NYPhillynews 103 Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Maybe with the edition of Shirleen, Lori is able to take longer vacations. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I know this has been said before but I wish Michelle would get more time filling in on the weekdays.. Last week they had Rob Nelson on at 5 for a few days and Sandra Bookman on at 4 most of the week. Personally, while I know it wont happen I would like to see Rob and Michelle get the 4:00 show at some point. Rob was great at 5 as is Joe Torres, the rotation should be between Michelle, Rob and Joe until Diana gets back. They can use them else where as well because Liz is likely out the rest of the week and I'm sure the others will be on vacation at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamagator 5 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 What happen to Lori Stokes has she been dumped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 What happen to Lori Stokes has she been dumped? She said in Twitter she'll be back tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 The website is no longer 7online.com.. It is now abc7ny.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewser_676 26 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 The website is no longer 7online.com.. It is now abc7ny.com abc7ny.com redirects to 7online.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 abc7ny.com redirects to 7online.com All the anchors are saying log on to abc7ny.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 It's kind of dumb, to be honest. They're not even saying the ."com" part. They stopped doing that when referring to 7online but it was fine then because the name 7online already refers to an online source. Now the anchors and even the voiceover on promos says "watch it on abc7ny" or "tonight's live lotto drawing tonight only on abc7ny" .... they realize this sounds like they are referring to the TV station and no longer promoting the website, right? Also, the website bar under the logo stopped rotating and now just says "abc7ny" .. no hashtag, .com or anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 It's kind of dumb, to be honest. They're not even saying the ."com" part. They stopped doing that when referring to 7online but it was fine then because the name 7online already refers to an online source. Now the anchors and even the voiceover on promos says "watch it on abc7ny" or "tonight's live lotto drawing tonight only on abc7ny" .... they realize this sounds like they are referring to the TV station and no longer promoting the website, right? Also, the website bar under the logo stopped rotating and now just says "abc7ny" .. no hashtag, .com or anything... The verbal references without no web tag are silly, but even though 7online was more than okay, I'd imagine the abc7NY moniker came from network. The bar going stagnant is good news, though. That said, having the abc7NY displayed in a combo of wide Helvetica and ABC Modern (glorified Futura) still looks awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 846 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 They still have "7Online" in the copyright. I agree though... It looks more like a station branding then a website. They are using abc7ny as a hashtag too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSJenkins 432 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 The verbal references without no web tag are silly, but even though 7online was more than okay, I'd imagine the abc7NY moniker came from network. I doubt it. The rest of the group Twitter handles differ from the website except for KABC, KFSN, WABC, & WPVI. KABC: abc7.com/ @abc7 KFSN: abc30.com/ @abc30 KGO: abc7news.com/ @abc7newsbayarea (@abc7news was taken by WJLA) KTRK: abc13.com/ @abc13houston (@abc13 was taken by WSET) WABC: abc7ny.com/ abc7ny WLS: abc7chicago.com/ @abc7chicago WPVI: 6abc.com/ @6abc WTVD: abc11.com/ abc11_wtvd (@abc11 was taken by a person) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 7online was much better.. Clearly online and could compose of the website and social media.. "Find us at 7online sounded good. But I guess when marketing abc7ny makes more sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 846 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I doubt it. The rest of the group Twitter handles differ from the website except for KABC, KFSN, WABC, & WPVI. KABC: abc7.com/ @abc7 KFSN: abc30.com/ @abc30 KGO: abc7news.com/ @abc7newsbayarea (@abc7news was taken by WJLA) KTRK: abc13.com/ @abc13houston (@abc13 was taken by WSET) WABC: abc7ny.com/ @abc7ny WLS: abc7chicago.com/ @abc7chicago WPVI: 6abc.com/ @6abc WTVD: abc11.com/ abc11_wtvd (@abc11 was taken by a person) I think you have that backwards... KGO, KTRK and WTVD differ from the website and only because it was taken by someone else first. Everything else on your list uses the same handle for website and twitter. It looks like the corporate mandate is to brand website and social media the same whenever possible. You forgot to list WLS as one of the ones that has the same handle for both as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianpr3 173 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 so shirleen is filling in for lori again, here comes the Where is Lori Stokes posts on facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainave 530 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 All the anchors are saying log on to abc7ny.com Not even. They're just saying "...you can find it on ABC7NY" or some other variation. It sounds quite stupid, really. Makes you wonder who it was that thought it would be a good idea. At least 7online had the word "online" in it. At least say "You can find it at ABC7NY online" or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 so shirleen is filling in for lori again, here comes the Where is Lori Stokes posts on facebook. She might be out but David is on vacation and Diana is still out so she could possibly be doing evenings again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Rob Powers and Michelle Charlesworth are the team at 4pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 The reason Lori is out is her father is very sick. He has been diagnosed with Lung and Brain cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainave 530 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 They even changed the name of the Facebook page. They completely dropped "Eyewitness News." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Here's more information about Lori's father and his illness. http://www.cleveland.com/naymik/index.ssf/2015/07/louis_stokes_diagnosed_with_lu.html As for Diana, seems like she will be out for the foreseeable future. She is living in an Maryland apartment provided to her and her husband by Walter Reed Medical Center which arranges housing for caregivers of wounded warriors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Here's more information about Lori's father and his illness. http://www.cleveland.com/naymik/index.ssf/2015/07/louis_stokes_diagnosed_with_lu.html As for Diana, seems like she will be out for the foreseeable future. She is living in an Maryland apartment provided to her and her husband by Walter Reed Medical Center which arranges housing for caregivers of wounded warriors. She definitely will be out for sometime to come. Prayers for her entire family as they have definetly be tested these past few months. Prayers for the Stokes family as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewser_676 26 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 It's insane that WABC is marketing "ABC7NY" as the name of the website, without the ".com". It makes absolutely no sense, as it seems to just be the station itself. "7online" is clearly a web entity. At the end of an article about Joe Torres traveling to the Vatican, it says he's going to provide continuous updates to "ABC7NY." Here lies the issue- there is no designation between the television coverage and the entity of the website. You don't see WCBS saying "go to CBSNewYork" instead of "CBSNewYork.com" or WNBC saying go to "NBCNewYork." 7online worked just as the Fox "mycity" format works. Huge mistake to not have it marketed as ABC7NY.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 846 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 It's insane that WABC is marketing "ABC7NY" as the name of the website, without the ".com". It makes absolutely no sense, as it seems to just be the station itself. "7online" is clearly a web entity. At the end of an article about Joe Torres traveling to the Vatican, it says he's going to provide continuous updates to "ABC7NY." Here lies the issue- there is no designation between the television coverage and the entity of the website. You don't see WCBS saying "go to CBSNewYork" instead of "CBSNewYork.com" or WNBC saying go to "NBCNewYork." 7online worked just as the Fox "mycity" format works. Huge mistake to not have it marketed as ABC7NY.com It might alleviate it done if they said "here on channel 7 and also on abc7ny"... But even then it really needs the .com... The limitations of using abc7 or whatever network letters as a channel brand are being demonstrated right about now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Not to mention the fact that the average viewer calls them Channel 7 .. Not ABC7. They tried ABC7 Eyewitness News back in 1999 and switched back to Channel 7 a few years later after realizing ABC7 was not catching on. Now to refer to their web/social media presence as just ABC7NY is confusing for not only the average viewer. It even to those who know the ins and outs of TV news. They had a great brand in the 7online name. They should've just tried to make their social media names 7online to keep everything consistent and familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 846 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Not to mention the fact that the average viewer calls them Channel 7 .. Not ABC7. They tried ABC7 Eyewitness News back in 1999 and switched back to Channel 7 a few years later after realizing ABC7 was not catching on. Now to refer to their web/social media presence as just ABC7NY is confusing for not only the average viewer. It even to those who know the ins and outs of TV news. They had a great brand in the 7online name. They should've just tried to make their social media names 7online to keep everything consistent and familiar. Which do they use more on air? ABC7 or Channel 7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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