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TV Networks Scale Back Iraq War Coverage

Afghanistan becomes focus as US deaths fall, budgets drop

Dec 29, 08 9:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Violence is down drastically in Iraq, but so is coverage of the conflict by ABC, NBC, and CBS, who no longer have full-time correspondents in the country, the New York Times reports. Instead, the networks are shifting their focus to Pakistan and Afghanistan. “Afghanistan was the forgotten war,”... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • correspondent • NBC News • CBS News • ABC News • television news

 Web Overtakes Papers for News 

Record number of Americans ditch print to get their news from the net

Dec 27, 08 5:42 AM CST
(Newser) - For the first time ever, more people are getting their news from the Internet than from newspapers, the Los Angeles Times reports. A Pew Research poll found that 40% of people cited the Internet as a main news source, compared to 35% for print. At 70%, television remains the country's... More »

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Internet • newspaper • news • television news • newspaper industry

Colmes Ditches Hannity, Will Remain at Fox News

Liberal half of talk-show equation gets weekend gig

Nov 24, 08 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - After 12 years as co-host of Hannity & Colmes, the liberal half of the Fox News standby, Alan Colmes, will leave the show at the end of the year. He's working on a weekend show for the network, which will keep him on as a commentator, Broadcasting & ... More »

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Fox News • Sean Hannity • Alan Colmes • Hannity and Colmes • television news

 Amanpour Gets 
 Own Show, 
 Finally 

CNN honchos give in after correspondent raises stink over Zakaria's program

Nov 6, 08 12:39 PM CST
(Newser) - CNN honchos will “soon” announce that dedicated globetrotter Christiane Amanpour will be getting her own show. “She’s getting her own hour. She was furious after CNN gave Fareed Zakaria his own show on Sunday—especially since it’s all about international affairs, which is her specialty,”... More »

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CNN • television news • Fareed Zakaria • Christiane Amanpour

 Fey Waves 
 Goodbye to 
 Playing Palin 

30 Rock creator vows to get back to day job

Nov 6, 08 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - To the list of political figures out of a job after Election Day, add one: Sarah Palin impersonator Tina Fey. "I have to retire just because I have to do my day job," the creator and star of 30 Rock tells Entertainment Weekly. More »

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Saturday Night Live • Tina Fey • 30 Rock • TV ratings • Sarah Palin • television news

 Talking Heads 
 Vow Restraint 
 ... Sort of 

Networks vow some restraint

Nov 4, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Television news executives have vowed they won't jump the gun and project a president-elect until one man has 270 electoral votes. And they won't count electoral votes until polls are closed, reports the Los Angeles Times. But if key states in the East and Midwest back Obama, viewers will likely... More »

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California • New Mexico • Rick Davis • Nevada • Colorado • CBS News • exit polls • David Axelrod • Election 2008 • television news • network news • projections

OPINION

 TV's Gimmickry 
 Diminishes Election 

News operations aim for ratings, shoot viewers instead

Nov 3, 08 1:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Tomorrow night will be a high-water mark for TV news gadget gimmickry as the networks try to hook some of the millions of viewers who will tune in for election coverage, Rick Kushman writes in the Sacramento Bee. Some, like the technology that will allow TV networks to have instant... More »

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television • NBC • TV networks • CNN • TV ratings • Election 2008 • television news

OPINION

 Election's Media 
 Winners, Losers 

The best and worst in a season about image

Nov 3, 08 11:23 AM CST
(Newser) - This election has been all about image—not just for the candidates, but for media personalities who have jumped into the fray. Scott Collins chooses its biggest success stories and failures in the Los Angeles Times:
  • Rachel Maddow, MSNBC's new commentator, is brainy, funny, and capable.
  • John King,
... More »

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Katie Couric • Tina Fey • American media • David Letterman • Chuck Norris • Election 2008 • television news • Rachel Maddow • Charlie Gibson

ANALYSIS

The Election's Over—Except
on Fox News

Only network not dominated by polls is busy blasting Obama

Oct 28, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - With one week to go until the election, political coverage on TV "should probably come with a spoiler alert," writes Alessandra Stanley. With every poll predicting a major win for Barack Obama, terms like "touchdown favorite" and "near-insurmountable" have become ubiquitous on the networks. You... More »

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Barack Obama • Fox News • Election 2008 • television news • opinion polls • polls

 ABC Producer Busted
 Filming DNC Bigwigs

Sheriff's deputy gets rough with newsman probing role of VIP donors

Aug 28, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - An ABC News producer was busted in Denver while filming senators and big donors leaving a hotel meeting near the Democratic National Convention. He was manhandled into traffic by a sheriff's deputy, handcuffed and hauled away on charges of interference, trespass, and failure to obey a lawful order, reports ABC... More »

