View Post Politics Pres. Obama Gives Interviews Ahead of Address to the Nation on Syria By Chris Ariens on Sep. 7, 2013 - 5:39 PM President Obama is sitting down with anchors from six networks Monday as he pushes his case for strikes on Syria. ABC’s Diane Sawyer, CBS’s Scott Pelley, NBC’s Brian Williams, PBS’s Gwen Ifill, Fox News Cha ...
View Post TV Biz The Ticker: Gamboa, ‘NewsHour,’ Roberts By Alex Weprin on Sep. 6, 2013 - 9:36 AM NBCLatino has named Suzanne Gamboa political editor of NBCLatino.com. Gamboa joins NBC from the DC bureau of the AP, where she was most recently a race and ethnicity reporter. before joining the AP she worked a a reporter in Texas ...
View Post TV Biz The Morning Ticker: Fusion, PBS, ABC By Chris Ariens on Aug. 28, 2013 - 8:27 AM David Ford joins the upcoming ABC News-Univision channel Fusion as Vice President for Corporate Communications. He will be based at the channel’s new headquarters in Miami. Ford currently oversees media relations for “ ...
View Post PBS | Revolving Door Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff Named Co-Anchors of the ‘PBS NewsHour’ By Alex Weprin on Aug. 6, 2013 - 1:40 PM At the Television Critics Association Summer Press tour in Beverly Hills this afternoon, PBS named Gwen ifill and Judy Woodruff as the co-anchors and managing editors of the “PBS NewsHour,” making them the first all-fe ...
View Post TV Biz The Ticker: MSNBC Hangouts, NBC Sports, Ifill By Alex Weprin on Jun. 14, 2013 - 2:34 PM MSNBC is planning a number of Google+ Hangouts next week, each tied to a different issue related to marriage equality. MSNBC talent Thomas Roberts, Chris Hayes, Steve Kornacki and Andrea Mitchell will host the Hangouts. More infor ...
View Post PBS The ‘PBS NewsHour’ Debates Its Own Future By Alex Weprin on Jun. 14, 2013 - 10:14 AM With the news this week that the “PBS NewsHour” would be laying off staff and reorganizing in order trim costs, the show’s future has become a hot topic of debate. The Baltimore Sun‘s David Zurawik wrote th ...
View Post PBS | Revolving Door ‘PBS NewsHour’ Lays Off Staff In Reorganization By Alex Weprin on Jun. 11, 2013 - 11:05 AM The “PBS NewsHour” is laying off staff in a significant reorganization, TVNewser has learned. According to an internal memo obtained by TVNewser, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions–which produces the “NewsHour̶ ...
View Post PBS | Politics Inauguration 2013: PBS Coverage Plans By Merrill Knox on Jan. 15, 2013 - 5:07 PM PBS will broadcast a special daytime edition of “NewsHour” Monday to cover President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. Gwen Ifill and Jeffrey Brown will anchor beginning at 11amET. They will be joined by syndic ...
View Post TV Biz The Programming Ticker: CNN, PBS, ID By Chris Ariens on Jan. 14, 2013 - 4:20 PM One month after the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, Anderson Cooper will anchor a special AC360° “United in Newtown,” tonight at 8pmET. Country superstar Kenny Chesney recorded a special version of “Amazing Grace” ...
PBS | Politics PBS’ Election Night Plans By Merrill Knox on Nov. 3, 2012 - 4:55 PM Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will anchor PBS’ election coverage on Tuesday night from 8pm-midnight. The pair will be joined by “NewsHour” analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks, and Jeffrey Brown will talk about ...