Also: Sasha-Ann Simons exits WBEZ; Disney letting you watch Super Bowl LXI in a variety of ways Chicago Bears fans (me included) are mourning the loss of “Da Coach”, Mike Ditka, who led the team for eleven seasons and helped guide the team to its only Super Bowl title in the 1985 season, clinched at the Louisiana Superdome in New […]
Plus: Tony Romo out at CBS; Paramount and Warner now under the Skydance umbrella With the Chicago White Sox rebounding from a disastrous 41-121 season in 2024 and winning the Wild Card playoff round against the Houston Astros to advance to the Divisional Round, another “long running national nightmare” could come to an end as well. According to Front Office […]
Comes after California AG reverses course; WGA also settles In an unexpected development, the twelve states attorney generals who were suing to stop the merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, have come to a settlement, requiring concessions that don’t really amount to much. California AG Rob Bonta’s momentum to take the case to trial evaporated quickly as California Governor […]
A look back at what’s changed in media and what to look forward to After 4,385 posts, T Dog Media has reached the age of 20. And it’s been a long, strange trip to get here. The last time an anniversary landed in a “0”, I wrote a rather crabby, dystopian post, one where media’s future would be one giant […]
Joins other NBC-owned stations in expanding local programming With Access Hollywood ending Friday, NBC-owned WMAQ-TV (NBC 5) made official on Wednesday news that was speculated for weeks – the station was launcing a new, weeknight local prime access (6:30 p.m.) show on Monday – and it features the newly-hired Lou Canellis. Titled Tonight With Lou Canellis with an auto manufacturer […]
Reports differ on how she was released Fox Business’ move to dump longtime host Maria Bartiromo means viewers who were spending Mornings With Maria will now .&on Thursday after twelve-and-a-half years at the helm of her morning show. “We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 ½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter,” […]
WFLD continues to overhaul its newsroom With the midterms and Chicago mayoral race looming in the next six months, Fox-owned WFLD announced Wednesday the hiring of Brandon Pope as the station’s new political editor. “Chicago politics has plenty of power players. I want to focus on the people impacted by them,” Pope told Axios, which first reported this story. “I’m […]
Targets gamers, who are among the most prominent cord-cutters In a first, a gaming console will have a built-in portal to access free advertising supported streaming television (FAST) channels – and you don’t have to even download an app. Starting Monday (August 31), Sony’s PlayStation 5 – or PS5 for short, is introducing Live TV on PS5 for game console […]
He’ll sit opposite David Haugh; Payton left WGN-TV last month As speculated this weekend, David Haugh’s new co-host in morning drive on Audacy-owned 104.3 The Score (WSCR) is Jarrett Payton, the former WGN-TV sportscaster who departed the Nexstar-owned station nearly four weeks ago. Payton replaces Mike Mulligan, who was fired last Friday after more than a decade at the station. […]
Station plans to announce a new co-host Monday for David Haugh Audacy sports talk 104.3 The Score has dropped longtime host Mike Mulligan and Marshall Harris in what appears to be a cost-cutting move. Mulligan had been WSCR since 2008, and co-hosted AM drive with David Haugh since 2018, who replaced Brian Hanley in the role. Mulligan is a former […]
The latest chapter in dramatic saga Disney laid down the gauntlet like Thor against the FCC Tuesday as the company has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the agency over its broadcast licenses of its eight ABC-owned stations, stating its regulatory actions and investigations are “retaliatory”. In the lawsuit, Disney stated that “[A]cting through the Federal Communications Commission, the [Trump] […]
Another way to watch White Sox, Bulls, and Blackhawks Just in time to watch the second leg of the Crosstown Classic, Chicago Sports Network (CHSN) announced Monday that Amazon Prime subscribers can buy the streaming version of the regional sports network on their platform throughout its territory. “From day one our goal has been to make CHSN as accessible as […]
2-1 vote will have implications for TV As expected, the FCC has eliminated the station ownership cap and instead evaluate station purchases on a “case-by-case” basis. Republicans Brendan Carr and Olivia Trusty voted to drop the 39 percent cap; Anna Gomez, the lone Democrat on the panel, voted against its repeal. The vote is an early Christmas present for […]
Shifts affiliation to a KMOV subchannel; KDNL becomes an independent This post was updated on September 1. Just hours after Nexstar announced it was dropping CBS from six of its stations comes word that ABC is looking to make an affiliation change in St. Louis as the network agreed to take over the 32.1 channel of CBS affiliate KMOV (which […]
Ellisons angling to take case to Supreme Court The blockbuster Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger may have to wait a while to commence. In the face of continuing legal troubles, Paramount has agreed to postpone closing its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery until next summer. This comes as twelve state AGs and the Writer’s Guild of America have sued to […]
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