• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

"Newsroom culture clash" at CBS News

The networks are doing prime time specials for the 4th of July. NBC will do it's annual Macy's show from New York harbor. ABC will be in Nashville.

CBS will be in Washington DC, with a special hosted by CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil:

www.cbsnews.com

CBS' America 250 special on July 4 features Zac Brown Band, Jon Batiste, Goo Goo Dolls and more

CBS will host a primetime special celebrating America's 250th birthday on Saturday, July 4, with exclusive performances and the largest fireworks show in history.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com

The description says they will also broadcast from Philadelphia and LA. They say they will carry the DC fireworks. No mention about the president's political rally speech that precedes the fireworks. In my opinion, it would be a bad decision to carry the speech. But we'll see what they do.
 
Y2kTheNewOldies said:
www.yahoo.com

A CNN Alum Didn't Hold Back About Bari Weiss And How She'll ‘Murder’ The Network

Another veteran journalist is sharing thoughts on Weiss.
www.yahoo.com www.yahoo.com

Here is more as CNN has to deal with the issue of Bari Weiss taking over the network because of the Paramount WB proposed merger.
Click to expand...
Those staffers... or ex-staffers... fail to recognize that CNN was way behind the the most important video sources, ranked around 14th depending on the month in a rank of all OTA networks and cable channels,.

www.indiewire.com

All 153 TV Channels Ranked by 2024 Viewership

We've ranked all 153 linear TV channels by their 2024 viewers.
www.indiewire.com www.indiewire.com

This is an old ranker, but I could not find quickly a 2025 extensive ranker.
 
davideduardo said:
Those staffers... or ex-staffers... fail to recognize that CNN was way behind the the most important video sources, ranked around 14th depending on the month in a rank of all OTA networks and cable channels,.

www.indiewire.com

All 153 TV Channels Ranked by 2024 Viewership

We've ranked all 153 linear TV channels by their 2024 viewers.
www.indiewire.com www.indiewire.com

This is an old ranker, but I could not find quickly a 2025 extensive ranker.
Click to expand...
What are your criteria for saying this, David? Total eyeballs? In-demo viewers? Revenue? Giving you the spin you want to hear?

Mine are accuracy, speed and objectivity, in that order. And on those measures CNN does very well. (Almost as good as NPR, though their pictures can only be viewed inside your head.)
 

Here is the current lawsuit on the Ellisons at paramount.

A Paramount Skydance shareholder has sued David and Larry Ellison, alleging they offered improper benefits to Donald Trump to eliminate federal regulatory barriers to Paramount’s proposed $111 billion acquisitionof Warner Bros. Discovery.

The stockholder derivative lawsuit, filed July 14, 2026, in Delaware Chancery Court, seeks to block the merger and recover unspecified damages. Lead plaintiff Paul Robbins alleges the Ellisons and Paramount’s board breached their fiduciary duties by exposing the company to legal, financial and reputational risks.

The complaint claims the alleged arrangement included an opportunity to direct money to Trump by settling his legal claims against CNN. It also alleges the Ellisons indicated that CNN anchors disliked by Trump could be dismissed after Paramount acquired the network’s parent company.
Click to expand...
 
Weiserguy said:
What are your criteria for saying this, David? Total eyeballs? In-demo viewers? Revenue? Giving you the spin you want to hear?
Click to expand...
Ratings. Everything else is subjective. It is extremely low rated, both in total viewers and in the sales demos,
Weiserguy said:
Mine are accuracy, speed and objectivity, in that order. And on those measures CNN does very well. (Almost as good as NPR, though their pictures can only be viewed inside your head.)
Click to expand...
None of those produce revenue unless lots and lots of people watch and are measured doing so by the ratings services.
 
TheBigA said:
Bribery is a crime, and it could make the Ellisons unqualified to own broadcast licenses. That's what happened to RKO General.y
Click to expand...
What you see as bribery is what others see as removing an obstacle that impedes the sale. If a deal requires all current exposure to litigation to be settled, then resolving such makes the deal more doable.

Settling a lawsuit to make it go away benefits buyer and seller. It may or may not significantly benefit the litigant.
 
AbrahamJSimpson said:
That was how long ago? The president openly takes bribes. We think somehow this is going to matter? We don't live in that world anymore.
Click to expand...
Your proof of this? (beyond partisan politics, of course)
 
davideduardo said:
What you see as bribery is what others see as removing an obstacle that impedes the sale.
Click to expand...

In New York City, in the 1970s, a man in the garment business was on trial for having a business rival killed.

The charge was first-degree murder.

His attorney tried to plead it down to restraint of trade.

Fortunately, the judge knew gaslighting horseshit when he saw it and the charge remained murder in the first degree.
 
davideduardo said:
What you see as bribery is what others see as removing an obstacle that impedes the sale.
Click to expand...

This is what we're reduced to when we have a gangster running the country. Al Capone would love this situation.

The irony is that Capone was pursued and finally jailed by republicans.

Same with RKO General. Their battles with the FCC happened under republicans.
 
Last edited:
davideduardo said:
Settling a lawsuit to make it go away benefits buyer and seller. It may or may not significantly benefit the litigant.
Click to expand...

The difference is when the person receiving the settlement is the sitting president of the united states, and the FCC has gone on the record to say they work for him and are not independent. The entire dynamic changed in that way. The quid pro quo is in the open.

There's a reason why congress set up the FCC as an independent agency. They didn't want it to become a tool of the president. But now that has changed. So the door has now been opened. If you want FCC approval, you know what you have to do.
 


Back
Top Bottom