WBIR has bumped up Assistant News Director Martha Jennings to the News Director gig at the station.
Jennings had been the interim ND since late last year when Gannett promoted News Director Christy Moreno to News Director job at KUSA Denver.
It appears that the station had finally decided it pocketed enough on the saved News Director salary, that they finally gave Jennings the gig.
KEYE (Austin) has named Ana María Lamas as the station's new Executive Producer.
“I’m very excited to be back in Texas,” says Ana María, who oversees both Telemundo and KEYE-TV nightside newscasts since March 30.
Lama most recently spent three years as Managing Editor at KVEA Telemundo Los Angeles, previously worked as Managing Editor for Telemundo’s KTMD in Houston in 2010.
H/T Media Moves
Okay...this one is bizarre, even by TV news standards.
An employee of WPTV in West Palm Beach was arrested for stealing a station news car, but the story is much more bizarre than just that.
West Palm Police responded to a fight outside a local bar.
When officers arrived, they spotted several men, including one identified as Tracy Matthews, 44, of West Palm Beach.
He showed a WPTV employee’s identification. And the officers noted Matthews was jittery, overly talkative and was sweating profusely.
While one officer checked on potential suspects, another noticed a Dodge Durango with the WPTV logo parked nearby.
A man sat motionless on the passenger seat, eyes closed.
The officer walked up to the rolled down window and notice a clear crack pipe inside a cigarette pack out in the open. The cop woke up the man, who identified himself as Rafael Novas, 44.
While searching Novas, the officer allegedly found a plastic syringe with an orange cap in Novas’ shorts.
About 1/4 of the syringe was filled with what Novas admitted was heroin.
Novas told the officer he is NOT a WPTV employee, and was arrested. But, he did tell police his buddy picked him up at the drying tank about 6:30 a.m. in the TV van!
Cops called News Director Dan Wilson to check on Matthews. Wilson told them Matthews’ job was inside the newsroom, and he was not allowed to drove company vehicles.
Wilson dispatched reporter Ashleigh Walters and a cameraman to get the car.
According to the incident report, Walters confirmed Matthews is a studio cameraman who is not allowed to leave in a company car.
Police charged Matthews with motor vehicle theft, a felony, and Novas with possession of a controlled substance.
WPTV has so far not reported the story on the newscast.
And yet some of you still wonder why stations are switching to robotic cameras? As far as we know, no robotic camera has been busted for stealing a company car and hanging out with a tweeker.
Just saying....
H/T Gossip Extra
CNN Media Critic.....errrrrrr....Correspondent Brian Stelter was told to stop looking at his phone while he is on TV.
That order did not come from a consultant or CNN boss Jeff Zucker.
It came from his mother.
Of course if his mom is texting him while he's on TV, then it kind of goes against what she is telling him to do.
Just saying....
Chris Gailus an Anchor with Global Canada was trying to give viewers information about an oil spill in Vancouver.
While he was live some idiot steps in front of the camera with a camera.
WTF?!
Let's go to the video:
Michael Gay was VP of Interactive Media for the Journal Broadcast Group. When Scripps took over the Journal stations, Gay decided to put TV news in his rear view mirror and moved into the technology world.
Gay has taken a job with NDN, a Digital Media Exchange platform for online news publishers. So, while he is leaving TV news, he will still be working with local stations.
NDN named Gay the VP, Local Broadcast. In this role, Gay will have overall management of NDN’s relationships with local broadcasting partners and will develop and lead a multi-year strategy for NDN’s local television business.
“Michael’s experience in the local broadcast industry makes him an ideal candidate to strengthen NDN’s leadership position in the supply of local news content,” says Jill Peters, Chief Digital Officer at NDN.
“NDN created a best in class video solution for local broadcast publishers,” says Gay. “NDN enables innovation and monetization well beyond what publishers could accomplish on their own. I am honored to now be a part of this team and to accelerate video growth for local broadcasters across the industry.”
I'm fairly certain that WEWS was trying to say LeBron.
WTF?!
WGRZ in Buffalo was doing a story on an underground fire in the electrical system under the street.
While one witness is being interviewed, a manhole cover is blown sky high behind him.
While the Reporter was lame at best with his live lead in, the witness was calm cool and collected, even while the manhole cover was still in the air.
The video is up after the jump.
Read MoreSources tell FTVLive that WVIT NBC Connecticut morning Anchor Shirley Chan was escorted from the building on Friday.
Chan was named the morning Anchor back in August when she replaced Kerri-Lee Mayland.
So far, no one is talking and Chan has gone silent on social media.
Stay tuned....
After 32 years at KMBC, morning Anchor Kris Ketz is moving into the main chair.
Ketz was "stunned" to learn that he is coming off the morning show and that early morning wake up call to start anchoring the 6PM and 10PM newscast on the station.
