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Kevin Lamont Newby sent 15 pictures of himself in various stages of undress to a news anchor in late 2007.  Full story
What a time for a TV station to be short-handed. It's happening this week at local NBC affiliate WAVY as Hurricane Earl approaches the region.  Full story
That lawsuit filed WSVN-Fox 7's parent company seeking to have Nielsen Media Research declared an illegal monopoly is slowing working its way toward a courtroom.  Full story
The Gregory Brothers’ “Bed Intruder” song has just got a punk rock cover, courtesy of Hayley Williams of Paramore, Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory and Ethan Luck of Relient K.  Full story
Google has inked a deal with the Associated Press to keep the news organization’s content on Google News, an issue that was very much in doubt for a time earlier this year when the news aggregator stopped posting AP content as the two sides worked on a new deal.  Full story
RTDNA President Emeritus Barbara Cochran will join the Missouri School of Journalism faculty in its Washington D.C. bureau as the Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting the school announced on Thursday.  Full story
Sources tell Florida News Center that WPMI morning anchor and investigative reporter Varion Walton was fired Friday. No reason was given for her firing and her replacement has not yet been named.  Full story
The Florida Department of Transportation watched television coverage of an I-4 accident Friday morning — and didn’t like what it saw.  Full story
For the 2010-2011 broadcast season, Nielsen estimates the total number of TV households in the U.S. will climb to 115.9 million, an increase of one million homes from last year.  Full story
Major Garrett, the Fox News White House correspondent who is leaving for National Journal, offered his views in a wide-ranging interview that touched on the stresses of life at Fox, the controversy over the briefing room seat, his new job and even Media Matters' criticism of him.  Full story
Yalies tend to be overachievers. Loath to “waste” a summer, hundreds of us join the throngs of college students nationwide who find internships during their time off. In a 2008 survey, 50 percent of graduating seniors reported participating in internships, according to The National Association of Colleges and Employers.  Full story
Tribune Co. decided not to file an amended bankruptcy reorganization plan after creditor meetings this week, without giving any indication as to whether it will do so in the future.  Full story
The morning television wars/soap opera are heating up and getting a little crazy.  Full story
Former WINK-TV main anchorman Jim McLaughlin is returning to the fold in September when he takes a position with the new WINK News Radio.  Full story
Sources tell Florida News Center that WTLV/WJXX morning meteorologist and traffic anchor Michelle Jacobs, has left the Jacksonville duopoly. Insiders say that Jacobs and WTLV/WJXX could not come to terms on a new contract. So far there is no word on who will replace her.  Full story
Writer-producers for Chicago's WBBM-Ch. 2 Web site have voted to be represented by the Writers Guild of America, East, the same union that represents other writers in the CBS station's newsroom.  Full story
Fox News is being sued for showing unauthorized video of Brad Pitt failing to control his motorcycle as he drives slowly in Hollywood.  Full story
Weather's the star player in today's local TV news firmament. Even the threat of a drizzle tends to be top-of-the-newscast material. And CBS11 lately is trying to out-Delkus WFAA8's Pete Delkus with a promotion that underscores Larry Mowry's proclivity to go coat-less whenever the weather kicks itself up a notch.   Full story
Tribune Co., the newspaper and TV station owner that is struggling to exit bankruptcy court protection, said Thursday that it now has about $1.6 billion in cash.  Full story
Mike Schneider, an anchor at Bloomberg Television who was laid off last year in a purge of the organization’s staff, talked to Jerry Barmash of Fishbowl NY about how it all went down.  Full story
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