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☆ CNBC anchors and insiders worry about their futures as Comcast looks to unload the network
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Lucia Moses | Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementCNBC anchors projected an air of mild panic about the news that Comcast would spin off the network. The media conglomerate announced it would create a new entity for most of its cable networks. CNBC anchors turned their signature irreverent style on themselves on Wednesday, as their parent Comcast became a headline in announcing plans to spin off the business news network along with many other cable assets. Analysts — including those featured on CNBC — did not hold back on Wednesday about what the spinoff means for the cable network. AdvertisementOne question for CNBC folks is whether they will maintain the prestige and workplace benefits that came with being part of Comcast.

Persons: We're, Joe Kernan, David Faber, Kernan, Mark Lazarus, Faber, CNBC —, Rich Greenfield, Rich, Becky Quick, Julia Boorstin, NBCU, Elon, Trump Organizations: CNBC, Comcast, Real Housewives, NBC, LightShed Partners, Warner Bros, Discovery, Paramount, Starz, Business Locations: NBCU, London

☆ Comcast says it's thinking of getting out of the cable TV business
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Cable TV networks look like they're in permanent decline. AdvertisementThe future of cable TV channels is not looking good, at all. And basic cable TV networks are bearing the brunt of the collapse. Programming from the cable networks, for instance, is part of the pitch behind its Peacock streamer. question — if Comcast doesn't want these assets contaminating its core business, why would anyone else want to own it?

Persons: —, MSNBC —, WBD, Mike Cavanagh, There's, Craig Moffett, Cavanagh, They're, Brian Roberts Organizations: Cable, Comcast, Warner Bros, Service, CNBC, MSNBC, NBC Universal, NBC, Discovery, Paramount Locations: Bravo, USA

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts chose Shell to replace Steve Burke as NBCUniversal CEO in 2019. Soon, Shell, 59, will be at the helm of Paramount and paired with Ellison, who has already expressed his desire to transition Paramount into a more modern media company. The 10 p.m. hourAt Paramount, Shell will be given an asset mix similar to what he oversaw at NBCUniversal — save the theme parks. Wolf's shows were also significant moneymakers for NBCUniversal, according to a person familiar with the matter. Some media analysts, such as LightShed Partners' Rich Greenfield, have argued Paramount Global should shut down Paramount+ and instead license Paramount content to other streamers with more scale.

Persons: Jeff Shell, Eric Gaillard, NBCUniversal, David Ellison, Ellison, Comcast's NBCUniversal, Shell, Brian Roberts, Steve Burke, RedBird, Andrew Brandon, Gordon, Shell's, —, Skydance, NBC —, CNBC's David Faber, George Cheeks, Hollywood creatives, Dick Wolf, Kevin Dietsch, Stephen Colbert, it's, we've, Pluto, Rich Greenfield, Shell's playbook, We've, Peacock, Roberts, Andrew Wilson, Brian L, Eric Charbonneau, Wall, Mark Hoffman, Shepard Smith, Hoffman Organizations: NBCUniversal, Cannes Lions International, Creativity, Reuters, Paramount Global, Skydance Media, Shell, CNBC, Paramount, Fox, Comcast, NBCU International, Universal, Entertainment Group, RedBird Capital Partners, NFL, CBS, Paramount Pictures, NBC, Local, Journal, FBI, Hollywood, TV, Allen & Company Sun Valley, Getty, LightShed Partners, Warner Bros ., Viacom, WarnerMedia, Netflix, EA, Entertainment, Comcast Corporation, Universal Pictures, Invision, Bravo, MSNBC, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, Fox News, NBC Sports, NBA, CBS Sports, Big Ten, UEFA Champions League Locations: Cannes, France, Shell, NBCUniversal, Sun Valley , Idaho, Toronto

On Nov. 5, the Decision Desk will project 610 races across all 50 states, from the presidential election to statewide and congressional contests. Early on election night, the Decision Desk uses exit poll data to determine whether it can project uncompetitive races. When a party has gained a majority of 218 seats in the House, the Decision Desk will project control for that party. Other sources for election vote data include state and county vote computer feeds and websites, when they are available. Exit poll results are independently analyzed in real time, and NBC News calls all races as soon as the Decision Desk is fully confident in the winner.

