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  • FCC Watch: 18 Topics In 244 Words Or Less: Get briefed on what's happening at broadcasting's favorite regulatory agency by top Washington communications attorneys David Oxenford and Brendan Holland.
  • 2011—Year In Review: Revisit the year’s top developments in business, programming, journalism, technology, regulation and more.
  • Audience Measurement: The state of ratings is examined in three parts: an interview with the head of the Media Ratings Council; the growing presence of Rentrak; and the search for a better local ratings currency.
  • Traffic Reporting: This four-part TVNewsCheck Special Report focuses on what it takes to stay on top of the growing commuter gridlock across the country.
  • Remembering 9/11: TVNewsCheck looks back 10 years after the attacks with a series of five articles.
  • TOP 30 TV STATION GROUPS: Fox Television Stations is No. 1 in the revenue-based rankings, followed by the groups of the other major broadcast networks: CBS, NBC and ABC, with Tribune rounding out the top five.

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Hearst TV SVP Phil Stolz To Retire Next Year
TVNewsCheck, May 16, 2012, 1:37 PM EDT
The TV group executive will leave next February, capping a 40-year television career. He will serve as an adviser to the company in the interim. Jordan Wertlieb, EVP, and Frank Biancuzzo, SVP, will assume management oversight of the 10 stations currently in Stolz’s supervisory portfolio. Full Story | Add comment
Hearst TVs Automate Mobile Content With Yospace
TVNewsCheck, Apr 10, 2012, 7:01 PM EDT
Air Check By Diana Marszalek
PolitiFact Aims To Boost Local TV Presence
TVNewsCheck, Feb 28, 2012, 11:01 AM EST
The fact-checking service is lining up relationships with all 25 of Hearst’s news-producing stations and has even broader ambitions. Other broadcasters with PolitiFact deals include Cox and Gannett. Full Story | Add comment
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WTAE, Staff In Contract Disagreement
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan 4, 2012, 7:38 AM EST
Those who deliver the news are raising their voices. The Pittsburgh ABC affiliate's on-air staff has launched a social media campaign to protest what it says is unfair treatment by Hearst Television management. Link | Add comment
Hearst Boosts Group-Wide Election Coverage
TVNewsCheck, Jan 3, 2012, 11:31 AM EST
The group’s stations will air a minimum of 12 minutes of political news daily for 150 hours total in the month prior to the primary and general elections. It also launches an election app, a new Commitment 2012 Investigates series and is partnering with PolitiFact. Full Story | Add comment
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Hearst At Odds With Sacramento Cable Ops
FierceCable, Dec 2, 2011, 10:18 AM EST
With its retransmission-consent agreements with several cable MSOs set to expire on Dec. 31, TV stations owned by Hearst Television are beginning to warn viewers in the Sacramento, Calif., area that they could soon lose local programming. Link | Add comment
10 Groups, ConnecTV To Offer 2nd Screen
TVNewsCheck, Nov 15, 2011, 6:16 AM EST
The partnership will offer a "second screen" app in early 2012, allowing viewers to tap into related content and swap comments with friends watching the same broadcast TV show at the same time. Broadcasters hope the app with lead to increased revenue, greater engagement and better tune-in promotion. Participating station groups include those of Pearl, the joint venture formed last year to pursue the mobile DTV business. They include Belo, Cox, Scripps, Gannett, Hearst Television, Media General, Meredith, Post-Newsweek and Raycom. Full Story | Comments (2)
Part II Of Gannett's Med Series To Air Oct. 7-8
TVNewsCheck, Sep 30, 2011, 3:20 PM EDT
And in addition to all 22 Gannett stations, the second installment of the three-part The Cutting Edge series will also air on certain CBS and Hearst Television stations at different times throughout October. Full Story | Add comment
Executive Session with Kathleen Keefe
Hearst's Keefe Sees Ad Rebound Continuing
TVNewsCheck, Sep 12, 2011, 7:32 AM EDT
The head of sales for the 31-station TV group says 2011’s uptick in auto advertising will continue into next year. And while 2012 will also see local TV reaping political campaign money, perhaps in record amounts, Hearst’s take will be more modest since its markets will be light on Senate and gubernatorial races. Full Story | Add comment
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Sarah Smith New GM Of KMBC-KCWE
TVNewsCheck, Aug 12, 2011, 11:45 AM EDT
Hearst moves the head of its KETV Omaha, Neb., to run its Kansas City ABC-CW duo, succeeding the retiring Wayne Godsey. Full Story | Add comment
Special Report: Severe Weather
NOLA Stations Prepare For Next Big Storm
TVNewsCheck, Aug 4, 2011, 5:44 AM EDT
Leaving nothing to chance after the 2005 trauma of Hurricane Katrina, WDSU and WWL have beefed up their studios and transmitter sites, put together worst-case scenario strategies and made off-site arrangements for when the next disaster strikes the Crescent City. This is the fourth in a series of articles appearing this week that collectively constitute a TVNewsCheck Special Report on Severe Weather News. The other stories in the series are below. Full Story | Add comment
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Hearst Names Palmer The Arkansas CW Sales Mgr.
TVNewsCheck, Jul 29, 2011, 3:53 PM EDT
TVNewsCheck Focus on Business
McGraw-Hill Sale Could Fetch $200 Million
TVNewsCheck, Jul 20, 2011, 8:29 AM EDT
