Ellen Crooke, Tegna's SVP of news since 2014, plans to retire in January 2025; she joined Tegna when it was Gannett Broadcasting in 2002 (Kevin Eck/Adweek)

Mediagazer: Ellen Crooke, Tegna's SVP of news since 2014, plans to retire in January 2025; she joined Tegna when it was Gannett Broadcasting in 2002 (Kevin Eck/Adweek)

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Variety:

Nielsen: the Harris-Trump debate drew ~67.14M US viewers across multiple networks, almost 16M more viewers than the final Biden-Trump debate in June— That number was up 31% from the 51.266 million who tuned in to Trump's debate with president Joe Biden (from CNN) in June, before the latter dropped out to endorse Harris.
Discussion: Adweek, Nielsen, TVNewsCheck, CBS News, Reuters, The Atlantic, NBC News, CNN, The Hollywood Reporter, @tvmojoe, Financial Times, @crupicrupicrupi, @tvmojoe, Politico, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, @brianstelter@threads.net, New York Post, Newser, Media Play News, Fox News, Mediaite, The Wrap, Next TV, IndieWire, Deadline, New York Daily News, The Daily Beast and Forbes

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Mark Mwachiro /
Adweek: Over 67 Million Viewers Watched ABC News' Presidential Debate

Helen Coster /
Reuters: ABC U.S. presidential debate attracted 57.5 million TV viewers - preliminary Nielsen data

Peter Wehner /
The Atlantic: Kamala Harris Broke Donald Trump

Rick Porter /
The Hollywood Reporter: TV Ratings: Harris-Trump Face Off Soars Past Biden June Debate @tvmojoe: Per ABC News, audience for debate via ABC News Live on Hulu, Disney+ and ABC stations apps added 7.4M additional viewers to the tally. Mixing Nielsen and first-party data is iffy, but, if you did, audience is over 73M. Again, doesn't count regular YouTube, etc.

@tvmojoe:
Very telling number: Gen Z/Millenial viewership of last night's debate was WAY up vs. June's debate— more than 40%. Adults 18-34 audience: Biden-Trump 4.5M Harris-Trump 6.5M A35-54 B-T: 10.9M H-T: 16.9M

Anthony Crupi /
@crupicrupicrupi: Anyway, let last night's numbers serve as your umpteenth reminder to 𝑵𝑶𝑻 report the goddamn preliminaries*. Fast nationals were 57.5M viewers, which is quite a bit shy of 67.1M. *ʸᵒᵘ ᵃˢˢ

@tvmojoe:
Viewership among older folks was also up— but not as much on a percentage basis: A55+ B-T: 34.2M H-T: 41.3M

Kierra Frazier /
Politico: Trump-Harris debate attracts 16M more viewers than Biden matchup

Stephen Battaglio /
Los Angeles Times: Trump-Harris presidential debate scores 67 million viewers

Michael M. Grynbaum /
New York Times: 67.1 Million People Watched Harris and Trump, Outdrawing Last Debate

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter@threads.net: Just in from Nielsen: The Harris-Trump debate totaled 67.1 million viewers across 17 TV networks last night. This is the per-minute average, and it doesn't include all streaming, so the debate reached an even greater number of people overall https://www.nielsen.com/... [image] New York Post: Takeaways from the high-stake Harris-Trump debate: Letters to the Editor — Sep. 12, 2024

New York Post:
Trump debate performance panned as well-prepped Harris gets help from ABC moderators: ‘3 on 1’

Bob Cronin /
Newser: Debate Outdraws Biden-Trump

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Nielsen: 67.1 Million Viewers Watched ABC News Harris-Trump Debate

Jamie Frevele /
Mediaite: ABC, NBC and Fox News Score Big As Harris-Trump Debate Crushes Biden-Trump Debate In the Ratings

Loree Seitz /
The Wrap: Harris-Trump Presidential Debate Draws 57.75 Million Viewers, Up 12.5% From Biden Matchup

Jon Lafayette /
Next TV: More Than 67 Million Viewers Watched Presidential Debate

Tony Maglio /
IndieWire: The Trump vs. Harris Debate Drew More Than 15 Million More Viewers Than Trump-Biden

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: ABC News' Trump-Harris Debate Draws 67.1 Million, Far More Than June's Trump-Biden Event

Dave Goldiner /
New York Daily News: Trump-Harris debate draws big audience of 65 million viewers: ratings

Emell Derra Adolphus /
The Daily Beast: Harris' Mauling of Trump During Debate Drives Huge Ratings

Monica Mercuri /
Forbes: What Time Is The Harris-Trump Debate Tonight On ABC?

