TheRob

We were told to drop the Nexstar ticker tonight, but I don't know if that means a breakthrough or a total collapse.

Bump for ABC layoffs https://t.co/pt5q731Dxn?amp=1

Yep, you can hit the big-time right away at your first job in Fargo or Danville or wherever, watching your package air verbatim on News Nation.

Nexstar was supposed to have a big "digital first" push among all its stations until the pandemic hit. You'll see a renewal of it for 2021, and, yes, they'll try to squeeze as much money from it as possible. Look for some of the bigger stations to be doing talk radio for TV online in between newscasts. I think WFLA already does a version of it.

Zac was one of our best reporters. Getting that top-ten job is well-deserved.

The other victim was the boyfriend of a different Ft. Myers reporter. Both victims were wearing helmets per a newspaper article. Unfortunately, the helmet is just a little piece of plastic between you and a sturdy object at high speed.

Florida drivers, am I right?

COVID-19 schedule disruptions are out of hand. (Olathe Northwest Ravens are a local high school football team)

Heh. When the CNN news came down, my boss said "Good. More local. More local."

Our new 5:00/9:00 p.m. co-anchor begins today, although she did a morning show "get to know you" interview first. https://fox4kc.com/video/meet-fox4s-new-evening-anchor-christel-bell/5748965/

Meteorologist Jerry Taft has died. https://abc7chicago.com/weather/retired-abc7-meteorologist-jerry-taft-dies-at-77/6332373/

Two more sue FOX News (warning: rape detailed in court documents). https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2020/7/20/breaking-news-bombshell-dropped-at-fox-news

Here's a look at how much the shortened MLB season will cost Sinclair. https://www.nexttv.com/news/canceled-games-could-cost-sinclair-dollar130m-says-analyst

You might have seen the FTV Live story about someone spamming the Nexstar breaking news email list with their side business. It came from a WXIN employee. Cheers to the weight loss, though.

I haven't seen anything more, but this tweet appeared today.

Law enforcement arrested CNN's Omar Jimenez, and his producer and his photojournalist, during the riot coverage. https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/us/minneapolis-cnn-crew-arrested/index.html

I knew about the Amazon situation because the copy had been circulating on Twitter last weekend. Funny, though, my station never received the news release or the video. It looks like the stations that ran the story verbatim are mostly in the smallest of markets. A full VNR package is rare today, especially from the corporate communications world (retailers, banks, tech companies, etc.). When I was a young producer, ABC would send health VNR packages from some company in Florida (Ivanhoe?), from the J.A.M.A., and from the Cleveland Clinic. We still fight those battles with hospitals who want us to use their own video, as opposed to shooting our own video.

Star-Tribune article on changes KSTP-TV made to its late news: https://www.startribune.com/with-new-nightcast-kstp-tv-takes-a-deeper-approach-to-10-p-m-news/570702872/

CBS Evening News had some problems tonight. https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/1262876580231229441