Persons: — Organizations: NBC, NBC News, Senate, ABC, CBS, CNN, Edison Research, Reuters, The Washington Post

☆ 7 things to watch for at tonight's debate: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

In today’s edition, we preview tonight's showdown between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Programming note: Stay tuned for a special edition of the From the Politics Desk newsletter tonight, where we will be recapping and analyzing the presidential debate. One of the things I’ll be looking for is which voters each candidate goes out of their way to address directly. Something to watch for right at the beginning of the debate is whether Harris and Trump shake hands. That would boost her to 245 electoral votes and reduce the number of remaining state outcome combinations to 16.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Steve Kornacki, —, NBC —, Donald Trump —, ’, Kristen Welker, Harris, Read, Chuck Todd, Monica Alba, Harris ’, Mike Pence, she’s, Trump, → Garrett Haake, Gabe Gutierrez, Jonathan Allen, Emma Barnett, Rob e Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, ABC News, Trump, NBC News, Keystone State, Electoral Locations: Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada , North Carolina, Wisconsin

☆ Live Election Updates: Harris, Biden and Trump All in Spotlight as 2024 Sprint Begins
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

President Biden’s announcement on Sunday that he would leave the presidential race effectively pushed Donald J. Trump and the Republican National Convention from the spotlight. A Trump campaign spokesman did not immediately respond to request for comment. But Mr. Biden’s announcement on Sunday that he would exit the presidential race effectively pushed Mr. Trump and his convention from the spotlight. The Trump campaign also filed a complaint on Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission accusing Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris of violating campaign finance laws by rolling Mr. Biden’s campaign funds over to Ms. Harris. The complaint, filed by Mr. Warrington, came after Mr. Biden’s team had amended the name of its campaign committee on Sunday to Harris for President.

Persons: Biden’s, Donald J, Trump, Biden, David Warrington, Kamala Harris, Warrington, Gerald Ford, —, Nixon, Nielsen, Trump’s, NBC —, Harris Organizations: Republican National Convention, ABC, NBC, CBS, The New York Times, Trump, Federal Communications Commission’s, — ABC, Federal, Mr Locations: Pennsylvania, Milwaukee, Warrington, Charlotte, N.C

☆ NBC’s Ronna McDaniel Hire Wasn’t Politics, or TV, as Usual
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For the past week the best drama on NBC — apologies to Dick Wolf — has been in the news department. On Friday, NBC News announced that it was hiring Ronna McDaniel, the former chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, as a political analyst. By Sunday morning, Kristen Welker was grilling Ms. McDaniel on “Meet the Press,” after which the former host Chuck Todd told his successor on-air that their bosses “owe you an apology.” By Monday morning, the hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” condemned the hire. This kind of full-on, on-air revolt was something else — because Ms. McDaniel’s hiring was something else. The fiasco at NBC was in part a sign of how media outlets are struggling to cover politics in unusual times.

Persons: Dick Wolf —, Ronna McDaniel, Kristen Welker, McDaniel, Chuck Todd, “, ”, Joe ”, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Organizations: NBC, NBC News, Republican National Committee, “, Press Locations: MSNBC’s

☆ Megyn Kelly Will Moderate the Next G.O.P. Debate, on NewsNation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | More About Michael M. Grynbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump, who famously clashed (and later made up) with Ms. Kelly during the 2016 election, is unlikely to attend. The debate will be hosted by the upstart television network NewsNation, a 24-hour cable news station that Nexstar Media Group owns. Ms. Kelly will be joined at the moderators’ desk by Elizabeth Vargas, a NewsNation anchor, and Eliana Johnson, editor in chief of The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative news site. The Free Beacon and SiriusXM, which airs Ms. Kelly’s radio show, are sponsors of the debate. The event will also be shown on digital platforms and local affiliates of the CW, the broadcast network that Nexstar owns.

Persons: Megyn Kelly, NBC —, Donald J, Trump, Kelly, Elizabeth Vargas, Eliana Johnson Organizations: Fox News, NBC, Nexstar Media Group, Republican Party, MSNBC, The Washington Free, CW, Nexstar Locations: Tuscaloosa, Ala, SiriusXM

☆ RFK Jr. pledges to gut agencies that regulate vaccines and order the DOJ to investigate medical journals if he becomes president
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Robert F. Kennedy Jr pledged to gut funding for federal health agencies if he's elected president. The long-shot Democratic presidential hopeful told NBC News that he would not make his anti-vaccine stance the focal point of his campaign. In an interview with NBC, Kennedy said that he would not be "leading with" vaccines as a presidential candidate. "Let me address that, because first of all, I'm not anti-vax," Kucinich told NBC. Kennedy told NBC — and has touted for years — of a conspiracy that aspires to defend vaccines and silence people such as himself, even as the studies he points to are corrected or retracted.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, —, Brandy Zadrozny, Robert Kennedy, John F, Dennis Kucinich, Kucinich, Zadrozny, NBC —, Cheryl Hines Organizations: NBC News, DOJ, Service, Democratic, and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, Justice Department, NBC, Rep, RFK Jr, Facebook