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New York Times:

How Linsey Davis and David Muir firmly pursued real-time fact-checking to build guardrails around Trump in the ABC News debate between Trump and Harris— Calmly and firmly, Linsey Davis and David Muir pursued the kind of real-time fact-checking missing from many previous debates.

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Riley Hoffman /
ABC News: READ: Harris-Trump presidential debate transcript

David Gilmour /
Mediaite: CNN Panel Clash with Abby Phillip Over Claim ABC Moderators Were ‘Harsher’ On Trump

Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. /
Breitbart: Newt Gingrich: Big Loser of Tuesday's Debate Was ABC News

Ariel Edwards-Levy /
CNN: CNN Flash Poll: Majority of debate watchers say Harris outperformed Trump onstage @acyn: CNN Fact Check of the debate: This was a staggeringly dishonest debate performance from former President Trump. Just lie after lie on subject after subject by my preliminary count, he made at least 33 false claims [video]

Tim Alberta /
@timalberta: One way to look at it: ABC moderators fact-checked Trump 2-3 times and Harris zero times Another way to look at it: ABC moderators fact-checked Trump 2-3 times instead of 500 times

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: The ABC duo is factchecking, pretty much just Trump so far, but it's focused, crisp and brief, so it doesn't feel as though it's interfering.

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Trump is on the phone with “Fox & Friends.” Here is his first answer about the debate. He says three times that it was “3 on 1” but says “I thought I did a great job.” [video]

Charles Sykes /
The Atlantic: Trump Blames Everybody but Himself

Dennis Perkins /
LateNighter: Weds Night Monologues: Donnie and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Night

Mike Littwin /
The Colorado Sun: Kamala Harris easily won the debate against a rattled Trump, but what does she have to do to win the election?

David Gura /
@davidgura: “Using calm and authoritative tones, ⁦@DavidMuir⁩ and ⁦@LinseyDavis⁩ offered a model for real-time fact-checking that has been absent from many recent presidential debates.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: My 2¢: Debate moderators are in an impossible position whenever Trump is on the stage. The same is true for journalists more broadly whenever Trump is the story: You're damned if you fact-check and you're damned if you don't.

Oliver Darcy /
Status: Denigrating Disney — MAGA Media's attacks on Disney reflect a larger — and disturbing — trend in American politics.

Hugh Hewitt /
@hughhewitt: Former President Trump to @foxandfriends just now: " “I think ABC took a big hit last night. To be honest, they are a news organization - they have to be licensed to do it - they ought to take away their license for the way they did that.”

Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: Conservative criticism of ABC's fact checks won't move the needle with undecided voters, but they help Democrats position Trump as being on the defense post-debate. @newscentralcnn: JUST IN: A fact check of the big debate. CNN's Daniel Dale (@ddale8) notes “Trump has been staggeringly dishonest and Harris has been overwhelmingly (though not entirely) factual.” @JohnBerman [video]

Benjy Sarlin /
@benjysarlin: Trump has a reputation for only complaining about media bias when it's really important and not on an hourly basis for 40 years so I'm sure the American people are going to be especially eager to hear several days of him laying out his case here

Mehdi Hasan /
@mehdirhasan: Totally normal response to losing a debate. Not authoritarian or dictatorial at all. Btw, this is the free speech champion that Musk keeps hailing.

Stephen Battaglio /
Los Angeles Times: Linsey Davis held Trump's feet to the fire. How she became ABC News' rising star

Richard Tofel /
@dicktofel: The job of the moderators is to help the American people get a better, more informed look at the candidates. Muir and Davis did that, both when they fact-checked Trump and when they let Trump drone on.

Bill Ackman /
@billackman: Why do the moderators only fact check @realDonaldTrump and not @KamalaHarris? Fox News: Liberals praise ABC debate moderators, taunt Trump for complaining about bias: 'You've lost' @howardkurtz: Trump often took Harris' bait, and she performed well. But it really was 3 on 1 as ABC repeatedly asked Trump tougher questions with more follow ups and corrections, Kamala not so much https://www.foxnews.com/...

