View Post Fox News Lauren Ashburn’s Fox Contract Not Renewed By Chris Ariens on Sep. 16, 2014 - 11:26 AM Lauren Ashburn’s Fox News contract will not be renewed, TVNewser has learned. Ashburn had a one-year deal with Fox News. She’s appeared weekly on Howard Kurtz’s “Media Buzz” since launch last fall, an ...
View Post Fox News | MSNBC Bill O’Reilly and Howard Kurtz Talk Al Sharpton’s Dual Activist, MSNBC Role By Jordan Chariton on Aug. 26, 2014 - 1:45 PM Bill O’Reilly spoke with Howard Kurtz and Lauren Ashburn last night about Al Sharpton’s ongoing activism on behalf of Michael Brown while also hosting his MSNBC show. “This is a travesty,” Kurtz said, citin ...
View Post CNN | Fox News | MSNBC Jill Abramson : ‘What is Next for Me? I Don’t Know’ By Jordan Chariton on May. 19, 2014 - 11:23 AM The cable news networks covered this morning’s graduation at Wake Forest University. It’s newsworthy because of the commencement speaker: dismissed New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson. MSNBC’s Melissa H ...
View Post CNN | Fox News Fox News Discusses CNN’s ‘Constant Coverage’ of Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight By Chris Ariens on Mar. 16, 2014 - 1:00 PM This morning, both the media criticism shows, FNC’s “Media Buzz” and CNN’s “Reliable Sources” covered the coverage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Fox News contributor Lauren Ashburn, w ...
View Post Fox News Howard Kurtz’s ‘MediaBuzz’ Projects ‘Authority, Energy and Pace’ By Gail Shister on Sep. 8, 2013 - 4:26 PM It’s been a rough year for Howard Kurtz, but you wouldn’t know it by today’s launch of “MediaBuzz” on Fox News Channel. After his sudden departures from CNN’s “Reliable Sources” and Tina Brown’s D ...
View Post Fox News Howard Kurtz’s ‘MediaBuzz’ To Debut Sunday September 8 By Alex Weprin on Aug. 26, 2013 - 1:31 PM Fox News has announced that Howard Kurtz’s new program will be called “MediaBuzz,” and will debut Sunday, September 8 at 11 AM ET. At 11 AM, “MediaBuzz” will be up directly against Kurtz’s old C ...
TV Biz | WebNewser The Digital Ticker: Krakauer, Smee, Ashburn By Chris Ariens on Aug. 19, 2013 - 1:37 PM Former TVNewser editor Steve Krakauer is leaving CNN, where he is senior digital producer, for Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze, where he will be VP of Digital Content. “The Blaze is at the forefront of understanding the new ways ...
TV Biz Cable News’ ‘Crossfire Culture’ Gets Analyzed By Alex Weprin on Aug. 2, 2010 - 4:46 PM The Washington Post‘s Howard Kurtz writes about the “Crossfire Culture” of cable news, and journalism in general. While ostensibly it is about the current state of journalism, it is hard to ignore the focus on ca ...
CNN ‘Reliable Sources’ Critiques Christiane Amanpour on ‘This Week’ By Alex Weprin on Aug. 1, 2010 - 4:37 PM CNN’s “Reliable Sources” had a segment with awfully quick turnaround this morning. Host Howard Kurtz brought on Kansas City Star television critic Aaron Barnhart to discuss Christiane Amanpour’s debut as ho ...
CNN Bill Maher Responds to Sean Hannity By SteveK on May. 26, 2009 - 3:00 PM You may have been memorializing on Sunday (or just on the beach) so here’s your Reliable Sources update: Howard Kurtz led a panel discussion on cable news’s prime time partisanship. “President Obama is routinely ...