NEW YORK— For what is believed to be the first time, the number of journalists working in local television newsrooms exceeds that of people in newspaper offices. The Radio Television Digital News Association estimates the local TV news employment at 27,100 journalists this year, down 500 from 2017. While the American Society of News Editors has stopped keeping...
CNBC's Dominic Chu reports on Roku shares dropping on a report that Amazon and Best Buy are teaming up to sell smart TVs equipped with Amazon Fire TV.
CNBC's Julia Boorstin provides a preview of ESPN's sports subscription streaming service.
NEW YORK— The Sinclair Broadcast Group attacked CNN on Tuesday for what it considers hypocrisy about the chain's recent directive to local news anchors to read a message to viewers denouncing fake news. For instance, the company distributes commentaries to its stations from Boris Epshteyn, a former aide to President Donald Trump. The video calls the network...
NEW YORK— Newsmax on Monday hired a former Fox News Channel executive to run its television operation, a sign that the media company is looking to become more competitive with the network that is the overwhelming favorite of conservative viewers. Michael Clemente is the new CEO of Newsmax TV, said Chris Ruddy, who runs the media company. Previously, he worked for 27...
BEIJING, April 3- China's ambassador to the United States said Beijing will take counter-measures of the "same proportion" and scale if Washington imposes more tariffs on Chinese goods from a trade probe, state television reported on Tuesday. He said the tariffs on U.S. goods that China unveiled on Sunday were in response to the U.S. duties on imports of aluminium...
MOSCOW, March 30- The Kremlin said on Friday it was studying a move by cable and digital TV providers in the United States to take Russia's RT TV channel off the air in Washington, saying the move looked illegal and discriminatory. Margarita Simonyan, RT's editor-in-chief, said on Thursday evening on social media that the channel was being "kicked off the air" in...
MOSCOW, March 30- The Kremlin said on Friday it was studying a move by cable and digital TV providers in the United States to take Russia's RT TV channel off the air in Washington, saying the move looked like it was illegal and discriminatory.
MOSCOW, March 30- The Kremlin said on Friday it was studying a move by cable and digital TV providers in the United States to take Russia's RT TV channel off the air in Washington, saying the move looked like it was illegal and discriminatory.