Stephen Battaglio writes about television and the media business for the Los Angeles Times out of New York. His coverage of the television industry has appeared in TV Guide, the New York Daily News, the New York Times, Fortune, the Hollywood Reporter, Inside.com and Adweek. He is also the author of three books about television, including a biography of pioneer talk show host and producer David Susskind.
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Neil Cavuto, the first anchor hired by Fox News in 1996, is leaving the network, another casualty of cost-cutting in the TV news business.
The ‘Good Morning America’ co-host will remain with the program, which has recently fallen behind NBC’s ‘Today’ in the ratings.
Cord-cutters are again dealing with rising programming costs after YouTube TV told subscribers their monthly fee will go up by 14% to $82.99 in January.
Viewers have fled left-leaning MSNBC since Vice President Kamala Harris lost the general election to former President Trump on Nov. 5. The audience for the Comcast-owned channel is down 46% compared to the first 10 months of 2024.
A Florida judge ruled in favor of U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young, who says he was defamed in a 2021 CNN story on evacuation services in Afghanistan.
A judge granted Fox News’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit by Ray Epps, who alleged he was wrongly accused of being an FBI plant in the 2021 Capitol riot.
Investors are calling foul over Warner Bros. Discovery’s loss of its NBA media rights deal.
Brendan Carr has been outspoken critic of tech companies and has criticized broadcasters on behalf of Trump.
The home of Rachel Maddow and other progressive talking heads will move into uncharted waters once it’s no longer aligned with NBC News.
A big audience tuned in, but consumers faced outages and buffering throughout the live event from AT&T Stadium.