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Talking TVGhosts Of TV’s Christmas Past And Future In 2024TVNewsCheck Editor at Large Harry Jessell and Editor Michael
Depp look back over an eventful year in broadcast business news and ahead to the steepest challenges it will confront in 2024.
2023-12-1540 minTalking TVEmily Barr On Sinclair’s Shuttered Newsrooms
Emily Barr, TVNewsCheck columnist and former CEO-president of Graham Media, weighs in on the troubling implications of Sinclair’s closure of five newsrooms across its markets and what shoes may drop next for an industry up against serious headwinds.
2023-05-1211 minTalking TVScripps News Ramps Up Live Newscasts
Kate O’Brian, president
of Scripps News, explains how the bulk of its weekday broadcast hours will go
to live as of May 1 and how the network manages its complex web of
collaborations between its own reporters fanned out across the U.S., Scripps’
local stations, its hubs in Denver and Washington, D.C. and Scripps-owned Court
TV.
2023-04-2821 minTalking TVBounce’s ‘Act Your Age’ Sets A Debut Record
Alyson Fouse, creator and showrunner of Bounce’s new sitcom Act Your Age, discusses the enduring value of classic sitcom tropes and why diginets are a great place to debut new comedies.
2023-04-0713 minTalking TVAmbient TV Comes To FASTBlake Sabatinelli, CEO of Atmosphere TV, explains how to make good TV deliberately for background consumption, and how his company has turned its network of FAST channels into a lucrative business at bars, restaurants and other venues.
2023-03-3120 minTalking TV‘Young & Restless’ Stars Peter Bergman And Susan Walters On Show’s 50th
Peter Bergman and Susan Walters, veteran actors on CBS’s The Young and the Restless, reflect on the show’s longevity, evolution and future as it marks its 50th
anniversary on broadcast.
2023-03-2423 minTalking TVWhen Is NextGen TV Revenue Coming?John Hane, president and CEO of BitPath, shares an update on how far along the ATSC 3.0 consortium is toward building a national network that will support leasing data services and get cash registers finally ringing for broadcasters.
2023-03-1720 minTalking TVTackling Advanced TV At The IAB Tech LabTony Katsur, CEO of the IAB Tech Lab, shares how he’s trying to solve for universal reconciliation, universal audit, audience interoperability and creating strong anti-fraud mechanisms in CTV among an ambitious list of other priorities in 2023.
2023-03-1021 minTalking TVReporters Making The Journey From Print To TVAngelika Albaladejo and Jessica DeLeon are two former print reporters currently going through the Google-sponsored Journalism Journey Initiative to transition their skills to TV at E.W. Scripps stations. They share the tougher parts of the transition, the fresh-eyes advantages they bring to TV and how other former print reporters may follow in their stead.
2023-03-0326 minTalking TVCBC’s ‘About That’ Elevates Explainer News For StreamingAbout That, the flagship news show for the newly launched CBC News Explore FAST channel, pairs a smart, conversational approach to storytelling with broadcast-quality production values. Host Andrew Chang explains how it does so with a tiny staff and big ambitions for reframing TV news.
2023-02-2437 minTalking TVWelcoming The End Of News ObjectivityAndrew Heyward, a research professor at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School and co-author of a new report, Beyond Objectivity, explains the problems with aiming for “objective” news and what alternate goals newsrooms would do better to pursue.
2023-02-1726 minTalking TVOne Reporter’s Work-Life Balance WinAmanda St. Hilare, an investigative reporter and news content manager at Fox-owned WITI Milwaukee, found a healthy balance between her demanding career and personal life. In her management role, she’s now trying to do the same for others.
2023-02-1021 minTalking TVCBS Goes Live With News At WWJ DetroitAfter months of building a newsroom from scratch, CBS’s WWJ Detroit flipped the switch on its first newscasts last week. Adrienne Roark, president of CBS Stations; Brian Watson, VP and GM of WWJ; and Paul Pytlowany, its news director, make the case for how its community-based approach to reporting will differentiate the station.
2023-02-0316 minTalking TVThe Harlem Globetrotters Bring It Back To TVKeith Dawkins, president of the Harlem Globetrotters, talks with TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp about the team’s return to TV with Play It Forward and how the beloved, near-century-old franchise is connecting with new generations across multiple media.
2023-01-2717 minTalking TVFor Michaela Pereira, Lots Of Opportunities Remain In TalkThe talk show genre has far from played itself out and there’s still room for more comers says Michaela Pereira, whose eponymous new talker debuts from PPI this fall.
2023-01-2018 minTalking TVWhat Will TV News Hiring Look Like In ’23?Gary Brown, owner and CEO of Talent Dynamics, talks with TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp about on-air journalists’ continued pursuit of a better work/life balance, anchors’ salary and leverage prospects and the industry’s ongoing shortage of producers.
2023-01-1320 minTalking TVScripps Sports Looks To Edge Out RSNs For RightsScripps Sports President Brian Lawlor talks with TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp about the new E.W. Scripps division formed to leverage its Ion network to draw leagues away from regional sports networks and on to OTA.
2023-01-0616 minTalking TVThe FAST Track To Streaming's FutureTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Marco DiGiacomo, CMO of Amagi, about why he believes all broadcasters need to be on FAST channels post haste, the growing revenue opportunities there and where artificial intelligence will play a role in improving their UX and popularity.
2022-12-1617 minTalking TVCan Direct Response Ads Lift Spot In ’23?Toni Knight, founder and CEO of WorldLink, says that station GMs need to be thinking strategically about direct response advertising as they downshift out of a lucrative political year. She shares the view from the DR side in conversation with TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp.
2022-12-0915 minTalking TVHow True Crime Podcasts Can Work For Local TVTrue crime podcasts tap a deep line into audiences’ psyches and have great potential for local TV news in both audio and video forms, says Scott Weinberger, co-host and creator of theAnatomy of a Murder podcast and executive producer/creator of Discovery ID’s On the Case with Paula Zahn. He talks with TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp about how to do them right.
2022-12-0220 minTalking TVFox’s LiveNOW And The Art Of DJing NewsAndrew Craft, senior digital journalist with Fox’s LiveNOW streaming channel, shows TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp how to multitask as producer, director and anchor while on the air for hours at a time.
2022-11-1823 minTalking TVTegna’s Verify Finds Hyper-Engagement On TikTokTegna’s Verify investigative team has won a following of 100,000 and growing on TikTok, where a younger demographic has been drawn to its simple reportorial mission and authentic voice. TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Verify’s Ariane Datil and Casey Decker about the dos and don’ts of making TikTok work for news.
2022-11-0421 minTalking TVAmy Freeze On Fox Weather’s Busy First YearFox Weather celebrates its first anniversary this week, and TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with meteorologist Amy Freeze about a year that saw $15 billion in storm damage across the U.S., lessons she and her colleagues have learned in covering major weather events and how climate has become an important part of the reporting narrative.
2022-10-2817 minTalking TVTamron Hall On TV’s Next LeadersTVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp speaks with talk show host Tamron Hall about how her show is hitting a post-pandemic groove and her work with the NAB Leadership Foundation as its newly named industry ambassador.
2022-10-0722 minTalking TVWTTG Keeps Upping The Ante With Local News, ProgrammingTVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Paul McGonagle, VP and news director of Fox-owned WTTG Washington, about two new shows that will bring the station up to over 80 hours of original weekly programming, how they manage that volume and hacks for hiring quality people in a tough market.
2022-09-3026 minTalking TVTV5Monde Courts U.S. Audiences With Francophone ProgrammingTVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Patrice Courtaban, EVP of global growth and development for TV5Monde and CEO of TV5Monde U.S. about the multinational broadcaster’s growth plans in the francophone and Francophile U.S. market and beyond, and how streaming is helping broaden its reach.
2022-09-2323 minTalking TVWhat Viewers Want From TV AnchorsTVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with talent coach and consultant Barry Nash about recent research to pinpoint what viewers are looking for in TV anchors and how the best coaching is collaborative in nature.
2022-09-1630 minTalking TVHow ‘Entertainment Tonight’ Went From TV Show To BrandTVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Entertainment TonightExecutive Producer Erin Johnson on the eve of the show’s 42nd season about its longevity and how a rethink of its social and digital presence transformed ET into something much more than just a TV show.
2022-09-0914 minTalking TVAre AI Anchors Coming Soon?TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Joe Murphy of Deep Brain AI, a technology company that’s creating digital copies of TV news anchors for outlets in China and South Korea, about how the tech works, the ethical issues around it and the likelihood that we’ll be seeing digital anchors on U.S. screens.
2022-08-2620 minTalking TVExposing Local TV’s Darker Side In ‘Broken News’TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Erin Kennedy and Megan Glaros, who followed their layoffs as an anchor and meteorologist, respectively, at Chicago’s WBBM with the video podcast Broken News. Their show pulls back the curtain on local TV to reveal the sexism, punishing schedules and career unsustainability they encountered and its aftershocks in their lives.
2022-08-1936 minTalking TVCreative Approaches To Crime Coverage And The Great Resignation At St. Louis’ KDSKTVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Carol Fowler, director of content at Tegna-owned NBC affiliate KDSK and Art Holliday, its news director, about the station’s 75-year milestone, how it’s evolving its reporting approach to crime coverage amid a dramatic surge and how the station is creatively navigating the staffing crisis facing the entire industry.
2022-08-1238 minTalking TVNews 12’s Self-Inflicted WoundsTVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp and Michael Stahl discuss Stahl’s bombshell reporting on News 12’s New York area hyperlocal news channels, where multiple sources allege systemic abuse and a damaged, diluted news product.
2022-08-0515 minTalking TVGinger Zee On Preparing Viewers For DisasterTVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Ginger Zee, chief meteorologist for ABC and co-host of Hearst Media Production Group’s Hearts of Heroes, along with fellow host Sheldon Yellen, about broadcast’s role in disaster preparedness and the frontline workers whose stories they tell in the show.
2022-07-2924 minTalking TVErnie Anastos On News Anchoring And Fostering PositivityTVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with veteran New York broadcaster Ernie Anastos, who is returning to television this fall with Positively America with Ernie Anastos, a new syndicated offering through which he plans to share accumulated wisdom and compelling conversations.
2022-07-2231 minTalking TVTheGrio Casts A Wide Net For Black AudiencesTVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Geraldine Moriba, SVP of news and entertainment for TheGrio, about the company’s launch of a new podcast network and its ambitions for more news, context and analysis as it aims to build a big tent for Black audiences across multiple platforms.
2022-07-1519 minTalking TVDocumentary Advice From PBS’s ‘POV’TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Erika Dilday, executive producer of PBS’s POV documentary series as the show enters its 35thseason, looking at what makes potent documentaries work and how local TV stations can make successful forays into the space by drawing on their strong community ties.
2022-07-0815 min
Talking TVParting Industry Thoughts From BIA’s Mark FratrikDr. Mark Fratrik, BIA Advisory Services’ longtime SVP and chief economist, is retiring at the end of June. He talks with TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp about retrans’ slowdown, OTT’s rise and the need for broadcasters to keep their eyes on competitors coming from all directions.
2022-06-2418 minTalking TVHow Journalism Students See TV NewsTwo J-school seniors on the cusp of graduation and entry into the local TV news job market share their thoughts on the industry, its future and their place in it in a conversation with TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp and the Broadcast Education Association’s Executive Director Heather Birks.
2022-06-1725 minTalking TVTalking TV: NYABJ Celebrates JuneteenthTVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Bonita Sostre, a coordinating producer with CBS News and president of the New York Association of Black Journalists, about its upcoming Juneteenth gala, how local news can share stories of the U.S.’s newest federal holiday and work NYABJ is doing to bring budding young journalists into the profession.
2022-06-1010 minTalking TVThe Weather En EspañolTVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Sussy Ruiz, editor in chief of the newly-launched The Weather Channel en Español, about the streaming- and digital-only channel’s value proposition to Spanish-speaking viewers, its ambitions to widen its coverage radar further south of the border and how understanding the cultures of its target audience will be crucial to its success.
2022-06-0318 minTalking TVWhich Brands Are Flocking To AVOD Ads?TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Todd Krizelman, CEO and co-founder of MediaRadar, about AVOD's $369 million quarter, which brands and categories are dominating the space so far and the likely trajectory for AVOD spending this year.
2022-05-2716 minTalking TVMo Rocca's ‘Innovation Nation’ MilestoneTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Mo Rocca, host of Innovation Nation, which has just celebrated its 200th episode, on the syndicated show's enduring, omni-generational appeal; the state of E/I programming; and the competition the space is getting from YouTubers.
2022-05-2018 minTalking TVNBCU Gets More Immersive In New Ad TypesTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with NBCUniversal's Josh Feldman, CMO, and Collette Winn, VP of commercial innovation, about new ad types from the company that envelop consumers more than ever before and venture deep into the metaverse with iterations for both national and local advertisers.
2022-05-1319 minTalking TVHow GMs Are Tackling Programming NeedsTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Kym Grinnage, regional VP for Gray Television and GM of its WWBT Richmond, Va., about spot TV's resurgence, OTT growth and how he's reconciling widening programming needs with a newsroom still exhausted and recovering from the pandemic.
2022-05-0625 minTalking TVMaking The Case For Syndies' LongevityTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Robert Rose, independent producer, host and distributor of AIM TV's Raw Travel, about how there's still a market for well-made syndicated programming if it showcases good storytelling and keeps production costs in line.
2022-04-2917 minTalking TVNews Literacy Projects Confronts The Great Challenge Of Our TimeTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Alan Miller, founder and CEO of the News Literacy Project, about the work his organization is doing to promote the survival skill of discerning, critical news consumption.
2022-04-2217 minTalking TVIs AI Working In Your Newsroom?TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Aimee Rinehart and Ernest Kung of the Associated Press about a new report gauging how widely — or not — artificial intelligence and automation are being implemented in newsrooms, how sophisticated its functionalities are becoming and what that means for jobs. Learn more about AP's report and a free online course series on news and AI here.
2022-04-1520 minTalking TVTV's Surprising Power In Sports BettingTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Hadassah Gerber, head of research at TVB, about the organization's recent survey on sports betting and how television wields enormous influence over sports bettors' decisions.
2022-04-0817 minTalking TVNielsen's Sale And Measurement's Fragmented FutureTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Vikrant Mathu of Future Today, Pierre Marc-Diennet of Lotame and Mark Zagorshi of DoubleVerify about Nielsen's $16 billion sale to a private equity consortium and what it means for the company's future and the broader landscape of TV measurement.
2022-04-0121 minTalking TVWhat's The Future For TV's Big Trade Shows?TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Chris Brown, EVP and managing director of global conventions and events about next month's NAB Show and whether or not the industry still needs a crossroads event such as it has been in year's past.
2022-03-2520 minTalking TVFox's Bill Anderson On Making Podcasts For TVTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Bill Anderson, host of The Pulse on Fox's WTXF Philadelphia and Fox Soul, about how video podcasts can be a Swiss Army knife for local broadcasters' content needs, especially as they ramp up streaming efforts.
2022-03-1816 minTalking TVJim Cantore On Empathy's Importance To Weather ReportingTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with meteorologist Jim Cantore from The Weather Channel about climate change, heightened competition in television weather and the critical role of empathy in telling weather's story to TV audiences.
2022-03-1117 minTalking TVWho Owns The MMJ Safety Issue?TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp and Hank Price discuss the dangerous vulnerabilities facing multimedia journalists every day with MMJ Adam Mintzer, asking who bears responsibility for the problem — from news directors and GMs to station groups CEOs themselves.
2022-03-0422 minTalking TVMeasurement's Busy Month, Assignment Editors' Changing RoleTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp, Paige Albiniak and Michael Stahl discuss an eventful February for TV measurement with Nielsen's introduction of BBO homes and NBCUniversal's granular new metrics with iSpot.tv, plus how newsrooms' assignment desks are weaning off police scanners and toward a more collaborative role.
2022-02-2511 minTalking TVAvid Bows Out Of '22's Big Trade ShowsTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Jeff Rosica, CEO of Avid, about the company's decision to sit out major trade shows including NAB and IBC this year and how such shows may look dramatically different on the other side of the pandemic.
2022-02-1815 minTalking TVTegna’s Powerful Investigative 'Cry'TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Madison Carter, a journalist with the Atticus investigative unit at WXIA Atlanta and Monika Diaz, content director at Tegna, about the work behind their new, three-part investigative series, A Different Cry, about rising suicide rates among Black youths.
2022-02-1120 minTalking TVScripps Gets Inclusive In Its JournalismTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Marcus Riley, senior director of content strategy and inclusive journalism at E.W. Scripps, about what inclusivity looks like on a newscast and how newsrooms can begin addressing it right from a story pitch.
2022-02-0414 minTalking TVOwnership Cap Keeps A Lid On TV M&ATVNewsCheck's Michael Depp and Paige Albiniak look at the M&A prospects possible in 2022 with the FCC’s 39% ownership cap still in place and where things stand on a potential Tegna sale.
2022-01-2807 minTalking TVJerry O'Connell On Game Shows' Need To Be 'Amazing'TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp learns the trade secrets of game show hosting from Pictionary host Jerry O'Connell, who says a tight syndication market demands a stellar product to survive.
2022-01-2123 minTalking TVSinclair Grows Its National News PlayTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Mike Garber, director of content for Sinclair's The National Desk, about the art of making local news content palatable and relevant to a national audience.
2022-01-1413 minTalking TVThe Collapse Of CES?TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with technology consultant Shelly Palmer about this week's Omicron-battered CES, the salvageable elements of the in-person show and his dim view of NextGen TV's hope for momentum there, plus the implications for future large trade shows.
2022-01-0528 minTalking TVTalking TV: VUit Inks More Deals With Local TVTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Syncbak CEO Jack Perry about VUit, the streaming channel aggregator of local newscasts, about deals it has closed with a slate of new local partners and the prospect of hyperlocal scalability in OTT.
2021-12-0323 minTalking TVSinclair's Compulse Tries A New PairingTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Martin Kristiseter, managing director of Sinclair-owned Compulse, about the agency's unusual pairing of digital marketing services with OTT agency services and the thinking behind it.
2021-11-1912 minTalking TVNick Cannon Puts His Back Into PromotionTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with new syndie talk show host Nick Cannon, along with WTTG Washington Good Day D.C. anchors Jeannette Reyes and Wisdom Martin, about Cannon's whistle-stop tour to co-host Fox Owned Stations' morning shows across the country promoting the show, including stops in New York, Philadelphia, Dallas and San Francisco thus far.
2021-11-1217 minTalking TVLocal Programming Fills A Syndie GapTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Lyle Schulze, VP and GM of Gray's WIS Columbia, S.C., about how the station is taking back its programming inventory amid a dearth of syndication options, along with how the "Great Resignation" is playing out at the station level.
2021-11-0920 minTalking TVFox Duopoly Rebrands In SeattleTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Sheila Oliver, SVP and GM of Fox Owned Stations' Seattle duopoly, about rebooting and rebranding during the challenging conditions of pandemic remote work.
2021-10-2921 minTalking TVBlack News Channel's Aisha Mills On 'Who We Could Be'TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Aisha Mills, host of the new show AMplify on Black News Channel, about where her show will sit amid the bombastic offerings in cable's nightly news landscape and her vision for programming that illuminates our better selves.
2021-10-2222 minTalking TVIs There Still Audience Faith In 'The Great Pumpkin'?TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp and LG Ads' Justin Fromm discuss whether children's specials like It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, which airs on PBS stations on Oct. 24, still have the power to draw audiences to linear TV in a streaming age.
2021-10-2112 minTalking TVNBC LX Connects The Dots To Younger ViewersTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with NBC LX's Fernando Hurtado about Connect the Dots, a new series that pulls back the curtain on the reporting process and seeks to court younger audiences by veering away from news conventions.
2021-10-1520 minTalking TVNewsy Gets A Major RebootTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Eric Ludgood, head of E.W. Scripps-owned Newsy, which saw a major overhaul and expansion of its programming this week as it now reaches 90% of U.S. television homes with a significant OTA expansion.
2021-10-0821 minTalking TVFox News' Jon Scott On A 25-Year MilestoneTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Jon Scott, anchor of Fox Report Weekend, about the 25-year anniversary both he and the network are celebrating today. They speak about being live on Sept. 11, 2001, what's underlying the Fox's mammoth ratings and how the network's news side manages a coexistence with its more extreme opinion hosts.
2021-10-0723 minTalking TVThe Impact Of NAB Show's CancellationTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp and Glen Dickson discuss the knock-on effects of the NAB Show's October cancellation on vendors and the implications for future trade shows, including December's planned IBC.
2021-10-0127 minTalking TVThe Future Of Video AdvertisingTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Dr. Duane Varan, CEO of audience research firm MediaScience, about what's next in video ad formats, the context effects of news programming on ads and the "choose your own adventure" ads he sees coming over the horizon.
2021-09-2424 minTalking TVDan Abrams Looks To Break Cable's Left/Right ChokeholdTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Dan Abrams, host of an eponymous new live show on Nexstar's NewsNation, about drawing lines between his brand of bias and primetime cable's penchant for left/right absolutism.
2021-09-1720 minTalking TVJay Leno's Latest BetTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with latenight legend Jay Leno about his reboot of the classic game show You Bet Your Life this month, the pandemic's bruising impact on young comics' careers and if he misses manning The Tonight Show desk in these volatile times.
2021-09-1018 minTalking TVTalking TV: Do GM Editorials Work For Divisive Times?TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Branden Frantz, president and GM of Hearst's WLWT Cincinnati, about the station's revival of editorials in a period of stark political divisions and tenuous media trust among viewers.
2021-08-2721 minTalking TVIs There Room For Niche On FAST OTT Channels?TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with David Chu, co-founder and CEO of Digital Media Rights, about the viability of niche-oriented AVOD options on streaming.
2021-08-2022 minTalking TVDoes TV Advertising Need Therapy?TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp and TVB President-CEO Steve Lanzano discuss persistent agency silos, audience measurement woes and automation resistance in the world of TV advertising, prompting the question of whether the whole business could use some time on the couch to work through its issues.
2021-08-1323 minTalking TVDelta Variant Muddies Stations' Return To Work PathTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp and Paige Albiniak discuss TV stations' winding path back to the office as the Delta COVID variant plays havoc with developing plans.
2021-08-0610 minTalking TVDeborah Norville’s Call To Rally For Broadcasters FoundationTVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Inside Edition host Deborah Norville about supporting the Broadcasters Foundation of America as its fundraising efforts have been hampered by the pandemic.
2021-07-3014 minTalking TVFCC Unknowns In A Too-Quiet SummerTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp and Harry Jessell discuss the uncertainty lingering at the FCC, where Acting Chair Jessica Rosenworcel may be facing contention for the permanent job and a fifth commissioner has yet to be appointed.
2021-07-2316 minTalking TVMeasuring Media Bias By The NumbersTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Vanessa Otero, founder and CEO of Ad Fontes Media, about the company's Media Bias Chart and where prominent TV news organizations fare in its measure.
2021-07-1626 minTalking TVFox Gets Its Game Show Game OnTVNewsCheck Editor Michael Depp talks with Stephen Brown, EVP of programming development for Fox First Run and Fox Television Stations, about the strategic role of game shows in Fox's syndication lineup, along with how programming is progressing at Fox Soul, the group's African-American-targeted streaming channel.
2021-07-1112 minTalking TVCBC Presses Pause On Facebook CommentsTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Brodie Fenlon, editor in chief of Canada's CBC News, about the organization's month-long suspension of comments on its stories posted on Facebook amid a climate of rising toxicity on social platforms.
2021-06-2522 minTalking TVGray's Local News Live Stitches Up National NewscastTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Shawn Wheat, executive producer of Gray Television's Local News Live, about the new, digital-only streaming initiative that stitches together news from across Gray's stations via a small team of anchors and producers.
2021-06-1822 minTalking TVStreamers Diversify Their Revenue ModelsTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Devra Prywes, CMO and CPO of Applicaster, about how media companies are moving toward hybrid revenue models in a banner year for OTT and where station groups should be pursuing more monetization potential from their own streaming apps.
2021-06-1119 minTalking TVLocal Now Vies For Streaming AudienceTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Michael Senzon, SVP and GM of Local Now, about the Allen Media-owned OTT platform's emergence from beta and how it's angling for an audience with a value proposition of ZIP code-level localized content.
2021-05-1420 minTalking TVGray Buys Meredith, CBS O&Os Get A ReorgTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp and Harry Jessell discuss Gray Television's acquisition of Meredith and other potential moves on the M&A chessboard, along with changes at the top at CBS's stations.
2021-05-0716 minTalking TVAt KMSP, Reshaping Coverage Of Race And JusticeTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Mim Davey, VP of news at Fox-owned KMSP in Minneapolis, about the station's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Derek Chauvin trial and how Black Lives Matter and the social justice movement have impacted newsroom priorities.
2021-04-3016 minTalking TVABC Stations Lay Big Bet On Race, Culture ReportingTVNewsCheck Editor Michael Depp talks with Mariel Myers, Nzinga Blake and Porsha Grant, executive producers of ABC Owned Television Stations' new race and culture reporting team, about the project's bold goals to bring depth and context to reporting on underrepresented communities across the group's eight stations.
2021-04-2322 minTalking TVLive TV's TroublesTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp and Paige Albiniak discuss the pandemic's blows to live television and why advertisers still prize it.
2021-04-1612 minTalking TVSports Betting Knocks It Out Of The ParkTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp and Janet Stilson discuss sports betting's meteoric rise in spot TV, what's accelerating the trend and the patterns it's tending to follow in DMAs following its legalization.
2021-04-0908 minTalking TVRelationships Help Daytime TV Soldier OnTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Stu Weiss, founder of Studio City/PXL about daytime television's best ongoing value proposition — the longstanding relationships viewers forge with its offerings.
2021-04-0118 minTalking TVYounger Diginet Demos And Shoppable TVTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Brian Weiss, president and GM of Tegna's multicast networks, about diginets' younger skewing audience, and with Evan Moore, VP of commerce partnerships at NBCUniversal, about the growing phenomenon of shoppable TV.
2021-03-2628 minTalking TVFacebook Still Stations' Top Social ChannelTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp and writer Paige Albiniak look at Facebook's ongoing primacy for TV station groups in their social media efforts, though the relationship has evolved and monetization hopes tempered.
2021-03-1916 minTalking TVTVB Research, Dividends And Sports RightsTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Hadassa Gerber, TVB’s chief research officer, about its latest media comparisons research study and with Harry Jessell, TVN's editor-at-large, about a broadcast investment alternative to paying dividends along with the clarifying picture about sports rights negotiations.
2021-03-1220 minTalking TVHow COVID Made WNYW’s Newsroom ‘Closer’TVNewsCheck's Michael Depp talks with Byron Harmon, VP of news at Fox-owned WNYW New York, about what the post-pandemic major market newsroom will look like, how the past year has impacted his management approach and the vital role of HBCUs in furthering industry diversity.
2021-03-1122 minTalking TVTalking TV | Stations Wary Of Nielsen’s BBO Homes InclusionTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp and Janet Stilson look at the divide that has opened up between agencies and station groups over Nielsen's plan to include broadband-only homes in its local market samples starting this spring.
2021-02-1211 minTalking TVTalking TV | Quincy’s Sale, NewsNation’s Next StepsTVNewsCheck's Michael Depp and Harry Jessell look at TV's M&A prospects this year following Gray's acquisition of Quincy and discuss the major moves at Nexstar's NewsNation.
2021-02-0512 minTalking TVSports Advertising's COVID BoonTVNewsCheck's Editor Michael Depp and writer John Consoli look at sports advertising's gangbuster pandemic performance, even while sports viewership is down, and how prospects are looking for the trend to hold steady.
2021-01-2916 min