Ketz joined KMBC on July 4, 1983. For 14 years he co-anchored the weekday editions of KMBC 9 News at 5 before being moved to the morning newscast in 2007.
Back in 1998, had the chance to co-anchor a Father's Day edition of KMBC 9 News at 10 with his dad.
Now, he moves to the main gig just in time for the May book.
No pressure there....right?
Napoli Management Group has a number of their clients moving into new gigs.
Michaela Pereira is promoted to co-host on CNN’s “New Day” morning show. Michaela began with CNN in June of 2013 as the news anchor.
Ryan Young joins CNN as a correspondent based in Chicago. For the past nine years, Ryan had been a reporter for WSB in Atlanta where he had broken several high-profile stories over the years.
Alex Pena joins CBS News in New York as a digital journalist and associate producer. A one-man band freelance contributor to several networks, Alex most recently spent a year in Afghanistan as an embed correspondent for “Stars and Stripes.”
AJ Ross becomes a full-time staff MMJ with WABC in New York only three months after beginning as a freelance MMJ for the station.
Jasmine Viel moves to Los Angeles and becomes a freelance reporter for KCBS. Previously, she was the primary anchor for KION in Salinas/Monterey.
Russ McCaskey joins the CBS O&O KTVT-TV in Dallas as morning anchor. Russ leaves KJRH in Tulsa where he has been primary and morning anchor since 2000.
Sam Brock is promoted to the weekday morning anchor at KNTV in San Francisco. He also continues to report for Reality Check, a weekly franchise that airs during NBC Bay Area News at 6pm.
Ryan Kath, investigative reporter and winner of the prestigious Alfred I. duPont Award, moves to WBZ in Boston. Boston is a return for him having gotten his Master’s Degree from BU. He leaves KSHB in Kansas City where he broke many stories as one of their investigative reporters.
Kathryn Burcham joins WFXT in Boston as a general assignment reporter. She has been a general assignment reporter for WSOC in Charlotte for the past three years.
More Napoli Client moves after the jump.
Read MoreHLN's weekend morning edition rand the story of the cops beating up the man that stole a horse.
HLN credited KABC with the video even though there is a giant KNBC logo on the video.
How can they not see that?
Not sure that I have seen TV Anchors turned into eggs before.
While WFAA in Dallas has turned their morning anchors into eggs, at least they didn't have them makes idiots out of themselves dancing, like KSAZ in Phoenix.
Journalism Tip 101 - Never ever ever have a news anchor dance on camera.
Ever!
It appears that MSNBC host and huge camera hog, Al Sharpton has been asked to stay away from the funeral of a black man shot and killed by a white police officer in South Carolina.
The New York Daily News reports the family of Walter Scott has said they do not want the reverend to attend the funeral.
Sharpton said in a statement to the Daily News’ story that it is “bogus” and “has no merit.”
Sharpton said he has been invited to preach and lead a prayer vigil in North Charleston
“There has never been a discussion about me attending or participating in the funeral on Saturday, since everyone knows (we didn't know Al) that NAN’s convention with thousands of delegates is happening in New York and doesn’t end until Saturday night,” Rev. Sharpton said in a statement.
“I have not decided whether or not I will accept the invitation to preach in North Charleston and participate in the prayer vigil on Sunday. However, I am told the mayor and police chief have said that if I do choose to come they will attend the service as we seek healing and justice in these matters,” the statement reads.
Earlier this week, Sharpton called for national reform on police conduct and said he planned to travel to Charleston in the coming days to visit the Scott family.
Oh goody...
FTVLive spent the weekend trying to get rid of the last remnants of this nasty cold cuddled up on the couch and watching the Masters.
There is no other TV event that we look forward to more than the Masters on CBS.
Once again the network did a solid job with their coverage and while Tiger Woods was not much of a factor in the tournament, he did say some things that raised a few eyebrows. Woods was caught on camera calling himself a "dumb ass" and muttered "fucking god" into a live mic. CBS did apologize to viewers for that remark.
On Sunday, Tiger was in the trees on the 9th hole when he hit a root with his second shot. Woods let out a scream and grabbed his wrist.
By the 10th hole he seemed to be fine again and after his round he told CBS that he "popped a bone out" and that he was able to put it back in and continue.
"Really?," said a surprised Bill Macatee to Tiger talking about his on course surgery.
"Yeah" said Woods.
"Wow...OK," Macatee replied.
Most people on social media were surprised that Woods could fix a popped out bone just like that.
21 year old Jordan Spieth won the Masters with a record breaking performance and while we are not going to say that we predicted that he would win the Masters. Back in August, we laid down $20 bucks on Spieth winning the Green Jacket at the Mirage.
Looks like we have some money to collect:
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