KARE-11’s “new” anchor After three months of deliberation, KARE-11 finally announced Mike Pomeranz’s replacement.  To hardly anyone’s surprise, KARE-11 sports director Randy Shaver now sits permanently alongside co-anchor Julie Nelson to deliver the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. evening news.  Shaver had already been filling in as the evening anchor before the announcement became official [...]

Owen Conflenti, an anchor at KPRC-TV in Houston, just learned that HD cameras catch a wider view than he thought. Owen’s boss, Deborah Collura (who is also a former KSTP-TV news director), had “no comment.” Some rock head moves speak for themselves. Read more here. Update:  Rock Head repents After blossoming from a regular TV [...]

California gubernatorial candidate Carly Fiorina committed a classic media faux pas while prepping for a recent television interview. Unaware that her mic was on and the camera was recording, Fiorina was caught ridiculing rival Senator Barbara Boxer’s hairstyle and media interview strategy. As the former CEO of a Fortune 500 company who has done hundreds [...]

The only bright spot in the PEW Research Center’s dismal report on the state of American journalism is the resurgence of cable news networks. Prime-time viewership for FOX, CNN and MSNBC grew 7%, while daytime viewership rose 16% over the past year. Additionally, overall cable news revenues rose an estimated 5% due to subscription fees [...]

Mainstream media was quick to dismiss social media before most of us had heard about Facebook or Twitter. They held the power over information and could care less what someone’s status was. The more the mainstream media struggled to understand social media, the faster the rest of the world embraced the phenomenon. In 2007, Facebook [...]