Entries from Lucas Grindley's blog | Exploring the new way for journalism tagged with 'TV News'
The New CNN Lineup
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,...
You can't do that in journalism
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...
Help Anderson Cooper find his muse
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...
Podcasts brought to you by advertisers, brought to you by advertisers, brought to you by advertisers
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...
YouTube debate worth it, despite Biden cheating
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...
Anderson Cooper defends YouTube debate
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...
'Slingbox without the box' being tested
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...
CNN on YouTube debate: 'no comment'
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,...
Blatantly unfair, unbalanced?
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...
Anderson and his professor think I'm right
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...
Mashups let you create third-niche content
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...
Why do you hate Katie Couric?
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...
Stop cramming Katie Couric
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...
Media sorry for giving public what it wants?
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...
The day has come for online video when . . .
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...
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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,...
Video is new revenue . . . which means it's someone else's
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...
It’s the ratings, stupid
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....
Friedman gets antsy for change at CBS, needs chill pill
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...
Is CBS an hour away from No. 1?
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...
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