TV Newser
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TV Newser is an industry "ticker" blog
, hosted by mediabistro.com
, covering daily developments in the American television news industry. The blog is followed by a fair number of media executives and top talent: at a January 2006 luncheon of the American Society of Newspaper Editors
, the keynote speaker, NBC Nightly News
anchor Brian Williams
stated that in an age of new media
, TVNewser was a "must-read for anyone in network and cable news". The site was founded (as CableNewser) by former Towson University
student Brian Stelter
in January 2004, who maintained the site until joining The New York Times
as a media reporter in July 2007. The site's Managing Editor is currently former MSNBC
producer Chris Ariens. Editor Kevin Allocca was hired in July 2009, and Alissa Krinsky serves as a contributor to the site.
TV Newser's most prominent feature is "The Scorecard," hour-by-hour Nielsen ratings
for the major cable news channels.
, a website offering resources for media professionals. mediabistro.com offers several similar industry blogs, each of which analyzes various aspects of the mass media industry, including the film
and the publishing industries. The blogs often reference and link to each other.
TV Newser's mediabistro.com sister ticker blogs include
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
, hosted by mediabistro.com
Mediabistro.com
Mediabistro.com is a Web site that publishes various blogs and job listings for journalists. The site was founded in 1993 by Laurel Touby as "a gathering place for professionals in journalism, publishing and other media-related industries in New York City", mediabistro.com has since grown into an...
, covering daily developments in the American television news industry. The blog is followed by a fair number of media executives and top talent: at a January 2006 luncheon of the American Society of Newspaper Editors
American Society of Newspaper Editors
The American Society of News Editors is a membership organization for editors, producers or directors in charge of journalistic organizations or departments, deans or faculty at university journalism schools, and leaders and faculty of media-related foundations and training organizations...
, the keynote speaker, NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News is the flagship daily evening television news program for NBC News and broadcasts. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is located in the center...
anchor Brian Williams
Brian Williams
Brian Douglas Williams is the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the evening news program of the NBC television network, a position he assumed in 2004...
stated that in an age of new media
New media
New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...
, TVNewser was a "must-read for anyone in network and cable news". The site was founded (as CableNewser) by former Towson University
Towson University
Towson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short, is a public university located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S...
student Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter is a media reporter for the New York Times and the former editor of the news-related blog TVNewser.com.-Biography:...
in January 2004, who maintained the site until joining The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
as a media reporter in July 2007. The site's Managing Editor is currently former MSNBC
MSNBC
MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
producer Chris Ariens. Editor Kevin Allocca was hired in July 2009, and Alissa Krinsky serves as a contributor to the site.
TV Newser's most prominent feature is "The Scorecard," hour-by-hour Nielsen ratings
Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
for the major cable news channels.
Industry Response and Wider Influence
- "[TVNewser] is the closest thing to the bible of what's going on in our industry, but's a little disconcerting knowing that the main pulse of your industry is being taken by someone who cannot legally take a drink." - "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams, to USA Today.http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2006-07-09-media-mix_x.htm
- "[Reading TVNewser] makes me feel like I'm in the middle of a cocktail party of all people who know what's going on in my business. We're all kind of chewing the fat, saying, 'Oh, no, I think this is true' and someone else saying, 'No, no, this is true.' " - CNN "American Morning" anchor Miles O'Brien.http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2006-07-09-media-mix_x.htm
- "[Stelter] is used as much as most reporters. They're given tips and they have to decide, 'Why am I getting this information, is it accurate and what's the context?' I think he has been very good at that." - MSNBC Chief Dan Abrams.http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2006-07-09-media-mix_x.htm
mediabistro.com
TV Newser is hosted by mediabistro.comMediabistro.com
Mediabistro.com is a Web site that publishes various blogs and job listings for journalists. The site was founded in 1993 by Laurel Touby as "a gathering place for professionals in journalism, publishing and other media-related industries in New York City", mediabistro.com has since grown into an...
, a website offering resources for media professionals. mediabistro.com offers several similar industry blogs, each of which analyzes various aspects of the mass media industry, including the film
Film industry
The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i.e. film production companies, film studios, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors and other film crew...
and the publishing industries. The blogs often reference and link to each other.
TV Newser's mediabistro.com sister ticker blogs include