TV Newser
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TV Newser is an industry "ticker" blog, hosted by mediabistro.com, covering daily developments in the American television news industry. The blog is followed by a fair number of media executives and top talent: at a January 2006 luncheon of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the keynote speaker, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams stated that in an age of new media, TVNewser was a "must-read for anyone in network and cable news".[1] The site was founded (as CableNewser) by former Towson University student Brian Stelter in January 2004, who maintained the site until joining The New York Times as a media reporter in July 2007.[2] The site's Managing Editor is currently former MSNBC producer Chris Ariens. Editor Kevin Allocca was hired in July 2009, and Alissa Krinsky serves as a contributor to the site.
TV Newser's most prominent feature is "The Scorecard," hour-by-hour Nielsen ratings for the major cable news channels.
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[edit] Industry Response and Wider Influence
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- "[TVNewser] is the closest thing to the bible of what's going on in our industry, but's a little disconcerting knowing that the main pulse of your industry is being taken by someone who cannot legally take a drink." - "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams, to USA Today.[1]
- "[Reading TVNewser] makes me feel like I'm in the middle of a cocktail party of all people who know what's going on in my business. We're all kind of chewing the fat, saying, 'Oh, no, I think this is true' and someone else saying, 'No, no, this is true.' " - CNN "American Morning" anchor Miles O'Brien.[2]
- "[Stelter] is used as much as most reporters. They're given tips and they have to decide, 'Why am I getting this information, is it accurate and what's the context?' I think he has been very good at that." - MSNBC Chief Dan Abrams.[3]
[edit] mediabistro.com
TV Newser is hosted by mediabistro.com, a website offering resources for media professionals. mediabistro.com offers several similar industry blogs, each of which analyzes various aspects of the mass media industry, including the film and the publishing industries. The blogs often reference and link to each other.
TV Newser's mediabistro.com sister ticker blogs include
- FishbowlDC, covering Washington D.C.-based media
- FishbowlNY, covering New York-based media
- FishbowlLA, covering Los Angeles-based media
- GalleyCat, covering the publishing industry
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] References
- Johnson, Peter. "Student Engergizes the News Biz" USA Today, July 10, 2006, retrieved February 25, 2006.
- Bosman, Julie. "The Kid With All the News About the TV News", The New York Times, November 20, 2006, retrieved November 22, 2006.