McGraw-Hill has begun shopping its four-station group and is said to be drawing interest from the likes of Nexstar, Meredith and Belo. Based on its financials for 2010 and 2011, the group is worth between $150 million and $200 million, although bidding and the expection of big revenue gains from political advertising in 2012 could push the number higher. Full Story | Comments (1)
Hearst TV Chooses DASDEC-II EAS Platform
TVNewsCheck, May 18, 2011, 11:51 AM EDT
Hearst Appoints Group Promo/Marketing Exec
TVNewsCheck, May 6, 2011, 2:58 PM EDT
She is Suzanne Grethen, who will be moving to the station group's New York City headquarters from Hearst's WESH Orlando, where she was director of creative services. The appointment is effective June 1. Full Story | Add comment
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Soapes Named GM Of WYFF Greenville
TVNewsCheck, Apr 20, 2011, 12:35 PM EDT
Hearst moves John Soapes, the general sales manager of its WKCF Orlando, to replace Michael Hayes as head of the NBC affiliate in Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville, S.C. Full Story | Comments (1)
Hearst Television Taps Dir. Of Digital Sales
TVNewsCheck, Apr 18, 2011, 2:34 PM EDT
He is Jonathan Sumber, who will join the TV station group from Time Inc., where he was manager of digital accounts and business development for its Media Network Inc. unit and involved in local digital media. Full Story | Add comment
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Hearst Budgeted For Upgrades, HD, Mobile
TVNewsCheck, Mar 24, 2011, 11:56 AM EDT
Hearst TV VP of Engineering Marty Faubell has a little extra money for tech projects this year, but plenty to do, including finishing the upgrade of all master controls for HD, the introduction of HD news in four more markets and and the completion of  the Next-Generation Newsroom initiative. He's also looking for ways to comply with the letter and spirit of closed captioning and loudness regulations. Full Story | Comments (1)
Focus on new media
Stations' Mobile Apps Showing Promise
TVNewsCheck, Mar 16, 2011, 6:18 AM EDT
TV stations are rolling out apps for smart phones and tablets with the support of technology and software vendors, hoping that the apps will eventually provide a substantial, new source of advertising revenue. Although advertising is the most common way of monetizing apps, some are also experimenting with modest monthly subscription fees. Full Story | Comments (2)
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Barrett: U.S. Shouldn't Scrap Local TV
B&C, Mar 11, 2011, 5:57 AM EST
A pair of broadcast executives made a pitch in Washington Thursday night for the value of local broadcasting in the face of government calls for them to give up spectrum for wireless broadband. "The work that local stations do in this country is extraordinary and should not be taken for granted," said David Barrett, president of Hearst TV, which owns 29 TV stations. In addition, Raycom News VP Susana Schuler said broadcasters are best positioned to feed growing news appetite. Link | Comments (10)
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Hearst Names Hayes GM OF WTAE Pittsburgh
TVNewsCheck, Mar 3, 2011, 12:48 PM EST
The group broadcaster taps Michael Hayes, the GM of its WTFF Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., to succeed the retiring Rick Henry as head of its ABC affil in Pittsburgh. Full Story | Add comment
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WTAE Pittsburgh GM Rick Henry To Retire
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb 16, 2011, 7:16 AM EST
The president-general manager of Hearst's ABC affiliate, is retiring after almost nine years in the post and more than 40 years with Hearst. Henry, who said it was time, will step down in early March. Link | Add comment
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Ginsberg Joins KHBS-KHOG As Asst. News Director
TVNewsCheck, Jan 27, 2011, 7:53 PM EST
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Dan Joerres Named Pres.-GM Of WBAL
TVNewsCheck, Jan 14, 2011, 12:01 PM EST
Hearst Television taps the general sales manager of its WXII Winston-Salem/Greensboro, N.C., to succeed Jordan Wertlieb as head of its Baltimore NBC affiliate. Full Story | Add comment
Jordan Wertlieb Named Hearst TV EVP
TVNewsCheck, Jan 13, 2011, 5:22 PM EST
The general manager of Hearst’s WBAL Baltimore Joins the group owner's corporate staff in New York. Full Story | Add comment
Hearst And DirecTV Set Retrans Agreement
TVNewsCheck, Dec 30, 2010, 4:55 PM EST
Hearst Television announced Thursday afternoon that a new carriage agreement was reached Wednesday with DirecTV. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Hearst's 29 stations have been notifying viewers for three weeks that negotiations were underway with DirecTV for renewal of the existing carriage agreement that expires Dec. 31. | Add comment
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WISN Expanding 10 P.M. News To An Hour
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Dec 14, 2010, 7:13 PM EST
Hearst's ABC affiliate in Milwaukee will debut a 30-minute longer 10 p.m. newscast on Jan. 24. Link | Add comment
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KHBS-KHOG Adds Jay Plyburn To News Staff
TVNewsCheck, Dec 8, 2010, 10:35 AM EST
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KCCI Expands Weekend Morning Newscasts
TVNewsCheck, Dec 7, 2010, 7:37 PM EST
The Hearst CBS affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa, is adding two hours on Saturday and Sunday starting at 5 o'clock. It also adds long-time KCCI Anchor Steve Karlin to its weekday morning team. Full Story | Add comment
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Andrew Jackson Named GM Of KITV
TVNewsCheck, Nov 5, 2010, 3:55 PM EDT
The SVP of marketing and creative services at BBC America returns to Hawaii to succeed the retiring Michael Rosenberg as head of Hearst's Honolulu ABC affiliate. Full Story | Add comment

