tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2011:/cgi/mt//feed/TV News 2011-11-17T19:55:12Z Movable Type 3.33 20 1 20 tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2009://1.302 2009-03-28T14:42:56Z 2009-05-31T12:56:34Z Updated on May 31, 2009 to include a story by Politico and reflect the addition of MSNBC's, The Ed Show, at 6 p.m. The salacious news of the moment is that CNN's latest formula has left it in third place,... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2008://1.278 2008-07-07T01:35:45Z 2008-07-21T17:19:35Z In retaliation for a negative piece about the ratings race in cable news, Fox News aired a doctored photo of a New York Times reporter. Thinking back on the scandal that erupted when a newspaper photographer erased a piece of... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.242 2007-12-19T23:54:38Z 2007-12-31T04:23:11Z The Nightly News recently debuted Michael Douglas as its official announcer, and Anderson Cooper says the whole thing was his idea first. He's on a search for a new announcer that has apparently spanned some six months of indecision. So... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.209 2007-08-04T21:04:19Z 2007-08-30T23:37:15Z I’m all for advertising in podcasts, but don’t let the advertisers take over. A recent New York Times article reported on a new marketing group trying to create a standard way to get paid messages out via podcast. What will... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.201 2007-07-25T02:56:06Z 2007-08-11T14:37:53Z Since I was such a critic of CNN’s plan to select the video questions for its YouTube debate without any input from users, I’m obliged to admit the producers did an admirable job despite cutting the people out of the... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.199 2007-07-22T17:35:47Z 2007-08-11T14:38:38Z In defense of the CNN-YouTube debate, Anderson Cooper said today that it wasn’t possible to let people vote on which questions should be asked tomorrow because the candidates might cheat. In other words, if everyone was allowed to pick the... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.188 2007-07-09T13:20:00Z 2007-08-11T14:40:47Z Video: LiveStation Demo Check out the "Slingbox without the box" presented in this demo, which I first saw on the.next.net blog. The presenter says they're trying to free television from the TV box. Expect to see the product available to... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.191 2007-07-08T15:02:59Z 2007-08-11T14:41:06Z The headline at David Cohn's blog asks, "Why Vote for a Video If the Vote Takers Aren't Listening?" He's talking about the supposed YouTube debate set to air on CNN. It seems you can upload a question for the debate,... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.183 2007-07-03T01:09:45Z 2007-07-24T01:41:59Z The 8 p.m. cable news shows just started. On MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, the first story on (and still on as I type) is President Bush commuting the sentence of Scooter Libby. On CNN, conservative commentator Glenn Beck is... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.179 2007-06-29T23:47:18Z 2007-07-24T01:43:30Z In the aftermath of the Paris Hilton interview, Anderson Cooper (who had refused to speak Paris' name on air) and his guest analyst Marc Lamont Hill say basically what I said in my last post. Then, Anderson goes on... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.175 2007-06-23T13:29:51Z 2007-07-24T01:47:37Z Do you all know of any TV station that lets users mash-up its news stories into a "broadcast" of their own? Someone must be doing this, but I can't find it anywhere. Syndicates let local TV stations "mash-up" their content... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.155 2007-05-04T03:03:58Z 2007-09-02T12:31:25Z The latest Gallup Poll says everyone hates Katie Couric. Well, not exactly. Everyone hates Couric a little more than they hate Brian Williams and Charlie Gibson. Not sure what to make of this survey. The likeability of anchors is considered... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.147 2007-04-24T01:09:42Z 2007-05-19T13:28:49Z Stop cramming Katie Couric into a half-hour long program. She needs at least an hour, just so she can breathe. I've said it before, and I'm going to repeat myself because the anti-Courics are at it again. Here's TV critic... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.146 2007-04-22T23:08:11Z 2007-05-19T13:28:29Z News is a supply-and-demand business, like any other. Critics of NBC News’ decision to air the video and photos from the Virginia Tech killer ignore this point. Critics allege the public is outraged that the video was aired. Meanwhile, it’s... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.142 2007-04-21T14:36:09Z 2007-05-02T10:58:56Z Once upon a time, as co-host of a weekly television segment about online trends, I compared Netflix to Movielink back when they were both new. Netflix mailed movies. Movielink played them right on your computer. Idealists were hot for Movielink... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.108 2007-02-18T12:53:30Z 2007-04-07T15:21:13Z Tribune Co. has sued Fox News, accusing the network of ripping off the name of its youth-targeted tabloid “Red Eye” and using it for a late-night talk show. Fox’s explanation boils down to “Oops.” TVNewser, where I found this story,... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.104 2007-02-14T00:07:58Z 2007-05-22T16:11:38Z Borrell Associates released a report about video advertising that offers an insightful take on what’s happening across the industry. In 2006, newspaper-run Web sites captured about $81 million in locally spent streaming-video advertising, while local TV broadcasters captured about $32... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.85 2007-01-23T02:21:23Z 2007-04-07T13:24:31Z Many wondered aloud why Bill O’Reilly would venture onto a show with a comedian who is clearly making fun of him. Well, the answer is obvious.... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2007://1.70 2007-01-05T19:30:08Z 2007-04-07T13:24:31Z Wow, media columnist Jon Friedman sure can overreact. It’s been four months since Katie Couric debuted as anchor of CBS Evening News and he’s already calling for her removal. “Couric's record says she is in third place,” he writes. “It's... tag:www.lucasgrindley.com,2006://1.44 2006-12-06T02:38:29Z 2007-04-07T13:24:31Z When the CBS Evening News quickly returned to its third place rank after the debut of Katie Couric, the higher-ups got nervous and started hacking away at new ideas, replacing them with what they deemed real news. Here’s the actual...