, same thing about watching ABC World News Now live at 10pm Pacific Standard Time. These companies need to embrace the future or else they will fail. I hope Nextstar brings their stations up on these free apps, would live to see KTLA on the big screen.

     

    As for CBS Evening News, I'm in the same bandwagon with those who wished Jeff Glor was given more time to make the show his own, he was on his way there when CBS leadership decided they wanted change. The costly Norah experiment didn't work and won't work, the move to Washington D.C. seems very pointless. For me, it doesn't seem like the brand means much to CBS, just look how they gave up on the weekends and replaced it with a very low budget production. I'm very curious if the merge with Viacom will change things again for their evening format.

     

    Like someone said earlier, the evening new format ain't dying, ABC World News is the most watched show currently. People are tuning in and ABC News has proven to have gotten the formula right in terms of content and talent that the audience appreciates. 

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  6. 1 hour ago, MorningNews said:

    Do they really need to announce it though? They run promos featuring Robach and her new show daily. At this point it doesn’t  seem likely that they’re going to announce the “cancellation” of the old format  when they’ve been heavily promoting the Robach edition since at least April or May.

     

    At the very least they would need to announce where Sara Haines is going, they owe her some sort of announcement. 

  7. 5 minutes ago, Drew said:

    They already scrubbed it from their website and replaced with gma3 wyntk. They don’t have to officially cancel it since it’s technically still airing gma3 with a different format and anchor. 

    True, but they still need to create some sort of resolution and announce that the evolution of GMA3 continues. 

  8. 1 hour ago, Newsjunkie24 said:

    Keke not surprised of cancellation of SSK.

     

    ABC has not officially confirmed its cancellation.

     

     

    I think ABC News knows that they have to walk on egg shells about announcing the cancellation of  SSK, a show presented by two African American leads.  Having Keke present her thoughts publicly is part of the process to ease the sting. They're also probably figuring out where Sara Haines will land within the ABC News family (many on social media are hoping her to come back to The View). They are probably still fine-tuning what the permanent look of GMA3:WYNTK is going forward too. Once they know these answers, they will will probably address the cancellation. 

     

  9. On 7/13/2020 at 5:48 AM, TSSZNews said:

    PIX is officially going back to Nexstar, for all intents and purposes:

     

    Scripps seems to be doing a lot of selling of late, between this and their podcasts. And while most would concede this was probably the end game for Scripps and Nexstar/Mission, $75M still seems abnormally low for a station in the top media market.

    Aww, the best part was that I was able to watch live and rebroadcasts of PIX news via Roku from San Diego. It's a pity Nextstar and Tegna stations do not embrace Roku as a streaming platform, that's where their audience is heading; even indie KUSI can be seen on Roku now. 

  10. 4 minutes ago, iron_lion said:

    I'd take AMC & OLTL back with good writers in the 1/2 hour format at 1:00. Due to financial reasons many have addressed, thats unlikely.

    With Disney now having majority ownership of Hulu, I wonder if soaps can find new life on streaming, even with a half-hour format. They can have it premiere on ABC then have the episodes available on streaming. 

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  11. 22 minutes ago, iron_lion said:

     

    Another issue was that GMA 3 was just another face in the already saturated lighthearted--opinionated banter--current events--games and celebrity guests talk show circuit. But hell, I can stomach them over The View

     

    Yeah, that was the problem. SS&K didn't really add anything new, the hosts had good chemistry but there's just so many other alternatives out there that the show pretty much gets lost in the shuffle. 

     

    I'm still surprised that The Chew didn't get a revamp.The show had enough uniqueness to stand out from the crowd. All the show needed was a couple new hosts to spice things up,

     

    I. do wonder if ABC has been thinking to bring one of their primetime classic game shows to daytime, seems like an easy move with their relationship with Fremantle. 

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  12. On 6/29/2020 at 5:13 PM, MorningNews said:

    TJ Holmes has to be a permanent part of GMA’s future. He and Amy work particularly well as a duo when they’re together.

    TJ is definitely great, I wish they gave him a permanent role on the GMA team or somewhere on ABC News. He and Amy do work really well as a pair.

     

    Wouldn't mind seeing Sara back on The View, she was great on there. 

     

    On 6/30/2020 at 12:35 AM, 24994J said:

    I totally agree with these sentiments. This informational format (health, finance, people-doing-good fare. etc.) is so much more substantive than SS&K, and would serve as a more worthwhile 3rd hour to the mothership. Keep Strahan on the early hours, bring Sara back to The View, and let Keke go back to things...that aren't a talk show? Pair Amy and T.J., better-bridge the look with GMA, and boom, an instantly more respectable product that doesn't feel like a mind-numbing knock-off of every daytime ensemble talker to ever exist.

     

    Yeah, I wonder how  "GMA3: What You Need to Know" is doing in the ratings? Does anyone know? I do like this iteration of the show, it does feel like World News Now in the Afternoon, there's definitely more substance and a more informational tone that I highly welcome. With what's going on right now in the world and with so much uncertainty, I don't really see the silliness of SS&K coming back anytime soon. The more serious tone can easily delve into topics like politics and the election cycle, as well as jobs and the economy.  The flaw that ABC News had with this hour was that GMA Day originally felt like a knockoff on Live with Kelly & Ryan and SS&K just felt like they were trying to be a panel version of Ellen. 

     

    14 hours ago, mountainave said:

    Lest we forget...

     

     

     

    Aww, it's Josh Elliott before he burned his on-air career. He was quite popular with GMA viewers at the time.  If he stayed at ABC, there's no doubt he would have been the third anchor on GMA with Robin and George. 

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  13. The graphics have finally made it to San Diego. On-air, they are finally adding their network affiliation as part of their spoken branding: "ABC 10News", prior to this, they've been simply called "10News" since the 90s.  Not really feeling the tone of the graphics at all, oh well. The set's lights and colors really need to change to comply with the new graphics but I doubt that will happen.

     

     

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  14. On 6/2/2020 at 12:22 PM, LexTVandRadio said:

    The promo that is on their Facebook page. Sorry if it’s been posted already. 

    Gosh, so much celebration over a poor graphics package...are we anticipating new logo and a new set as well?

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