John Koblin & Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times: “ABC News pulls daytime co-anchors after revelations of a romance”
Brian Steinberg, Variety: “ABC News benches Amy Robach, T.J. Holmes after romance disclosure”
Jeremy Barr, Washington Post: “T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach on hiatus from ‘GMA3’ amid relationship news”
Aarohi Sheth, The Wrap: “’GMA’ anchors Amy Robach and TJ Holmes temporarily relieved of on-air duties following romantic relationship reveal”
Ted Johnson, Deadline: “ABC News temporarily pulls Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes from ‘GMA3’ as network mulls what to do next”
Ryan Naumann, Radar Online: “’Good Morning America’ hosts Amy Robach & TJ Holmes taken off the air after staffers demand network take action over 6-month affair”
Tom Jones, Poynter: “Opinion: ABC News making a scandal even worse by yanking anchors off the air”
Georgia Runoff
Rodney Ho, The Atlanta Journal Constitution: “WSB-TV rakes in the most political ad money of any TV station in the nation in 2022”
John McCormick & Cameron McWhirter, Wall Street Journal: “Georgia runoff propels Atlanta TV station to ad cash crown”
Fevin Merid, Columbia Journalism Review: “How Capital B is covering Warnock v. Walker”
Roger McDonald, Democracy’s Library: “Political ads win over news 45 to 1 in Philly TV news in 2014” (2015)
CNN cuts hit HLN hard
Tom Jones, Poynter: “A grim day in journalism as major cuts hit CNN and Gannett”
Ted Johnson, Deadline: “CNN’s Chris Licht’s outlines changes in wake of network layoffs”
Brian Steinberg, Variety: “HLN gutted by CNN layoffs”
Jeremy Barr & Elahe Izadi, Washington Post: “CNN makes massive staff cuts as news industry prepares for a dark winter”
Brian Stelter, The Atlantic: “The end of companion television”
Loree Seitz, The Wrap: “Brian Stelter says demise of HLN marks end of companionship TV: ‘All the warmth is gone’”
Meta’s Threat Against News
Alexandra Bruell, Wall Street Journal: “Facebook threatens to pull news from platform if Congress passes bill helping publishers”
Sara Fischer & Ashley Gold, Axios: “News competition bill gets a lifeline”
Staff, News Media Alliance: “Statement: Meta threatens to remove news from Facebook if JCPA is passed”
Brian Fung, CNN: “Meta threatens to remove news content over US journalism bargaining bill”
Falling stars?
Wesley Morris, New York Times: “We’re out of movie stars. Whose fault is that?”