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FCC Chairman Genachowski Announces Appointments

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski today announced some major staff appointments, including Catherine Seidel, chief of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, as deputy chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau, and John Branscombe, chief of the Spectrum and Competition Policy Division,…

Is ABC’s ‘One Life to Live’ on Life Support?

Good question. Fuel to this fire was lit by Nelson Branco, who writes a column for the Canadian version of TV Guide, reports Soap Central. His basic thesis is that ABC, between "One Life to Live" and "All My Children"…

Post-Season Baseball Games to Start Earlier

For the first time since 1971, some post-season Major League Baseball games will be commencing before 8 p.m. reports the Miami Herald. Most of the league-championship and World series games will begin at 7:57 p.m. ET, 40 minutes earlier than…

Strong Return for ABC’s ‘Private Practice’

"Private Practice" returned to the ABC lineup Thursday night with a strong showing in the Nielsen ratings, reports The Futon Critic. In the adults 18-49 demographic, "Private Practice" was second only to "Grey’s Anatomy," which preceeded it at 9 p.m. "Practice"…

Katie Couric Snipes Back at Critics

At an award luncheon yesterday, "CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric joked that the word "gravitas" was actually Latin for "testicles," reports the New York Post. Her humorous comment was a response to critics who have suggested that as an…

Richard Wolffe Returns to ‘Countdown’

MSNBC’s "Countdown" welcomed back contributor Richard Wolffe last night after a month’s absence from the air, according to the Huffington Post. Wolffe, an analyst for the political talk show, had been taken off the broadcast last month when some suggested that…

Journalists Bring Global Warming Home

By Debra Kaufman In Miami, WTVJ-TV special projects producer Jeff Burnside discovered an area of the Florida coastline that was a true flood zone, based on data from the federal government’s new laser-measured elevation study. Then he found that new…

Combined Newsrooms a Sign of the Times

By Hillary Atkin It’s a sign of the constantly shifting media landscape — television and print newsrooms in several major markets are being combined, led by Tribune Co., with merger operations either under way or scheduled soon in Los Angeles;…

Making the Most of the Crowded Freelance Market

By Jarre Fees Since the Internet reached its adolescence, both print and on-camera journalists have watched the gradual decline of the freelance market. But last year’s economic collapse dealt a heavy blow to writers, editors, news anchors and others, who…

Murrow Winners Reflect Diversity of Style

By Allison J. Waldman The Radio-Television News Directors Association — to officially become known as the Radio Television Digital News Association Oct. 13 — every year presents one of the industry’s most important and valued awards honoring excellence in electronic…