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Stelter also wrote about it for New York Magazine.

For Atlantic subscribers, there's a long article on Chris Licht today. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/06/cnn-ratings-chris-licht-trump/674255/

https://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-sinclair-broadcast-reorganization-20230601-mag4m6aryza25n5wydyxht7wgm-story.html

In terms of audience decline, late news (11s and 10s) viewership is down 10-30% nationwide year-to-year.

Scripps wants to integrate Scripps News more deeply into its local news. https://rbr.com/scripps-ceos-view-on-reimaging-local-news/

Getting off-track a bit, I would not be surprised if more stations diverted 4:00 a.m. resources to middle-of-the-day newscasts instead. Sunbeam has much more flexibility, of course, with one station independent and one station only giving up two hours a day to FOX.

There are rumors Ingraham is being demoted, with FOX News Channel looking at some combination of Hannity/Watters/Gutfeld in the 8-11 ET slots.

I don't see any conflict of interest. But I imagine he's close to retirement anyway.

Donna Deegan, former WTLV anchor, won her mayoral runoff election. She will be the new Jacksonville, Fla., mayor this summer.

Exec. 1: We're losing viewers to games and TikTok and YouTube. Exec 2: I have an idea. Let's make access to our product more complicated and more expensive.

Oklahoma's governor vetoed a bill funding OETA. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/12/media/oklahoma-pbs-oeta-reliable-sources/index.html

KTTV already had a replacement lined up at news director. https://files.constantcontact.com/143c1a10201/45e2735a-2fed-4604-a055-6d9b4d309890.pdf?rdr=true

$35 million seems like a bargain for a station in southern California. I am conflicted about how the operations will co-exist.

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/man-who-mpd-said-shot-into-fox13-station-in-custody-after-barricading-himself-inside-ubees/article_0d722d26-e909-11ed-b939-53354f10c540.html

Jerry Springer died today at age 79. His impact on television was undeniable.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/newsnation-expands-new-york-chris-cuomo-elizabeth-vargas-1235401963/

Someone will back up a Brinks truck for him (think Joe Rogan at Spotify)... or he'll run for President.

I noticed Gray has posted jobs for state capitol bureau reporters, just as Nexstar stations employ.

There was a brief standoff at WWMT today. https://wwmt.com/news/local/news-channel-3-bomb-threat-kalamazoo-department-public-safety-evacuation-wwmt-armed-investigation# https://www.woodtv.com/news/kalamazoo-county/police-respond-to-threat-at-kalamazoo-tv-station/

TEGNA paid $325 million for the KFMBs (TV, FM, AM). They turned around and got $5 million for the radio stations.

I must admit, I had to check the date too. By the way, Hearst strongly relies on promoting from within the company for management.