Robert A. Iger had been gone from the company for less than a year, but he returns to a very different Disney.
Category: Television
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On Fox Sports, Viewers Get a World Cup Scrubbed of Controversy
Other broadcasters are questioning Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers and its laws against homosexuality. Fox Sports’ coverage, heavily sponsored by Qatar, is focused on the matches.
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Buffy Sainte-Marie Broke Boundaries in Folk. A Documentary Tells Her Story.
She brought attention to Indigenous issues in her music, and was the first Indigenous person to win an Oscar. “Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On” makes the case for her continued importance.
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How Did AT&T’s $100 Billion Time Warner Deal Go So Wrong?
At Time Warner, executives saw AT&T as just a “big phone company from Texas.” At AT&T, they thought Hollywood would play by their rules. That combination led to strategic miscalculation unrivaled in recent corporate history.
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PBS Names Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett to Host ‘NewsHour’
Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett are set to start as co-anchors on Jan. 2.
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Fred Hickman, Longtime CNN Sports Anchor, Is Dead at 66
He was teamed memorably with Nick Charles for many years on “Sports Tonight” and gained praise early on for his interviews with sports figures.
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New Foundation
Being back in the workplace only really matters “if the amount of care and caring that became the No. 1 conversation in March of 2020 carries through,” J Wortham, a co-host of “Still Processing,” says.
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Judy Woodruff Prepares to Sign Off as a ‘PBS NewsHour’ Anchor
At 75, “the last grown-up in Washington journalism” prepares to sign off after nearly a decade as an anchor of “PBS NewsHour.”
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Networks Urge Caution on a Chaotic Midterm Night
“Wait for more votes,” warned CNN’s John King, as wary anchors tried to avoid any predictions that might go awry.
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Broadcast networks will give wall-to-wall political coverage, only a recent move for a midterm election.
Before 2018, TV reporting focused on major Senate and governor races, but now House races are getting detailed coverage.
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Wolf Blitzer passes a torch to Jake Tapper for CNN election coverage.
For the first time since 2004, the veteran broadcaster won’t be the network’s lead anchor announcing general election projections.