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May 17, 2013

CNN fouls in L3s during Beckham coverage

CNN’s “Newsroom,” covering the news of soccer (European football) player David Beckham’s retirement, managed to mix up what country he plays for, as well as an important fact about his career, reports the Huffington Post. In the lower third banner shown above, CNN identified Beckham as “just helped France win championship.” Wait. What? We’re pretty [...]

May 15, 2013

CNN Digital posts record breaking numbers in April

CNN Digital posted its most trafficked week and story in history during April, receiving 536 mm page views during the week and 87 mm on a individual story. The month also saw CNN’s second highest video streaming numbers, with over 162.5 mm streaming starts. These record numbers come as the events in Boston unfolded and [...]

May 14, 2013

ESPN releases preview of new ‘SportsCenter’ set

ESPN has posted an animated video rendering of the new “SportsCenter” set to be built in “Digital Center II,” the new facility the network is constructing on its Bristol, Conn. campus. The video appears on ESPN’s “FrontRow” YouTube channel, which is part of its behind the scenes blog by the same name. The new video [...]

May 13, 2013

‘Ed’ returns to work

MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” returned this weekend. While largely the same as when it left the air a few months ago, the show did move to the main MSNBC studio. The new space allows host Ed Schultz to walk around a bit more and interact with various monitors. For the show, a circle desk is [...]