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Semi-related, but Digital First Media (formerly MediaNews Group) has made a hostile takeover bid for the "new" Gannett (owner of USA TODAY and local newspapers). Could this mean that TEGNA changes its name back to Gannett? I'd love to see the Deathstar make a comeback, too. That's something Gannett took away nearly 8 years ago.

On KUSA, 6PM is the only timeslot that TEGNAitis has infected (at least in a way).

One of the worst and stupidest slogans for a station I have ever heard. It shows that Scripps is like Sears.

...unlike WFXT which has a really bad logo, but did not listen to focus groups or do research for it (this was before the Boston 25 News rebranding, which was based on a survey).

Also I partially underlined the previous post by accident. I tried fixing it, but it went horribly wrong as a result of another mistake, so I left it as is. While typing, I was trying to cover the LG logo on my phone with my hand (made very small so I don't pay attention to it), causing those mistakes.

Or are you trying to get on Peep and the Big Wide World because the phrase "peeping tom" made me think of it? Yes, that's a real show, look it up. One of the characters there is called Tom. You might also want to look up what always comes on after that show. It's called Pocoyo.

My hopes were for WNEM using the actual Scripps graphics, which are now syndicated (KNBN uses them).

You must be picky. You were used to Ellen on WPTV; why do you want her back on that station? Is it because they have higher news ratings?

KIRO was taken off Frontier FiOS in some Seattle eastern suburbs (most or all of which is not served by CenturyLink) due to a dispute between Frontier and Cox. That happened earlier this month.

I can see pixelation in the opens and a legal ID mentioning WTLV instead of WJXX, probably because it was meant to be very temporary. I also saw an Allbritton-era WJXX ID at the beginning of the video. Speaking of Gannett: Have you knew before that the 1990s version of the Deathstar was used on WKYC, KVUE (owned by Belo from 1999-2013), WTLV, and WMAZ? I still can't find a video of KXTV's Deathstar or KPNX's use of the 2000s version of the Deathstar ID (also used on KUSA and WUSA).

Here is a horrible news open from RTE in Ireland from 2003-2007 with all those letters and numbers. You should be glad we here in the USA don't have an open like that and to me it seems more futuristic than Gannett's 2008 broken fax machine: In case you want to see this atrocious and extremely uninspired news open, go to 0:32. What does something like T9B868D5 7BR69T8RD5EVCG8B7R9877-BR69B6BR6 even mean to viewers?!

Just like the rest of the new TEGNA sites. "9News. In the palm of your hand. At m.9news.com." -Roger Thompson, 2007/2008 "m.9news.com. It's All Right Here in the palm of your hand." -Roger Thompson, 2009

That lighthouse reminds me a little of the current Scripps ID. Interesting for both of them.

Or lower. For example, WXIA 11Alive going from 2nd place to 11Dead last, and KPNX going from the market leader to 3rd place (or lower). What stations are immune to Tegnaitis? Maybe KUSA, KVUE, and/or WCNC? I hate to say bad things about Gannettegna, but a once-great company is now a shadow of what it used to be, like Sears and Kmart. The Deathstar can cause death to ratings (pun intended).

KXTV is a legacy Gannettegna station. Gannettegna owned them since 1999. KVUE was owned by Gannettegna from 1986-1999 and again since 2013 (due to Gannett's purchase of Belo). I hate to say bad things about TEGNA, but look at all the stations TEGNAitis has struck. Gannett gave WXIA, KPNX, WTSP, KXTV, and KSDK life. Then they became TEGNA, who basically took it away. TEGNAitis also struck ex-Belo stations such as WFAA and WWL. On the bright side, ex-Belo stations WFAA and KVUE made ratings gains for last month's sweeps. KXTV was owned by Belo until 1999. In 1999, Belo traded KXTV to Gannett and got KVUE in return.

Hearst has done the same thing. Your turn, Graham and Scripps' ex-MGH stations.

The 2000s version of the Gannett Deathstar as used by KUSA: (2005-2009 version) (2009-2011 version) And WUSA: (used from 2009-2011)

Not too classic, but a bunch of Gannett Deathstars. KPNX's Deathstar from 2001: WUSA's Deathstar from 1997-2005: KUSA's Deathstar from 1995-2005: KUSA's Deathstar from 2005-2009 (in 2009, elements of the Gannett standardized package were added):

Meanwhile, American Spirit-owned Raycom stations are still not on DirecTV or AT&T U-verse yet.

Reminds me of KTVK.

Sinclair looking for a "Social Media Analyst". http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/11/22/sinclair-is-looking-for-a-social-media-analyst

CBS O&Os off Dish as of 11/21. http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/11/21/cbs-stations-fall-off-dish

Newsy is owned by Scripps. Comcast also now carries Newsy. FUN FACT: Scripps used to own cable systems until Comcast bought them out in 1995.

Do any other ex-MG stations use Nexstar URLs?

KLFY has been Nexstar-ized. Do they have a Nexstar URL?