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Matthew Keys is the award-winning founder and editor of TheDesk.net, an authoritative voice on broadcast and streaming TV, media and tech. With over ten years of experience, he's a recognized expert in broadcast, streaming, and digital media, with work featured in publications such as StreamTV Insider and Digital Content Next, and past roles at Thomson Reuters and Disney-ABC Television Group.
Nine alternatives to Al Jazeera English’s online stream
The Desk has compiled a list of several news channels that stream online as a comparable alternative to Al Jazeera English, which is set to block it stream in the U.S. on August 20.
CBS confirms website blocked for Time Warner Cable internet customers
CBS confirms it is blocking Time Warner Cable internet customers from accessing streaming video on its website as the two companies work through a carriage dispute.
KTVU editor nearly stopped erroneous Asiana report from airing
A veteran journalist with KTVU-TV nearly saved the station from embarrassment last month when she raised concern about the authenticity of four names purporting to belong to pilots aboard Asiana Airlines Flight 214.
PBS taps Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff to host “NewsHour”
Journalists Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will be the new co-anchors of the PBS NewsHour, the network announced on Tuesday.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos buys Washington Post newspaper
Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of internet retailer Amazon, has reached a deal to purchase the Washington Post newspaper and related assets, the paper announced Monday afternoon.
Bloomberg News editor fired over inaccurate headline
A Bloomberg editor was fired on Friday after he erroneously sent an inaccurate headline regarding a former Goldman Sachs banker.
Sinclair plans to take Washington’s NewsChannel 8 national
Sinclair Broadcasting Group, the new owners of Washington, D.C. cable channel NewsChannel 8, wants to air the channel across the country.
Dateline’s Chris Hanson to leave NBC News
NBC News personality Chris Hansen, best known for his various television exposes on suspected child predators, is parting ways with the network.
San Francisco TV crew robbed while on assignment in Oakland
A television news crew was robbed at gunpoint in Oakland, California Friday afternoon in the latest case of aggravated crime against journalists in a city besieged by violence.
Why Al Jazeera is ending its U.S. stream, and how you can keep watching
Al Jazeera America confirmed via a spokesperson on Friday that the online stream for its English-language international service will be blocked in the United States upon the launch of the company's domestic news channel.
“NewsBeast” no more: Newsweek sold to IBTimes
Newsweek has been acquired by the International Business Times for an undisclosed amount, IBT announced on Saturday.
Gannett slashes newspaper jobs weeks after major TV buy
Weeks after Gannett Company shelled out $2.2 billion to purchase 20 television stations, the media company slashed dozens of jobs in its newspaper division.