ABC Charlie Gibson’s Final ‘World News’ Set for Dec. 18 By Chris Ariens on Dec. 1, 2009 - 3:17 PM Charlie Gibson will anchor his final “World News” broadcast Friday, Dec. 18. “World News” EP Jon Banner made the announcement on the WorldNewser blog. We’re going to spend a good deal of time during h ...
ABC Why the Changes Coming to GMA are not as Easy as ABC By Gail Shister on Oct. 23, 2009 - 6:45 AM The Plot thickens at “Good Morning America.” Buzz at ABC is that co-anchor Diane Sawyer is lobbying management to hold off announcing her “GMA” replacement until after she leaves for “World News.̶ ...
ABC Brian Ross: ‘We Got a Rare Insight into a Chapter of American History’ By kevin on Oct. 1, 2009 - 3:52 PM TVNewser dropped by ABC News investigative correspondent Brian Ross’ book party last night at ABC’s Times Square studios. “The Madoff Chronicles” hit store shelves this week and many of Ross’ colleagu ...
TV Biz The Media Divide: Who’s Keeping up with the Joneses? By Chris Ariens on Sep. 16, 2009 - 3:07 PM Politico’s Michael Calderone and Mike Allen take an in-depth look at how the news these days looks different depending on where you watch. From birthers to tea parties to town halls and – not to mention President Obama ...
ABC Diane Sawyer to Anchor ‘World News’: ‘Another Nail in the Coffin of the Old Boys’ Network’ By Gail Shister on Sep. 3, 2009 - 8:00 AM Anyone predicting a Diane Sawyer – Katie Couric “cat fight” come January “needs to get a life,” says Connie Chung. “It’s a chauvinistic question,” explains Chung, 63, Dan Rather̵ ...
TV Biz Around the Mediabistro Blogs By kevin on Jul. 31, 2009 - 11:25 AM This week on mediabistro.com, our sister (and brother) blogs have a handful of posts for you TV news fans: > AgencySpy has Bill O’Reilly’s “pinhead” segment calling out the new (supposed) Guitar Hero vir ...
Politics Four Hours of Pres. Obama or “More of ‘The Biggest Loser’?” By Chris Ariens on Jul. 6, 2009 - 11:03 AM The AP’s David Bauder takes a closer look at the TV news coverage of the Obama administration, specifically through two recent specials – “Inside the Obama White House” on NBC and the health care reform spe ...
TV Biz Network Newsers Reflect on First 100 Days By SteveK on May. 4, 2009 - 1:22 PM David Bauder of The Associated Press talks to a member of each network news organization about President Obama’s first 100 days and recent polls which look at how the current administration has been covered: ABC World News E ...
Politics Obama Meets the Anchors: “It Did Have a ‘Picture Taking with Santa’ Kind of Feel To It” By Chris Ariens on Feb. 4, 2009 - 6:22 PM The AP’s David Bauder follows up on Pres. Obama’s sit downs with the network anchors. “Gibson was first, followed by Williams, Couric, Cooper and Wallace. “It did have a ‘picture taking with SantaR ...
ABC Gibson and Banner Play Santa for Charities By Chris Ariens on Dec. 20, 2008 - 12:05 PM A TVNewser tipster sends this along: In lieu of holiday presents this year — and in light of the difficult economic times — Charlie Gibson and World News EP Jon Banner made contributions on behalf of the World News sta ...