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Denver • Democratic National Convention • arrest • journalist • ABC News • television news

analysis

Maddow Helps MSNBC Make Left Turn

Network hopes new anchor will translate into ratings, ad revenue

Aug 22, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rachel Maddow's promotion to prime-time at MSNBC more clearly draws the partisan lines among the cable networks, writes Brian Stelter of the New York Times: MSNBC on the left, Fox on the right, and CNN claiming middle ground. Now the big question: Will the Maddow move translate into more ads?... More »

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cable TV • MSNBC • NBC Universal • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • CNN • TV advertising • television news • network news • Rachel Maddow • Bill Maher Grid

Leno Could Doom Nightline with ABC Move

Host's retirement may set off cascade of late-night dominoes

Aug 11, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - These should be banner days for ABC’s Nightline, John Edwards’ confessional outlet of choice. Instead, staffers fear Jay Leno's departure from NBC will wind up costing them their jobs, the LA Times reports. ABC appears to be Leno's most likely destination after he retires next year, which would... More »

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Jay Leno • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • ABC News • television news • Nightline • Ted Koppel

ANALYSIS

Cable Dominates News by Blowing Up Stories

But print reporters dig up the stories that play on TV

Aug 2, 08 7:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty-four-hour cable networks set the news agenda by turning stories "from brushfire to raging conflagration," Paul Farhi writes in the American Journalism Review. Particularly during presidential campaigns, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC pull stories from newspapers and web sites and make them hot by running them day and... More »

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New York Times • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • MSNBC • news • journalism • Fox News • CNN • print journalism • television news • network news

 Janet Plans Her Own
 Talent Show for TV 

She will seek out aspiring singers and dancers from obscure locales

Jun 19, 08 6:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Move over "American Idol:" Janet Jackson is headed for reality TV, reports Variety. The pop icon plans to mentor aspiring singers and dancers as she prepares for her world tour—participation in which could be the grand prize. Drawing contestants from YMCAs and church groups, the show’... More »

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television • music • reality TV • MTV • Janet Jackson • celebrity • Justin Timberlake • television news

ANALYSIS

Sexism? Media Disagree With Clinton Backers

Hillary's supporters cry foul, but news world pleads innocence

Jun 13, 08 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Hillary Clinton has suspended her presidential campaign, her most ardent supporters are hitting out at television news, proposing boycotts and setting up websites in response to allegedly sexist coverage. But as the New York Times reports, many in the media see little evidence of sexism. Rather, they accuse... More »

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Hillary Clinton • media criticism • cable TV • MSNBC • sexism • Fox News • television news

 Swayze to Star in A&E Series 

'Dirty Dancing' star to continue treatment for pancreatic cancer

Jun 8, 08 2:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cancer isn't stopping Patrick Swayze from making a jump to the small screen with his new show on A&E. Swayze, who is battling pancreatic cancer but says he's responding well to treatment, secured the network's OK and will start filming The Beast this summer. He'll star as a weathered... More »

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television • pancreatic cancer • Patrick Swayze • television news • A&E

 Russian TV Rubs Out Putin Foes 

Rumored 'stop list' keeps pesky gov't opponents off the airwaves

Jun 3, 08 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russian TV stations have just the solution for pesky opposition commentary—they simply keep it off the airways, even digitally erasing one anti-Putin analyst, the New York Times reports. Putin’s opponents are included in what some call a “stop list” of figures banned from television coverage. It’s... More »

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Russia • television • Vladimir Putin • censorship • freedom of press • television news

Networks Will Partner For Cancer Telethon

Gibson, Couric and Williams to co-host Sept. 5 event

May 27, 08 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - ABC, CBS and NBC have decided to work together to fight cancer, the New York Times reports. Each network's lead news anchor will appear on a Sept. 5 telethon broadcast on all three channels simultaneously. The principles—CBS's Katie Couric, NBC's Brian Williams and ABC's Charlie Gibson—have all lost... More »

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cancer • NBC • Katie Couric • CBS • ABC • cancer research • Brian Williams • television news • Charles Gibson • network news • telethon

Opinion

So Long Katie; Don't Let the Door Hit You

Couric traded perky for automaton, but needed 'Michael Moore's DNA'

May 20, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Katie Couric’s unhappy tenure as CBS Evening News anchor will soon end, and not a moment too soon for Nancy Franklin of the New Yorker. Couric seemed likely to succeed at the start, but she wound up ditching the qualities people liked in her and becoming a... More »

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media • Katie Couric • Leslie Moonves • network television • news anchor • television news • CBS Evening News

Obama Relents, Will Appear
on Fox News

After 2 years, candidate agrees to do Wallace's right-wing talk show

Apr 25, 08 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama will appear on "Fox News Sunday" this weekend, ending a two-year disagreement between the candidate and the right-wing channel. Obama had promised to appear on the program in 2006, but his campaign has repeatedly cited scheduling conflicts to avoid an appearance. Fox News is crediting its "... More »

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Barack Obama • cable TV • Fox News • television news • Chris Wallace

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