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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.
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.
Time Warner drops CBS, Showtime as carriage dispute continues
Time Warner Cable has yanked CBS-owned broadcast and pay television channels from its lineup as the two companies continue to bicker over carriage fees.
Report: Al Jazeera to block English stream in the U.S.
The online feed for Al Jazeera English will no longer be available in the United States in August, according to a report.
El Paso news anchor arrested for battery
A prominent El Paso news anchor was arrested late Wednesday evening in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident.
Alabama reporter fired after admitting to stealing mail
A television news anchor's candid blog post in which she confessed to stealing mail, sleeping on the job and going on television without a bra has landed her in the unemployment line.
Report: Fake Asiana names sent to KTVU weren’t meant for air
An email sent by a local aviation expert to KTVU containing fake names of four pilots aboard Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was an "internal joke" that wasn't supposed to air, a new report revealed on Friday.
Exclusive: Aviation expert gave fake Asiana names to KTVU
A usually-reliable aviation expert provided San Francisco FOX affiliate KTVU-TV with four erroneous names thought to have belonged to pilots aboard an aircraft that crashed at a local airport.
KTVU fires three over Asiana Airlines pilot gaffe
Three people have been fired from San Francisco television station KTVU over an erroneous report that aired on July 12.
Former KTVU, KGO helicopter pilot arrested for flying without license
A helicopter pilot who once flew news choppers for several San Francisco television stations was arrested Tuesday for allegedly providing false information to federal aviation officials.
YouTube restores some videos depicting KTVU gaffe
YouTube has restored at least two videos depicting an erroneous report delivered by San Francisco-based FOX affiliate KTVU-TV that had been the subject of scrutiny and comment in the recent weeks.