It's been a busy year, and here are the top most read national stories on New England One this year!
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T.J. Holmes Joins ABC News as Early Morning Anchor T.J. Holmes has joined ABC News as co-anchor of "World News Now" and "America This Morning" ABC News president James Goldston has announced in an email to staff. Team— I’m thrilled to announce that T.J. Holmes is officially joining America This Morning and World News Now as co-anchor. In addition to his anchor duties, he will also report across our all broadcast and digital platforms. T.J. has impressed us all for the past few months with his vibrant storytelling, engaging style, and quick wit. |
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NBC News in "Crisis Mode" as ABC WNT Ratings Rise? NBC is holding crisis meetings over the future of “Nightly News With Brian Williams” after rival ABC’s “World News Tonight with David Muir” scored a historic ratings win according to the New York Post's Page Six. We reported yesterday that ABC's World News Tonight with David Muir had scored an across-the-board ratings win in Total Viewers (8.416 million), Adults 25-54 (2.204 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.528 million), for the week of September 29, 2014. Sources told Page Six that after the release of the figures Tuesday, “the NBC News morning call was very somber. A meeting was held with the ‘Nightly News’ executive producer to try to motivate the staff. There will be further crisis meetings.” |
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Two Former WPRI Anchors Guest Host On The Talk This Week Two former WPRI-TV Eyewitness News anchors are hosting the CBS daytime show "The Talk" this week. Kristine Johnson currently co-anchors the 5 p.m. & 11 p.m. news at the CBS owned and operated station in New York City. She joined CBS 2 in the fall of 2006. Since then, she has been nominated for several Emmy Awards and had the honor of winning seven trophies. Johnson started at WPRI as a news producer in 1994 and left as a weeknight anchor in 2004 to join MSNBC. She was a guest co-host on "The Talk" Monday, and was Johnson's third appearance as guest co-host, having first appeared on June 30, 2011. You can watch her appearance on Monday's "The Talk" here. |
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CBS Stations, Including WBZ/WSBK Boston, Dropped from Dish CBS set 7pm yesterday as the deadline to reach a deal with Dish Network to keep it's owned television stations on the Dish Network lineup. As the deadline passed, CBS issued a one-line statement saying the programming would stay on Dish as negotiations continued. Apparently, no deal was reached and CBS has pulled their stations from Dish. CBS did not take down CBS Sports Network and Showtime, although it could do so if the contract impasse continues. In Boston, that means Dish subscribers have lost access to WBZ-TV CBS 4 and WSBK-TV MyTV 38. A similar situation between Cox Media Group and Verizon that kept WFXT-TV FOX 25 off the FiOS lineup in Massachusetts was resolved yesterday. |
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The Gloves Are Coming Off in CBS Vs. Dish CBS Corp fired the latest salvo in a contract dispute with Dish Network as a Thursday deadline nears that could blackout the network's TV shows to more than 14 million Dish subscribers. "Dish appears willing to drop the most popular programming in its entire channel lineup because it won't negotiate the same sort of deal that other cable, satellite and telecommunication companies have struck with CBS," the company said in a statement released on Tuesday. In New England, the blackout would affect both WBZ-TV CBS 4 and WSBK-TV myTV 38. |
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CBS News Wins Election Night for Broadcast Networks CBS News is the #1 broadcast network for coverage of the 2014 midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT), according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings. How the broadcast ratings were affected by local coverage and network preemption is not known. In Boston, MA for instance, the CBS News election coverage was aired on WSBK, the ABC News coverage was aired on WCVB 5.2. NBC News election coverage did not air. |
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Fox News National Winner on Election Night, CNN Tops MSNBC Fox News Channel led Tuesday night ratings with coverage of the midterm elections. According to Nielsen Media Research, Fox News Channel beat CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC and ABC's coverage in both total viewers and in the 25-to-54-year-old demographic. Co-anchored by Bret Baier and Megyn Kelly, the channel's election coverage averaged 6.3 million viewers during prime time. CNN was the second most watched news network, with 2.1 million viewers during prime time. MSNBC came in third with about 1.7 million viewers. |
