It’s time again for TelevisionWeek ’s list of the 10 Most Powerful in TV News. This year’s report card comes at an awkward time: Election-year performances can’t be ignored, and yet they already seem a distant memory, as the industry is roiled by the same economic turmoil as the rest of the nation. While...
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News networks are shifting resources to online video projects, and the results from some of them are promising, reports Daisy Whitney in this week’s episode of the New Media Minute. ABC News offers a 15-minute version of its evening newscast online and views are up fivefold from last year. Other networks...
Political news icon Bob Schieffer will host a 15-minute weekly Webcast starting tomorrow, CBSNews.com announced today. It’s one of the first initiatives by a broadcast network to create an original news show purely for the Web. The show, “Washington Unplugged,” will run on Fridays at 2 p.m. ET. Mr. Schieffer...
Last week ABC News started offering text and video reports from the network and its owned stations for free on iPhones, joining CBS News, which lets citizen journalists upload videos of news on the street using their iPhones with the Eyemobile application. One of the reasons news organizations are targeting...
CBS News has unveiled its plans for multiplatform coverage of the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, led by live broadcasts and Web streams anchored by Katie Couric. Ms. Couric will anchor broadcast coverage for CBS throughout the day on Jan. 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST. Coverage will include...
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CBS News has announced plans for a live Webcast on Election Night, Nov. 4, anchored by Katie Couric. The Webcast, which will run at CBSNews.com and CNET.com, will begin following CBS News’ live broadcast coverage of the election results and will include questions received from online viewers submitted...