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Live on Fox, Trump insults the two Fox anchors who have been pitched as debate moderators - Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum - and says “I wouldn't want to have” them. He says he would want Sean Hannity, Jesse Watters or Laura Ingraham to host instead. (An obvious non-starter.) [video]

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Trump suggests Disney's FCC licenses should be revoked due to the debate: “I think ABC took a big hit last night. To be honest, they are a news organization - they have to be licensed to do it - they ought to take away their license for the way they did that.”

Michael M. Grynbaum /
New York Times: Trump Criticizes ABC Debate Moderation and Fox News Anchors

Ida Bae Wells /
@nhannahjones: Shout out to the @ABC moderators for fact-checking in real time. This is how you do it.

Dylan Byers /
@dylanbyers: Incredibly commendable job by @DavidMuir, @LinseyDavis and the @ABCPolitics team tonight. 👏

Julia B. Chan /
@juliachanb: ABC's David Muir and Linsey Davis are doing a good job as moderators so far. Fact-checking statements and lies. @jmflatham: Dana Bash and Jake Tapper arguing you can't fact check and run a smooth debate, @abc David Muir and linsey Davis just curb stomped their @CNN credibility

Kat Abu /
@abughazalehkat: btw David Muir and Linsey Davis are the most effective debate moderators we've seen since 2015 and any future debates should follow their example

Greg /
@mistergeezy: Jake Tapper and Dana Bash can learn a lot from David Muir and Linsey Davis. Well done! [image]

Yashar Ali /
@yashar: Sean Davis, the CEO of Federalist, believes that ABC should lose its broadcast license and that David Muir, Linsey Davis, and various ABC News executives should be indicted on federal criminal charges. [image]

Charlotte Clymer /
@cmclymer: Shout-out to Linsey Davis and David Muir of ABC News for actually doing their damn jobs as moderators. Much appreciated from a grateful voting public.

Brian Steinberg /
Variety: By Fact-Checking Trump, ABC News Changed the Format of Presidential Debates

Ivana Saric /
Axios: Trump “less inclined” to do another debate with Harris

Andi Ortiz /
The Wrap: Stephen Colbert Applauds David Muir and Lindsey Davis for Debate Fact-Checks: ‘Can a Moderator Win a Debate?’ | Video

Andrea González-Ramírez /
The Cut: Thank You to ABC News' Fact-Checkers @get_status@threads.net: ABC News showed how it is done. David Muir and Linsey Davis on Tuesday night facilitated a compelling and instructive debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, while also fact-checking the lie-peddling former president and establishing a basic baseline of truth at the high-stakes political showdown. …

David Gilmour /
Mediaite: ‘Three Against One’: Megyn Kelly Unleashes On ‘Biased’ ABC Debate Moderators And Their ‘Full Of Sh*t’ Fact-Checks

Tom Jones /
Poynter: Looking back at Tuesday night's presidential debate, including ABC News' solid performance

Jonathan V. Last /
@jvlast@threads.net: Over at the old place the anti-antis are losing their minds over how unfair the ABC moderators are. Which is, you know, tells you something. @kyleclark9news@threads.net: I'm impressed with Linsey Davis and David Muir's calm, composed, and concise fact-checking.

AC Ward /
@acwardblueridge@threads.net: High praise from an excellent fact-checker during a political debate.

Brianna Lyman /
The Federalist: ABC News Moderators Turned Debate Into A Partisan Show Trial Against Trump UPI: In debate, Trump rants, cites conspiracy theories as Harris pushes back, touts her vision for future Barrett Media: Hugh Hewitt Questions If Disney Business Intrests Limited Questions During ABC News Presidential Debate

Oliver Darcy /
Status: ABC's Authority — David Muir and Lindsey Davis firmly corrected Donald Trump and declined …

Kate Seamons /
Newser: How the Real-Time Debate Fact-Checking Went Down

Emma Specter /
Vogue: A Star of Tuesday's Presidential Debate? ABC's Linsey Davis

Gabrielle Canon /
The Guardian: ABC News hosts of Harris-Trump debate praised for keeping candidates on-topic

Kierra Frazier /
Politico: The moderators have fact-checked Trump

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: ABC fact-checks Trump during debate over false claim of migrants eating pets Deadline: The Debate As It Happened: Donald Trump Gets The Last Word In A Debate That Had Him On Defense

Joemandese /
C-SPAN.org: User Clip: People On Television Are Saying... Media Matters for America: David Muir fact-checks Donald Trump on viral lie about migrants eating dogs after Harris challenges the size of his rallies

Michael Calderone /
Vanity Fair: 2024 Presidential Debate Recap: Highlights From the Harris-Trump Showdown

Nieman Lab:

California's Google deal to fund journalism might leave out startups and outlets with annual revenue under $100K/year, but finalizing details could take months— “We don't know whether or how this nonprofit and its fund will operate, and likely won't for some months (nonprofit governance is many things, but fast is not one of them)."

