to "Paramount+ with Showtime". The suits say it's all about streaming.   The New York Times has the details ..read more

Surprised this wasn’t already mentioned elsewhere, but the change occurred Sunday. Graphics are largely the same except uses more navy blue instead of purple. The logo bug is very clunky. Must be a soft launch because the website and app have not flipped over yet from Newsy.   ..read more

Well, after AT&T, Verizon and numerous other pay TV providers dropped the One America "News" network, it looks to be seeking the free-tv route.... https://www.nexttv.com/news/misinformation-finds-a-way-oan-goes-ota-re-invents-itself-as-broadcast-subchannel   The good news about this is, the low-powered stations that this network will land on should be easily picked up by the tinfoil hats of their average viewer ..read more

Christi Paul, anchor of New Day Weekend, signed off Sunday morning expressing a desire to move closer to family. Interestingly she said she has an on-air job in Ohio lined up with an announcement coming later this week. I wondering where she's going and who will take her place?     ..read more

Not a network generally discussed here, but curious on NewsMax TV's schedule. Seems odd to me that most (if not all) the morning/dayside shows have a co-anchor format, but with the exception of the 9am-12pm show the only anchor featured as the 'anchor/host' is the male co-host. The one that makes the least sense is naming the 12pm hour 'John Bachman Now' yet he has a co-anchor ..read more

I was just scrolling through my TV guide and saw a listing for "Sky News on MSNBC", and sure enough there it was on the channel on when tuned in (1-2am PST). I don't recall seeing this before but maybe they have done it previously? Guessing MSNBC is showing it to provide Ukraine coverage to compete with CNN and FOX, both live (CNN showing CNNI).     I then turned over to NBC News Now which was also showing Sky News.   Edit: Right after posting this, Chris Jansing broke into the Sky News coverage to show Antony Blinken's news conference. (1:49am PST) Weird ..read more

Jeff Zucker Exits CNN After Relationship With Senior Executive The relationship came up during the network’s investigation into the former anchor Chris Cuomo. “I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn’t,” Mr. Zucker wrote in a memo to colleagues.   Quote In a memo to colleagues that was obtained by The New York Times, Mr. Zucker wrote that his relationship came up during a network investigation into the conduct of Chris Cuomo, the CNN anchor who was fired in December over his involvement in the political affairs of his brother, former Governor Andrew M. Cuomo of New York ..read more

CNN announced today that they will launch CNN+ in the first quarter of 2022 with 8-12 hours of original live content each day.   They are looking to hire 450 people in the next 6-9 months to support CNN Plus.    https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/inside-cnn-plus-a-first-look-at-the-new-streaming-service-exclusive-1235022517 ..read more

Variety article.   https://twitter.com/mgolingan1/status/1384183553777233928 ..read more

Just noticed that FOX "News" doesn't have a ticker right now-- have you noticed that ..read more