Paramount settles with states, clearing way for Warner Bros. merger

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 […]

T Dog Media at 20

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 […]

NBC 5 launches new prime access show, “Tonight With Lou Canellis”

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 […]

Maria Bartiromo out at Fox Business

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,” […]

Brandon Pope joins Fox 32 as political reporter

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 […]