☆ Amazon Studios is growing fast and spending big on shows like 'Citadel,' but insiders say unclear creative direction, leadership shifts, and tech bureaucracy threaten to drive away staff and talent
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Lucia Moses | Elaine Low | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

The dust has been settling at Amazon Studios after a big reorg in the fall that solidified Jen Salke's power. Yet Amazon Studios faces major challenges. Amazon Studios' Head of Global Television Vernon Sanders told Insider that the goal is to deliver content with global cultural relevance. Amazon Prime VideoWhile spending on such big swings has soared, some insiders see far less budgetary support for underrepresented casts. "I do think people wonder what's the commitment to Amazon Studios," the current insider said.

☆ How Scripps News, the streaming and broadcast network formerly known as Newsy, is pivoting to anti-partisan, 'fact-based' reporting
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Streaming and broadcast news network Newsy has been rebranded as Scripps News. The network formerly known as Newsy has a presence on TV stations owned by Scripps and its ION Media stations and is accessible via free over-the-air digital antenna and several streaming platforms — including Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV. The company, which pulled Newsy from cable packages in 2021, boasts that Scripps News offers the only free 24/7 national news broadcast. Scripps News is also absorbing scores of executives from a national desk that fed the company's 61 local stations. Its local stations pulled in $208 million in ad revenue thanks to the midterm elections.

☆ No more Newsy: The streaming and broadcast network rebrands as Scripps News under Warren Buffett-backed E.W. Scripps
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Streaming and broadcast news network Newsy is being scrapped and rebranded as Scripps News. Parent company E.W. Bellini is a San Francisco-based reporter for Newsy, the 14-year-old streaming news platform owned by E.W. Scripps News is also absorbing scores of executives from a national desk that fed the company's 61 local stations. Its local stations pulled in $208 million in ad revenue thanks to the midterm elections.

Early on election night, the NBC News Decision Desk uses exit poll data to determine whether uncompetitive races can be called. No race is projected until the Decision Desk is at a minimum 99.5% confident of the winner. What kinds of calls and characterizations does the Decision Desk make? The Decision Desk will not use this characterization until we have statistical confidence that the race will be this close. When a party has gained a majority of seats in the Senate, the Decision Desk will project control for that party.

☆ CNN chief Chris Licht has big ideas, but employees are nervous, and more job cuts are coming
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

Courtesy: CNNShifting from ZuckerPart of Licht's challenge as the new leader of CNN is he's not the old leader. There's also a hangover effect from the sudden collapse of CNN+, which Zucker pushed relentlessly as the future of the business. The comments heightened anxiety for many CNN staffers, according to six people who were at the company at the time. The changes should also bring workflow alignments to CNN digital and linear, which should help both entities' content and organization. CNN still hasn't named a chief digital officer, although the company's job posting now says it's filled.

☆ Трамп обвинил демократов в двойных стандартах по отношению к выборам в США
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-13 | by ( ) point.md time to read: +1 min

Президент США Дональд Трамп заявил, что демократы сфальсифицировали прошедшие в стране выборы главы государства. Фальсифицированные выборы!» — написал Трамп. 3 ноября в США прошли президентские выборы, основными претендентами на пост главы государства являются демократ Джо Байден и действующий президент, республиканец Дональд Трамп. 7 ноября ведущие американские СМИ — ABC News, FOX News, CNN, AP и NBC — объявили о победе демократа Джо Байдена на президентских выборах в США. Байдену направили поздравления многие мировые лидеры, среди которых король Саудовской Аравии, генсек ООН, президенты Турции и Словении.

Persons: Дональд Трамп, Трамп, Джо Байден, Байден Organizations: Twitter, ABC, FOX News, CNN, AP NBC, СМИ, ООН Locations: США, Саудовская Аравия, Турция, Словения

☆ Байден заявил, что будет добиваться лидерства США в мире
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-08 | by ( ) point.md time to read: 1 min

Демократ Джо Байден, объявивший себя победителем президентских выборов, заявил, что будет добиваться лидерства США в мире. Такое заявление он сделал в ходе обращения к нации, которое транслировал телеканал CNN. Политик отметил, что станет добиваться этого «не только примером мощи» США, «но и мощью» примера страны, передает gazeta.ruРанее ведущие американские СМИ — ABC News, FOX News, CNN, AP и NBC — объявили о победе демократа Джо Байдена на президентских выборах в США. Официально итоги еще не были подведены. 3 ноября в США прошли президентские выборы, основными претендентами на пост главы государства являются демократ Джо Байден и действующий президент, республиканец Дональд Трамп.