Discussion:
@sarahscire and Nieman Journalism Lab on LinkedIn

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Sarah Scire /
@sarahscire: “We know that these [smaller and newer newsrooms] are, in a lot of cases, the outlets that already say they have the hardest time getting funding.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...

London Evening Standard:

UK counter-terror police are involved in the investigation of the sudden death of 32-year-old journalist David Holmes, host of the Ukraine: The Latest podcast— David Knowles was host of the successful Ukraine: The Latest podcast and Russia had banned him from entering the country

Discussion:
Telegraph, Press Gazette, The Sun, The Official Royal … and Irish News

Discussion:

Danielle Sheridan /
Telegraph: David Knowles, journalist behind Telegraph's Ukraine war podcast, dies aged 32

Charlotte Tobitt /
Press Gazette: Police probe sudden death of Telegraph's David Knowles

Aliki Kraterou /
The Sun: UK terror cops probe ‘sudden’ death of award-winning journalist behind Ukraine war podcast while on holiday in Gibraltar

Adweek:

Ellen Crooke, Tegna's SVP of news since 2014, plans to retire in January 2025; she joined Tegna when it was Gannett Broadcasting in 2002— Tegna senior vice president of news Ellen Crooke is retiring from the station group in January 2025. — Crooke joined Tegna when it was Gannett Broadcasting in 2002 …

Discussion:
Yahoo Finance, Radio & Television … and The Desk

Discussion:

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: TEGNA's SVP of News Ellen Crooke to retire in January

Deadline:

WBD and Charter sign a multiyear renewal deal that will make the Ad Lite tier of Max available on Spectrum TV Select packages for no extra fee— The deal is in line with other agreements Charter has struck with Disney and Paramount that add streamers to its cable bundle.

Discussion:

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Max Will Be Bundled for No Extra Charge With Charter's Spectrum TV Select Plan Under Early WBD Deal Renewal

Jill Goldsmith /
TVNewsCheck: Warner Bros. Discovery And Charter Announce Early Renewal Of Distribution Deal Including Max, Discovery+; Beleaguered Stock Pops On News

David Satin /
The Streamable: Charter to Offer Max for Free as Part of New Deal With Warner Bros. Discovery

Kayla Cobb /
The Wrap: Max and Discovery+ Join Spectrum Bundle in Charter's Early Warner Bros. Discovery Deal Renewal

Colin Mann /
Advanced Television: WBD, Charter renew carriage deal

Jon Lafayette /
Next TV: Charter Reaches Distribution Deal With Warner Bros. Discovery That Gives Subscribers Streaming Service Max The Hollywood Reporter: In Major Deal, Max and Discovery+ Will Join Charter Video Bundle as Warners Makes Big Move

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: WBD, Charter Ink ‘Transformational’ Carriage Agreement That Includes Free Streaming Access to Max, Discovery+, Among Others

John Finn /
Streaming Better: Spectrum TV Select Customers To Get Max And Discovery+ At No Additional Cost

Mansha Daswani /
WORLD SCREEN: Warner Bros. Discovery & Charter Clinch Early Renewal

TechCrunch:

Bluesky rolls out the ability to post videos of up to 60 seconds with optional attached subtitles; each post can contain one video, and adult content is allowed— Bluesky, the social networking startup now nearing 10 million users thanks to X's ban in Brazil, will now allow users to share videos …

Discussion:

Emma Roth /
The Verge: Bluesky lets you post videos now

Kevin Rothrock /
@kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange: Bluesky now supports video uploads. https://bsky.social/...

Colin Kirkland /
MediaPost: Bluesky Supports Native Video, Gains Competitive Edge

Grant McConnaughey /
@grantmcconnaughey@threads.net: On their very first attempt the Bluesky folks made a video player that is 10x better than the Threads video player (on iOS).

