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Broadcast Industry News

Dagmar Midcap exits WUPA less than a year after returning to Atlanta television
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Payton May joins WBZ in Boston after leaving KDFW in Dallas
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KBAK anchor obtains restraining order against woman accused in station shootings
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Networks

BBC combines TV and audio commissioning as broadcaster restructures content operations
Branding

CBS Eye marks 75 years as one of television’s most enduring visual identities
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Bianna Golodryga leaving CNN after nine years

WPVI names Adam Joseph chief meteorologist following Cecily Tynan’s retirement

NBCUniversal Local to launch ‘Open House Outrageous’
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Ron Gant leaves WAGA’s “Good Day Atlanta” after 14 years

Network Late Night TV

Jon Stewart extends ‘The Daily Show’ deal through 2028
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Alejandro Sánchez joins KBLR as multimedia journalist
Broadcast Industry News

Christiane Amanpour to leave CNN after 43 years, triggering programming changes
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Tegna names Tim Thomas general manager of Atlanta and Macon stations

Denver anchor leaves station after seven years to focus on cancer treatment

Bakersfield TV stations targeted in two shootings days apart

U.K. government considers intervention in $2.1 billion Sky-ITV deal over media plurality concerns

Henry Siegel, television syndication pioneer behind ‘Baywatch’ and ‘Family Feud,’ dies at 85

ESPN launches YouTube channel aimed at introducing children to sports

Broadcast Facility

Fire interrupts KESQ morning newscast, damages studio equipment
Ratings

’60 Minutes’ ratings fall 41% without NFL lead-in as Lesley Stahl report sparks controversy
Streaming

Netflix cuts 1,000 jobs as streaming competition intensifies and growth slows
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KPRC meteorologist Daji Aswad takes temporary assignment at sister station WSLS

WRC anchor Jim Handly to retire after 35 years at NBC Washington

Weather-related technical problems disrupt WHNT newscasts

France 24 expands U.S. streaming distribution through PBS partnership

Boston Fox station welcomes one anchor back, adds another

NBC updates ‘curtain raiser’ sequence with glassy 3D look