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A television station in Georgia triggered a panic when it broadcast a mock half-hour report about a Russian invasion of the country.  Full story

ABC News reporter and "Good Morning America" weekend host Kate Snow is jumping to NBC News.  Full story

Rush Limbaugh gave the Missouri School of Journalism a shout-out on yesterday's program.   Full story

ESPN Sports Saturday will generally be featured Saturdays from 4-6 p.m., from April through mid-August, and will return for another round of shows December through August 2011. For certain weeks, as the schedule dictates, ESPN Sports Saturday may be less than two hours.  Full story

Barry Mitchell pokes fun at the Eric Massa “tickle fight” situation. Click here to view.  Full story

ESPN ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer criticized the network for its handling of the Tony Kornheiser/Hannah Storm situation, saying the network's justification for Kornheiser's suspension proved "disingenuous" and hinting that Storm's "choices for attire are not helping either [her] or the network."  Full story

Anderson Cooper and the rest of the prime-time gang aren't the only ones at CNN with imploding ratings. The network's early-a.m. American Morning show has lost 30 percent of its audience over the past year and is now getting its butt kicked in the 25-to-54 age demo by Robin Meade over at CNN's scrawny cousin, HLN.  Full story

Chris and Janie Peterson have an enviable life. They own a lovely 3½-bedroom ranch house just outside Minneapolis and have work schedules flexible enough to allow them lots of time with their children, Reece, 10, Cecily, 9, and Georgio, 7.   Full story

Hampton Roads television stations jockeyed for first place in the various newscasts, according to Nielsen ratings released for the February period.  Full story

One question has tugged at my professional conscience throughout the year-long congressional debate over health-care reform, and it has nothing to do with the public option, portability or medical malpractice.   Full story

WFTV-Channel 9 dropped “The View.” WKMG-Channel 6 ditched “The Price Is Right.” And WESH-Channel 2 pitched later hours of “Today.”  Full story

Several vigilant readers have asked whether WFAA8 anchor Shelly Slater is an expectant first-time mother.   Full story

Chyron sales revenues were up for the fourth quarter, both sequentially and year-over-year. The TV graphics specialist posted revenues of $7.2 million for the quarter ending Dec. 31, up 7 percent over last year and 13 percent over 3Q09.  Full story

CNN has been auditioning talent for a possible new show, according to reports from media industry Web sites.  Full story

CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein said he’s not worried about bitter cable rival Fox News.  Full story

After getting ripped by the Texas Education Agency, Fox News on Thursday sought to clarify some of its reports on the state's social studies curriculum debate.  Full story

While ABC News cuts 300 staffers, CBS News slashes newsrooms, NBC news affiliates force GE to change their primetime ways, and other networks continue to moan about money woes, The Nation's Eric Alterman poses an idea, one that we've made before: Why keep fat cat anchors happy with $15 million+ salaries while the rest of the company suffers?   Full story

The MSNBC Digital Network today announced the launch of www.facebook.com/breakingnews, a new Facebook page that delivers up-to-the-minute breaking stories from news sources across the globe. Produced around the clock by the same team that powers the popular @breakingnews account on Twitter, the new Facebook page delivers the biggest breaking news stories in real-time.  Full story

The Federal Communications Commission is examining whether to change its rules to prevent consumers from losing channels during fee disputes between broadcasters and cable operators.  Full story

Local television viewers don't get much about city politics, budget woes or education on their sets but are fed plenty about crime, sports, weather and entertainment, according to a study released Thursday.  Full story