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12 minutes ago, RGSJenkins said:

It was a year and a half effort by WNBC's Executive Producer of Weather Mike Rawlins.

https://twitter.com/mikerawlins/status/1303440475894972416

Really? A new color scheme and text size take a year and a half? WHAT!?

1 hour ago, newsteam13 said:

 

YES! YES! YEEEEEEAAAASSSSS!!!! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! For bringing back that familiar melody (with the ABC News signature of course) from the Peter Jennings era! AND, for getting rid of that Damn Hans Zimmer crap you used since 2012, when Diane Sawyer was at the helm. What a relief and a blessing to hear that Score Productions/Edd Kalehoff theme again.

Sadly, this doesn't seem like an updated version. Although the audio fidelity may not be good and therefore it betrays me ears, this is in fact the 2002 commission that went unused. Not exactly a modern take. 

35 minutes ago, scrabbleship said:

 

His age (57 in December) might be a strike against him in the book of Tegna. Which is ironic given how if Tribune was still around they'd have done it in a heartbeat, they did so for a 70ish Al Terzi after WFSB pressured him to retire.

 

If he stays in TV, I'd put them a little behind WTNH. It'd be instant gravitas and credibility but for how long. As it was, Dennis was down to the 5:00, 6:00, and Face the State on Sunday mornings (which taped Thursday afternoons). I honestly see him tackling new media and/or the political realm before a return to TV.

It's not the age that's the problem, it's the financial layout that the experience demands that's the problem for GANNETT TEGNA.

19 minutes ago, Samantha said:

 

The petition's all sorts of interesting, even if its chances of success are probably quite low.

I'd file one of these in every market in which Sinclair has this kind of control. It's all sorts of screwed up!

22 minutes ago, Samantha said:

KRIV starts a 6 on September 14, known as "The NewsEdge Early Edition".

 

https://tvnewscheck.com/article/more-news/253101/kriv-to-debut-the-newsedge-early-edition-at-6-p-m/

They should have called it NewsEdgier.

1 hour ago, CLETVFan said:

(Cross posted from another thread)

 

According to TV Passport, WOIO 19 in Cleveland is launching a new 3pm newscast on September 14.  They are also launching a new 11am newscast on WUAB 43.  

 

Temporary until after the election.

20 minutes ago, CircleSeven said:

Paperwork for WPIX is finally up. That includes an LMA & an option agreement.

Booo! Same crap that Sinclair was gonna pull with Tribune stations.

1 hour ago, Yankees4life said:

Still trying to adjust, I see

Me? No. I know the cost of these things though.

40 minutes ago, AaronQ said:

And here's the open 

 

Meh, that open seems pretty slapdash.

1 hour ago, who?cares said:

WTHR is getting more TEGNA-y

Oh, Pshhhh! This is cheesy af!

5 hours ago, tvtime07 said:

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. 

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.

3 hours ago, RCA TK47 said:

I don't think CBS affiliates would go for an already floundering network newscast @ 10pm leading into their local news @ 10:30 or 11.  I hope you all remember the 10pm  "Jay Leno Show" debacle years ago.  If full on production of primetime gets to be a problem, give the affiliates the 10pm slot for local news and run the revamped "CBS News Tonight @ 10:30" (or whatever they want to call it & anchored by someone besides Norah)  and then the  "Late Show w/Colbert" at 11.  That also gives Colbert a jump start on Fallon & Kimmel. 

 

Overall, it's gonna be a tough sell for Viacom/CBS to give up an hour of primetime $$$$$$ @ 10 for this kind of experiment.  

If the cost to produce a fictional show during a pandemic isn't more expensive than the revenue returns from a CBS NewsNight program.

1 hour ago, tvtime07 said:

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. 

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.

On 8/6/2020 at 12:09 PM, tvtime07 said:

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.

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.

23 minutes ago, jase said:

With all due respect, I have no clue where you’re getting your #s from. People have been talking about the imminent death of broadcast network news for years. They aren’t going anywhere.

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

10 minutes ago, wabceyewitness said:

 
I thought you were implying national network news is sinking and needs reinventing. If so, just pointing out that there is still a tremendous appetite for national network news. 
 

... and I think you meant David Muir, though I do enjoy George Stephanopolous, too!

I remembered the facts incorrectly. George is Chief Anchor at ABC.

I know that WNT is riding strong, but there are fewer viewers. For instance, being #1 when you there are only 100K viewers isn't as impressive as is being #1 when there are 1 million. Just sayin'...

15 minutes ago, wabceyewitness said:

ABC World News Tonight has been the #1 show on all of television for over two months and is having its most watched season in 17 years. 

That has nothing to do with my statement. Thank you for sharing why George Stephanopoulos is a great Managing Editor though. Haha!

3 hours ago, iron_lion said:

We're about a year into Norah as chief/evening anchor. Has she grown on you all or you think CBS News got it wrong? How would you say she compares to Katie Couric?

So regardless of my opinion, the ratings aren't exactly soaring. That's quite enough for me to see that she doesn't make a compelling anchor or ME. That, informing my opinion, doesn't make me look too kindly on the move to DC. Also, since the formatting is pretty much identical across networks, I would have blown that up instead of weakly leaning into it. Honestly, the network national program concept is sinking pretty quickly and a reinvention to inspire whatever viewers are remaining would be good.

7 minutes ago, Journalist said:

Huh? Wasn't TM folded under what we know today as Westwood One though?

You are right. I am wrong. Seems like TMStudios needs a Wikipedia page with that in it.

2 minutes ago, TSSZNews said:

The same reasons the NBC O&Os shop around while having Universal Music as a subsidiary, or Disney shops around having several music publishing labels under its fold - because they can, and because there likely are antitrust issues to consider.

What anti-trust issues? A company can have one of their subsidiaries do work for the parent and not get accused of anything illegal because they own them. 

Being the broadcast junkie that I am, one ends up not only finding love with TV stations, but also radio stations (and for me, the latter came first). Well, I discovered an interesting little footnote: TMStudios is an E.W. Scripps company. TM was owned by Jones Media Group (then known as JonesTM). Jones was purchased by Triton (and renamed TM Studios), Triton Radio Networks (now Triton Digital) in 2008. Triton was purchased by Scripps in 2018. Ergo, why are the Scripps stations using Stephen Arnold Music when they have their own composers in-house?

2 hours ago, AaronQ said:

So a quick update, yesterday was Ryan Kruger's last day at WXIA 11 Alive.

 

Making the jump to WCNC?

On 5/23/2020 at 9:47 PM, HoosierNewsie said:

 

That's not being used.

1 hour ago, skbl17 said:

 

RTM (Malaysia's state broadcaster) has since replaced those graphics as part of a group-wide rebrand.

 

 

So first ripping off the Trib graphics and now BBC. Interesting...

6 minutes ago, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said:

WBNS is launching TEGNA website/mobile app next week... No mention on WTHR's site that I saw..

 

Here is the link

Boooo! The Dispatch website is superior.

1 hour ago, C Block said:

Wait. So that logo isn't a throwback? They actually designed it that way? In 2020? For a news station? It looks bad in small sizes on digital, and it's going to moiré on air. Congrats to them for creating a logo that's designed neither for TV nor digital.

Welcome to TEGNA.

8 hours ago, TheMassMediaGeek said: