ABC News has appointed Jake Tapper as senior White House correspondent, Martha Raddatz as senior foreign affairs correspondent and Jonathan Karl as senior congressional correspondent. All three correspondents will take on their new assignments effective immediately. Mr. Tapper, who joined…
Newly elected members of Congress can provide real change and dramatically affect the future of television as some members of the Senate Commerce Committee fight for their political careers in close Senate races, TVNewsday reports. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, longtime…
Unlike the past two presidential elections, television network coverage of Election Night 2008 proved to be high on history and melodrama and low on voting irregularities, petty arguments and premature electoral vote calls, the Associated Press reports. “It’s the end…
“The View” co-host and John McCain supporter Elisabeth Hasselbeck took her candidate’s loss Tuesday night in stride and with grace, speaking admiringly of President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday’s edition of the talk show, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Today is…
President-elect Barack Obama has named his first cabinet appointment, the Huffington Post reports. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., has accepted Obama’s offer to be White House chief of staff. With the congressman on board, the line between Washington and Hollywood will…
The Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert-anchored “Indecision 2008: America’s Choice,” which aired live last night, became the highest-rated and most-watched special in Comedy Central’s “Indecision” political series. Capping the special with the live announcement of Sen. Barack Obama winning the presidency, “America’s…
ABC’s coverage of Election Night was the most-watched of the four broadcast networks from 8 to 11 p.m. Tuesday, a position the network has not held on a presidential Election Night since 1996. According to fast national data, adjusted for…
To coincide with its first annual Expedition Week, the National Geographic Channel will launch an online adventure game Sunday, MediaPost reports. Players will create a virtual alter-ego that ventures to find artifacts and earn virtual cash, says MediaPost. The network…
Like Comcast before it, AT&T will soon be limiting the amount of bandwidth its subscribers use each month for downloading, MediaPost reports. Starting this month, AT&T subscribers who pay $14.99 per month for speeds of 768 Kbps will be limited…