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1 hour ago, who?cares said:

WTHR is getting more TEGNA-y

Oh, Pshhhh! This is cheesy af!

1 hour ago, Megatron81 said:

I was kinda surprised that they debut it on Sat Night then gone the next day I wonder if it wasn't to debut until Monday? I wanted to see the intro of the newscast tonight and boom seeing the Tribune graphics.

I wonder if the GM saw the new graphics and just said 'F*ck this'.

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'...

On 8/3/2020 at 8:32 PM, C Block said:

Here's a good chance to make some extra cash down the line:

 

https://whois.domaintools.com/cbs5anchorage.com

Who says that won't use CBS5AK.com, or KYES.com which currently redirects to KTUU.com?

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.

1 hour ago, MarkBRollins88_v2 said:

I can tell you at least two of these will launch in September.

...

 

...Also technically KOAA has already launched if you consider they’ve had the weather graphics since I think March.

Yeah, no. Weather graphics does not a full package make.

3 hours ago, WxNerd said:

Not to mention the guys who run that are straight up jerks! Before I got let go due to "Newsroom Restructuring", this email was sent to us from a former reporter in Alaska. 

Well, if we were under any delusion that local news meant little more than a network contractual obligation...

31 minutes ago, Weeters said:

 

KTVA itself no longer has a news department. Everything but the license and transmitter now belongs to Gray. More than likely, the KTVA signal will go dark once it's fully integrated into KYES. KYES is essentially airing a news product named "KTVA 11 News" right now and simulcasting on Channel 11, from the way it's described in the announcement.

So is the KTVA news department technically the DCI news department?

42 minutes ago, GoldenShine9 said:

 

They may be realizing that the WPIX move is a desperation move that likely won't work.

I hope to god it doesn't, but I have an inherent distrust of Ajit Pai.

4 hours ago, GoldenShine9 said:

Admittedly based on the sound of that, they were literally stuck. Of the companies in buying moods, the only ones really interested in small markets are Gray and Nexstar. The latter probably was too concerned about the cap, while the former has lots of cap space but was already in the market. As a result, they had no real options.

Why would Nexstar be concerned about the cap? They could sidecar every station in the country and still be considered 'under market cap'.

2 hours ago, TheRyan said:

 

Just the CBS affiliation.  But that entry on NMSA makes me think the (formerly) CBS 11 news dept has moved to KYES.

 

Per Wikipedia, KYES will simulcast on KTVA...for now. 

So is KTVA's news department going to be shut down?

43 minutes ago, TheRyan said:

News Music Search Archive now shows Icon News in use on KYES.  So it would appear that maybe KTVA's newscasts have, in fact, moved over to KYES. 

 

The big question is now whether Gray allows KTUU and KYES (formerly CBS 11) to retain unique news departments.

 

This entire deal makes me really wish Nexstar got KTVA instead.  Even if they had bought both KTVA and KTUU, Nexstar would've at least kept both news brands.  

Did Gray acquire the KTVA news department too? Or just the affiliation?

31 minutes ago, DENDude said:

It sounds as if KYES is going to simulcast KTVA for a while until they get things up and going, then GCI will determine who to sell the KTVA non license assets to. 

It's a bit weird that they're selling it the license and non-license assets separately. Also, how does Gray now own two of the four affiliates in the market? Or is this a loophole around that?

KTVA was the news leader, right? So why is GCI content to lose that status?

Just now, Samantha said:

...I sincerely hope that's a transitional product and not the final logo.

Nope. That's final. They've even put decals on doors with it.

11 minutes ago, Action Newsroom said:

Yikes. This makes the logos of WEWS, KGTV, KMGH, KTVH, WCPO WFTS and KNXV look like multi-award-winning masterpieces.

And I hate KMGH's.

1 hour ago, hankthetank23 said:

Definitely WRTV News. There's no reference to the 6 anywhere.

This is why not having a Creative Service Director is no good.

3 hours ago, Yankees4life said:

Well...that makes a bit sense as the affiliate (WLFT) is owned by a church 

I don't think it's all that ethical though.

2 hours ago, Yankees4life said:

Didn't know Newsnet already did this

 TBF, it is a low-powered indy-ran station

Just a descent LinkedIn search shows that this guy is a minister and attorney. He's NOT a journalist. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-r-fabre-2b26bba0/

This is his YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CallingToKnowGod/videos

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.