Sarah Perez /
@sarahprz@threads.net: Bluesky catches up to X with native support for video https://techcrunch.com/...

Mike Masnick /
@mmasnick.bsky.social: Does this mean I need to upload videos of my fidget toys? — (No, do NOT encourage me) [embedded post]

Paul Frazee /
@pfrazee.com: Kit is very excited to make her video debut

Emily /
@emilyliu.me: If you're in line to post video, stay in line — we're rolling out *posting* video gradually, but you can watch video now. you'll need to be on version 1.91, update your app! [embedded post] @bsky.app: Bluesky now has video! Update your app to version 1.91 or refresh on desktop! — We've begun gradually rolling out the ability to post video. Thanks for your patience! — Estamos gradualmente implementando a capacidade de postar vídeos. Obrigado pela sua paciência!

Press Gazette:

The UK's Mill Media expects £1M in revenue in 2025 and says it is leaving Substack for Ghost to save money and to develop a direct relationship with readers— Manchester Mill and its sister titles are moving off newsletter platform Substack for the first time and onto websites hosted by competitor Ghost.

Discussion:
@johnonolan@mastodon.xyz

Discussion:

John O'Nolan /
@johnonolan@mastodon.xyz: Very excited to welcome Mill Media to Ghost 🎉 — Local news on Ghost has been growing like crazy over the past couple of years, and The Mill has been doing some of the best reader-funded sustainable news in the UK since they launched. — https://pressgazette.co.uk/...

Bloomberg:

Academic publisher Springer Nature is planning a Frankfurt IPO in 2024, after canceling in 2018 and 2020; in 2023, it had €511M in profit and €1.85B in revenue— - Deal to include new and existing shares held by BC Partners — It's the first sizable IPO in Europe after the summer lull

Discussion:
Reuters and Financial Times

Discussion:

Emma-Victoria Farr /
Reuters: Springer Nature plans Frankfurt IPO in latest test of market

404 Media:

Oahu Publications, which owns Hawaii newspapers, is using AI-generated newscasters on the YouTube and Instagram channels of The Garden Island, launched in 1902— A company that owns several newspapers in Hawaii is using AI-generated newscasters to create video news segments against the wishes …

Discussion:
Wired, @jason_koebler, @brianvastag@sciencemastodon … and Tim Thigpen on LinkedIn

Discussion:

Guthrie Scrimgeour /
Wired: An AI Bot Named James Has Taken My Old Job

Jason Koebler /
@jason_koebler: A 120-year old newspaper in Hawaii is using the worst AI you've ever seen to make video versions of its articles. Must watch videos in here https://www.404media.co/...

Brian Vastag /
@brianvastag@sciencemastodon.com: @Mediagazer I wasn't expecting Kauai to be at the forefront of AI-generated news. Because we don't have much of it out here.

Deadline:

Amazon's Prime Video adds AI-driven “Prime Insights”, expands interactive ad formats, and adds 50 new brands as advertisers for Thursday Night Football— As it gets ready to kick off its third season of exclusive streams of Thursday Night Football, Prime Video is rolling …

Discussion:
Adweek, Decider, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Marketing Dive, Sportico, Ad Age, The Information and The Streamable

Discussion:

Saleah Blancaflor /
Adweek: Amazon Kicks Off Thursday Night Football With Expanded Shoppable Ad Reach

Josh Sorokach /
Decider: What Time Is ‘Thursday Night Football’ On Tonight? Channel, How To Watch The Bills-Dolphins Game Live

Brian Steinberg /
Variety: ‘Thursday Night Football’ A.I. Features Help Amazon Viewers Predict Game Play

Peter Adams /
Marketing Dive: JCPenney's Prime Video football blitz ties celebrities to weekly deals

Jacob Feldman /
Sportico: Amazon's ‘Thursday Night Football’ Adds More AI Features in 2024

Parker Herren /
Ad Age: Amazon's ‘Thursday Night Football’ adds more than 50 new advertisers for 2024 season

Cointelegraph:

Tune.fm, a music streaming service with an integrated NFT marketplace that pays artists via blockchain micropayments, raised $50M from Global Emerging Markets— The fresh capital brings Tune.fm's total funding to $80 million. The funds will be used to reward artists and users within the platform.

Discussion:
Music Ally, more at Techmeme »

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Stuart Dredge /