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CBS Sets Thursday Deadline in CBS vs. Dish - Boston Viewers Impacted CBS has fired the latest, and what it says is the last, shot in the CBS vs. Dish Network drama. CBS announced today that Dish Network subscribers will lose access to CBS-owned stations Thursday at 7pm if they can’t reach terms on a new carriage deal. In New England, this impacts viewers of both WBZ-TV CBS 4 and WSBK-TV MyTV 38. This would be the second blackout of a station in Boston. WFXT-TV FOX 25 is currently in a similar dispute with Verizon FiOS and has been off the FiOS system since Thanksgiving. |
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Natalie Jacobson had David Muir's back in Boston It was his first day at Boston’s WCVB-TV and reporter David Muir was wrapping up his live shot during the station’s 6 p.m. newscast. “Chet and Nat,” Muir said, “back to you.” Natalie Jacobson and the late Chet Curtis were “Boston royalty,” as Muir put it yesterday, and the young reporter thought he may have been a little “pre-sumptuous” with the revered Channel 5 anchor duo. |
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CBS Launches CBSN Digital Network CBS News and CBS Interactive today launched CBSN, the first digital streaming news network that will allow Internet-connected consumers to watch live, anchored news coverage on their connected TV and other devices. At launch, the network is available 24/7 and makes all of the resources of CBS News available directly on digital platforms with live, anchored coverage 15 hours each weekday. “CBSN is an important example of how CBS is able to leverage the unique strengths, talent and competitive advantages of its businesses to create exciting, highly competitive new services that meet evolving audience preferences for content consumption,” said Leslie Moonves, President and CEO, CBS Corporation. “There’s a tremendous opportunity on these platforms for a true round-the-clock newscast. We’re confident this service will appeal to both traditional news consumers and a whole new set of viewers.” |
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After 27 Year Run, Candy Crowley Leaving CNN After an impressive 27 year run, CNN political anchor Candy Crowley is leaving the network. Network chief Jeff Zucker announced the news today in an internal memo. "It is with mixed emotions, that I wanted to let you know that Candy has let us know that she has made the decision to move on, so she can embark on the next chapter of her already prolific career," Zucker wrote. Crowley joined CNN in 1987, and most recently was the chief political correspondent and host of State of the Union, its Sunday morning public-affairs show. |
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Are Anchors & Reporters the Next Target of ISIS? The FBI is warning journalists to be on high alert after receiving “credible information” showing ISIS terrorists are looking to kill American media members both in the U.S. and abroad — listing them among other “high-impact targets.” “We shouldn’t be surprised that they would look to perhaps other public figures, such as people in the media, that could create the kind of sensationalized impact that unfortunately we’re seeing all over the place right now,” said Kieran Ramsey, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston Division. “While we have no specific intelligence to indicate that there is a threat here ... it should come as no surprise to anybody as to their intentions.” |
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ABC Cancels Live Well Network - Will End in January 2015
ABC will cancel its Live Well Network in January. Live Well Network is a home, health and lifestyle high definition digital subchannel network owned by Disney–ABC Television Group, the ABC Owned Television Stations. |
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Wendell Goler & Jim Angle Retire from Fox News Two Washington, D.C. reporters who helped launch the Fox News Channel retired this week. Wendell Goler, who was most recently the senior White House and foreign affairs correspondent, joined FNC as a foreign affairs correspondent in 1996. In a note to staff, Goler wrote “The time has come, to taste the joys of retirement. My thanks to [FNC Chairman] Roger [Ailes] for giving me the opportunity to join this endeavor at the start. Thanks to Brit [Hume] for teaching me the power of words.” Jim Angle, who was most recently the chief national correspondent, joined FNC in 1996 as a senior White House correspondent. |
