By Race Bannon You’ve seen those brightly painted local television live trucks. The graphics are so fantastic. And there just might be (gasp!) a news personality inside! Is that the handsome Steve Day! No, O’migosh it’s the lovely Amanda Wi! And then three seconds later. . .REALITY CHECK. Wow. I almost hit that TV truck. [...]
Archive for May 22nd, 2008
22 May
Old v. new
Today’s post yields to a Tampa-based blog called “the Feed.” It suggests that the pressure to squeeze revenue from TV stations has impacted the thinking of local TV newsrooms. Y’think? Old rule: news is news. New rule: news is marketing. Old rule: news is never old New rule: news has an expiration date Old rule: [...]
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