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  • David Wiegand

    Fans of Sex and the City have finally gotten their wish: Their beloved sex-focused sitcom is back on the air ... sort of. The four women have become four men, of course, and the writing isn't as good. Oh, and the laugh track so annoying, it's offensive. And did I mention that the costumes would be considered fashionable if you were holding a yard sale? Men at Work on TBS is almost quaint, it's so old fashioned. If it had any meat on its bones, you'd be tempted to say it's the sadly ignoble epitome of TV's long-festering emasculated-men syndrome. But it's so much of a big, forgettable, innocuous shrug, it's not even worth any actual vitriol.

  • Mike Hale

    The USA Network's motto is "Characters Welcome." Apparently they're especially welcome if they resemble Oscar Madison and Felix Unger. Already stocked with Odd Couple knockoffs in Psych and White Collar, USA adds to its inventory Common Law, another comic crime-fighting show about mismatched partners. But this latest entry exhibits very little of that kind of spark as it tries to wring laughs from the juxtaposition of counseling and police work. It looks too flat and schematically plotted to succeed as the type of lightweight summer fun we’ve come to expect from USA.

  • Joanne Ostrow

    Johnny Carson: Fantastic entertainer, miserable human being. That's the lasting message of Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, the new PBS American Masters film, a rich history of a rare product of television who dominated the small screen for decades. Unprecedented access to personal archives plus all existing episodes of The Tonight Show (1962-92), distinguishes this film by Peter Jones. Telling interviews with family and colleagues, including second wife Joanne Carson, former Tonight Show executive producer Peter Lassally and a number of biographers sharpen the picture. The clips are carefully selected to illustrate specific personality traits, the performance highlights are given context and meaning beyond funny lines and memorable moments.

  • Hank Stuever

    AMC's The Pitch is a sharply-made if slightly off-putting reality series that follows different advertising agencies each week as they compete for new accounts. The inspiration for the show — made clear by its own ad campaign — is to harness some of the verve generated by the network's acclaimed Mad Men. The Pitch has a way of making the ad world seem like a real downer — a repugnant exercise in egotism laced with depressing bouts of creative compromise.

  • Tim Goodman

    HBO's Veep stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as former Sen. Selina Meyer, who accepts the vice presidential duty and regrets it almost immediately: She has no real power and gets muscled by the Senate, Congress and the (so-far-unseen) president, who delegates all the truly crappy jobs to her. Louis-Dreyfus has found perhaps her best post-Seinfeld role and takes to it with such fervor — the constant swearing, the barely veiled desire to become president, the unhappy give-and-take with other politicians and a delightful disdain for average citizens — that you can't help but applaud what is clearly an Emmy-worthy effort. Her work alone makes Veep a gem, but there's even more to like.

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