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Your Peers are Moving on to New Gigs

Your Peers are Moving on to New Gigs

Bienstock, A United Talent Agency Company is proud to announce the following job placements:

DANA BASH joins Bienstock as a new client and has signed a new contract with CNN. She has been promoted to Chief Political Correspondent.

MELISSA FRANCIS joins Bienstock as a new client and has been promoted to anchor “After the Bell” on Fox Business Network as well as a regular fill-in host for “Outnumbered” on Fox News Channel.

BLAKE MCCOY joins NBC News as a LA based correspondent from weekend anchor at KARE-TV in Minneapolis.  Blake became a Bienstock client six years ago when he was in Boise, Idaho.

Many more moves after the jump. 

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Fox News Anchor Responds to Conan's Porn Joke

Fox News Anchor Responds to Conan's Porn Joke

Earlier Today, FTVLive posted a clip from Conan O'Brien's show where he made a joke about female Fox News Anchors (read the story and watch the clip here).

O'Brien did a gag where he had a fake book with the title, "Fox News Anchor or Porn Star?"

The cover of the book featured a picture of FNC Anchor Jenna Lee.

Needless to say, Lee did not find the joke funny and took to Facebook to lash out at O'Brien.

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Semi Crashes into SoCal News Van

Semi Crashes into SoCal News Van

KUSI (San Diego) Photojournalist Will Giron was taking video of a freeway crash just before noon on Tuesday when he was nearly hit by a jackknifing semi-truck.

While Giron was shooting the initial accident scene, a one-car crash, a semi-truck driver lost control on the rain-soaked freeway, crashed into Giron's KUSI News van parked on the shoulder.

Giron’s camera caught the whole thing.

More plus the video after the jump. 

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Consolidation Continues to Shrink the TV Industry

Consolidation Continues to Shrink the TV Industry

Say you have a job at station "X" and you can't get along with the boss no matter what. Eventually you leave or the boss fires you and you start looking for your next job.

You find a station in a market that you love and you send your resume and even though you are more than qualified for the job, you hear nothing back.

The new station is owned by the same company as station "X" and it appears you are on the blacklist. It happens again in  another market and another.

Welcome to the future of TV news. 

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