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KTXL taps former KTVU news director Ed Chapuis to lead newsroom
Former KTVU news director Ed Chapuis has been hired to lead the newsroom at Sacramento FOX affiliate KTXL-TV, the station's parent company announced on Friday.
Former CBS reporter arrested over murder-for-hire plot
A former television news reporter has been arrested after authorities allege he attempted to execute a murder-for-hire scheme.
Time Warner Cable sued in Milwaukee over loss of NBC channel
A lawsuit has been filed against Time Warner Cable by three customers after the cable service giant dropped Milwaukee NBC affiliate WTMJ from its lineup.
Time Warner Cable may drop more channels after CBS spat
Time Warner Cable customers who have already lost CBS and Showtime may lose even more cable channels if retransmission agreements cannot be reached with other companies within the next month
CBS: Time Warner negotiations “badly off course”
Negotiations between CBS and Time Warner Cable over retransmission fees have gone "badly off course," an executive with CBS said on Thursday.
Sinclair boss eases on national plans for NewsChannel 8
Sinclair Broadcasting Group's CEO conceded Wednesday that he was ambitious when he discussed plans to transform Allbrittton's local cable station NewsChannel 8 into a national news service.
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.
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.
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.
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.