Broadcast industry news from NewscastStudio including news, sports & entertainment on cable and streaming, with coverage of staff changes, programming, syndication, local news and the business of broadcast.
Programming

WCVB expands ‘Chronicle’ with weekday afternoon hour, replacing ‘Jennifer Hudson’
Branding

Gray to rebrand northwest Illinois properties as ‘Rockford News First’
People

BBC Studios moves Natural History Unit chief into creative director role
News Feed
Local News

Detroit station opens coffee shop billed as ‘front porch’ of its newsroom
People

Mike Pesca joins CBS News as podcast editorial director

Cecilia Vega says CBS pushed political framing and unverifiable claims at ‘60 Minutes’

OpenAI renews local news partnership with $5 million investment

Fox’s coverage of 2026 World Cup final set U.S. soccer viewership record
Cable News

CNN, Variety expand partnership for entertainment programming

Sports Broadcasting & Production

Telemundo says 2026 World Cup sets Spanish-language audience records
Local News

Nexstar to launch nightly newscasts on Tegna CW stations in Dallas and Phoenix
Local News

KNBC, KVEA launch 2026 school supply drive across Los Angeles County
People

Karl Ravech, Ryan Clark among on-air talent cut in ESPN layoffs

CNN hires Brittany Shammas as national news reporter

Industry Insights: How monitoring and QC are adapting to more complex workflows

Brendan Carr uses Breitbart op-ed to frame FCC deregulation in partisan terms

World Cup quarterfinals average record 10.4 million Spanish-language viewers on Telemundo, Peacock

Tegna names Scott Gill vice president of technology and operations

People

NYC features reporter, fill-in anchor departs station
Policy

Trump threatens broadcast license revocations for ABC, NBC after networks declined primetime speech
Broadcast Business News

Paramount shareholder sues Ellisons over alleged Trump deal tied to WBD takeover
Elections

CNN sets Maine Democratic Senate debate after nominee withdraws

CBC/Radio-Canada becomes full EBU member

Reuters Institute releases 2026 Digital News Report

Fox News Media announces America 250 coverage plans

CNN All Access comes to Prime Video Channels

Industry Insights: Why enterprise production needs people who can bridge IT and production