Persons: Джо Байден, Дональд Трамп Organizations: CNN, ABC, FOX News, AP NBC, СМИ Locations: США

☆ Музей мадам Тюссо в Лондоне переодел фигуру Трампа в одежду для гольфа
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-08 | by ( ) point.md time to read: +1 min

Музей восковых фигур мадам Тюссо в Лондоне переодел фигуру действующего президента Соединенных Штатов Дональда Трампа в костюм для гольфа, сообщается на странице музея в Twitter. В публикации работники музея отметили, что хоть кампания Трампа не была такой успешной, как попадание мяча в лунку с первого раза, однако «теперь Дональд Трамп на пути к посвящению большего времени своему любимому спорту», передает gazeta.ruРанее стало известно, что Трамп играл в гольф, когда появились сообщения о победе на выборах главы государства его оппонента Джо Байдена. 7 ноября ведущие американские СМИ — ABC News, FOX News, CNN, AP и NBC — объявили о победе Байдена на президентских выборах в США. Официально итоги еще не были подведены. 3 ноября в США прошли президентские выборы, основными претендентами на пост главы государства являются демократ Джо Байден и действующий президент, республиканец Дональд Трамп.

Persons: Дональд Трамп, Трамп, Джо Байден, Байден Organizations: Twitter, ABC, FOX News, CNN, AP NBC, Музей восковых фигур мадам Тюссо, СМИ Locations: Лондон, Соединенные Штаты, США

☆ WP: Байден намерен отменить ряд указов Трампа сразу же после инаугурации
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-08 | by ( ) point.md time to read: +1 min

Объявивший о своей победе кандидат в президенты Соединенных Штатов Джо Байден планирует издать исполнительные указы, отменяющие ряд распоряжений Дональда Трампа, когда только вступит в должность 20 января. Передает The Washington Post со ссылкой на источники, сообщает gazeta.ruПо их данным, Байден планирует вернуть США в Парижское соглашение по климату, а также отменить выход из Всемирной организации здравоохранения. Кроме того, кандидат от демократов намерен немедленно отменить запрет на иммиграцию, нацеленный на многие страны с мусульманским большинством, и возобновить программу, которая позволит людям, незаконно привезенным в США в детстве, оставаться в стране. 7 ноября ведущие американские СМИ — ABC News, FOX News, CNN, AP и NBC — объявили о победе демократа Джо Байдена на президентских выборах в США. 3 ноября в США прошли президентские выборы, основными претендентами на пост главы государства являются демократ Джо Байден и действующий президент, республиканец Дональд Трамп.

Persons: Объявивший, Джо Байден, Дональд Трамп, Байден Organizations: Washington Post, ABC, FOX News, CNN, AP NBC, Всемирная организация здравоохранения, СМИ Locations: gazeta.ru, Соединенные Штаты, США

☆ Politico назвала претендентов на посты в администрации Байдена
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-08 | by ( ) point.md time to read: +1 min

Газета Politico назвала имена возможных претендентов на посты в администрации заявившего о своей победе на выборах президента США кандидата от демократов Джо Байдена. По данным издания, при Байдене пост министра обороны или главы минфина может впервые занять женщина или афроамериканец. Новым госсекретарем США может стать экс-помощник по национальной безопасности в администрации президента Барака Обамы Сьюзан Райс, сообщает Politico. Также на эту должность могут претендовать экс-заместитель госсекретаря Энтони Блинкен, сенаторы-демократы Крис Кунс и Крис Мерфи, а также экс-заместитель госсекретаря Уильям Бернс. Ранее ведущие американские СМИ — ABC News, FOX News, CNN, AP и NBC — объявили о победе демократа Джо Байдена на президентских выборах в США.

Persons: Джо Байден, Байден, Мишель Флорной, Элизабет Уоррен, Лаэль Брейнард, Берни Сандерс, Пит Буттеджадж, Барак Обамы, Сьюзан Райс, Энтони Блинкен, Крис Кунс, Крис Мерфи, Уильям Бернс, Дага Джонс, Эрнест Монис, Дональд Трамп Organizations: Politico, ABC, FOX News, CNN, AP NBC, Пентагон, Федеральный резерв, ООН, СМИ Locations: США, СаутБенд

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