The presidential election has garnered record interest and is partially credited/blamed with a decline in football ratings. However, CNBC is combining political coverage while taking cues from football coverage. CNBC announced on Monday that they will utilize the over 100 streams of election coverage as part of NBC Universal (which […]
FIRST ON TKNN: While heightened interest regarding the 2016 presidential election has led to viewership spikes for the cable news networks, HLN will be counter-programming with no election coverage. During Election Night, HLN will air a marathon of Forensic Files with Primetime Justice with Ashleigh Banfield preempted. Throughout the marathon, HLN […]
A day after the Trump campaign launched a nightly news program that will air every day until Election Day, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump denied that he was planning to start a media outlet after the election. Trump spoke to Cincinnati radio station 700WLW and said, “No, I have no interest […]
A day after AT&T announced its intention to purchase Time Warner in a deal valued at more than $100 billion, politicians on both sides of the aisle expressed skepticism at the deal. The regulatory approval process for the deal will stretch into 2017, meaning it will be handled by the new […]
A day after the third presidential debate, viewers were looking for more of the two presidential nominees together in person. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both appeared at the annual Al Smith Dinner, a fundraiser for Catholic children’s charities. CNN and MSNBC both broadcast the event until its conclusion while […]
