KNBC Newsroom Chief Abruptly Resigns

By Andrew Gauthier 

Los Angeles Times

You’d never know it from the serene and smiling faces plastered on the on-air talent, but a psychodrama has been playing out for many months at KNBC News.

It has pitted traditional television journalists and story tellers at Channel 4 against a nouveau crowd of content creators who prefer their sizzle served up hot, preferably without much steak.

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Steve Lange presided as a veritable Top Chef over the new menu. As KNBC’s “vice president, content,” Lange dished up news programs chock-full of celebrities, hot-looking young people and entertainment tie-ins, all the better if the segments promoted other NBC Universal properties. More…

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