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Sadly we have too many defending what he did, calling it what it wasn't including Elise Stefanik. The press needs to find its morals and call it out.

It wasn’t a gesture. It was a Nazi salute. Let’s call it what it was.

Evidently Altice USA and Nexstar have come to an agreement. Both Mission owned WPIX and Nexstar's NewsNation are back on Optimum systems. No notification from Optimum to their customers of course.

That's not unique. Just to the EWN fandom. Chuck Scarborough did it for years. Janice Huff as well. The reduction in shifts for long time staff members is well deserved.

Altice USA has written to the FCC that the inclusion of Mission "owned" WPIX in the retransmission fight violates the FCC order. Considering most Mission "owned" stations are not included (and Nexstar owned stations are not off the air in the Mission - DirecTV fight) this is true. https://www.policyband.com/p/dc-memo-altice-usa-accuses-nexstar?utm_source=post-email-title#038;publication_id=2219351&post_id=154759128&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=192djc&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

The article clearly states there is much to still be determined in unwinding "SpinCo" from the current NBCUniversal, including NBCU's structure. It again reiterates it is a spin off, to shareholders, not a wholly owed new Comcast division. It will have its own stock, its own board (who we don't know the members yet) and make its own decisions. How it interacts with NBCU, especially on providing content is to be determined and complicated.

That's a big if. It didn't happen under the last GOP controlled Pai FCC. Who knows how long it will take to add a GOP member, right now it will be 2-2.

I'm not sure losing the CW in its current form is a big deal either. If memory serves me, you don't need cable credentials to watch the CW app (though I haven't tried). That was a work around the last time Optimum (then Cablevision owned) Nexstar is playing both sides here. They claim WPIX is Mission owned but it's blacked out, while other Mission stations aren't blacked out but are on DirecTV. They are confirming the current FCC's claims.

Yet they didn't in other markets like in Providence where Nester's CBS is still on DirecTV, but Missions FOX and CW stations are not? This is one big sham.

Nexstar is threatening to pull channels off of Optimum. The listed cities include NY (which would be WPIX). Thing is, I thought they don't own it, Mission does. So much for their claim. I believe it is on DirecTV still while other Mission stations have been off for a year or so now. Definitely some fancy footwork going on here.

It is one disappointing aspect of MSNBC - not covering live breaking news as strongly as others. I'm also not sure what is up with NBC News yesterday. Even their coverage of President Jimmy Carter's arrival in DC, memorial at the Navy Memorial, and procession to the Capitol was minimal and focused only on the rotunda ceremony. ABC and CBS both had more comprehensive coverage. As a NBC viewer, I was disappointed.

It doesn't help the head of the MTA doesn't seem to live in reality. But that goes beyond discussion on this board and its primary focus.

Companies will see the MTA Money Grab as a cost of doing business, just like regular tolls on bridges, tunnels, parkways and turnpikes. As long as Disney (Paramount, NBCU, Nexstar, oops, I mean Mission and Fox) reimburse employees when covering stories the impact is more palatable to producing and on air staff. The one's getting hurt are those that have to commute into the city via private vehicles that don't normally get reimbursed for tolls. I would think many of them already take mass transit.

It wasn't a big deal and did not take away from coverage. By seeing some of the local station's graphics, it was a cue that they leveraged their local station in New Orleans. I'm sure very few were bothered by it. This was an emergency broadcast due to a terrorist attack. There were more important things that morning.

That is not a job offer. It is a job opening.

Interesting, this is from 2 days ago. So what happened, now that it is Jan. 2?

Confirming, MSG and MSG+ are off of Optimum (Altice USA) NY and NJ systems. Worse, you cannot log into or get the YES part of the Gotham App using your Optimum credentials. This is plain wrong. By combining YES App and MSG app now YES subscribers are being punished in this fight when many have no skin in the game. Any others interested in a class action suit?

Can you guys take this conversation or whatever it is offline? Thanks. It is way off topic.

The Dolans spun off MSG 14 years ago into a separate company they continue to own. They sold Cablevision/Optimum 8 years ago and have nothing to do with Altice USA. If there was a long term carriage agreement at the time of the sale, it probably expired already. One question come baseball season. MSG and YES combined their apps into a joint venture - Gotham Sports. If this lasts into baseball season, will access to the Yes App part of Gotham be impacted since it authenticates through your Optimum subscription? Hopefully not as it is a joint venture. It will be up to Knicks, Rangers, Islanders and Devils fans to be loud enough that Altice cares. I'm not sure they do.

Hanukkah is a festival, not a religous holiday. They may have been off for other reasons such as family vacations, etc. Wasn't Lee Goldberg on? WNBC had an all Jewish news team at 6 and 11. I'm not a usual Eyewitness News watcher but I found the newscast from 6:30 on to be useless from a news standpoint. It was just viewers letters interspersed with some letters. For those Eyewitness News fanboys, I'm sure that was fine. For me looking for an update on news, I was disappointed.

Today's staffing is going to be different (on every channel), like all other years due to the holiday and allowing many anchors and staff to be home with their families. I would not use today as a reason to question about regular assignments.

It also doesn't warrant every anchor sub being reported. It won't get back to normal until after the new year. Enjoy the season. Even anchors & reporters deserve time off with heir families.

Every year at this time, there are many not usual substitutions as many staff, especially those with long service are off before, during and after Christmas. Typically this time of year can be slow news cycles (this year may be an exception). On air and behind the scenes staff take needed vacation days. Many have to use it or loose it, just like those who work elsewhere.

Way back prior to being fully bought by NBCUniversal, the company that included USA and SciFi was called USA Networks. The down side is if SpinCo goes international, the name may not work.

Depends on what they decide. All we know is that the cable stations except Bravo will be spun off (not sold). Probably moving to Peacock is the end game but they can also license to the new entity for broadcast on USA etc for a specified period. Golf rights could also be split between NBC and the new company for airing on both the network and Golf Channel. They can take this approach with the Olympics too in 2026. For now it is all speculation as they have a lot to figure out and nothing has been publicly announced other than the planned spin off..