Talking TV

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Aimee Rinehart and Ernest Kung of the Associated Press about a new report gauging how widely — or not — artificial intelligence and automation are being implemented in newsrooms, how sophisticated its functionalities are becoming and what that means for jobs. Learn more about AP's report and a free online course series on news and AI here .

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Hadassah Gerber, head of research at TVB, about the organization's recent survey on sports betting and how television wields enormous influence over sports bettors' decisions.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Vikrant Mathu of Future Today, Pierre Marc-Diennet of Lotame and Mark Zagorshi of DoubleVerify about Nielsen's $16 billion sale to a private equity consortium and what it means for the company's future and the broader landscape of TV measurement.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Chris Brown, EVP and managing director of global conventions and events about next month's NAB Show and whether or not the industry still needs a crossroads event such as it has been in year's past.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Bill Anderson, host of The Pulse on Fox's WTXF Philadelphia and Fox Soul, about how video podcasts can be a Swiss Army knife for local broadcasters' content needs, especially as they ramp up streaming efforts.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with meteorologist Jim Cantore from The Weather Channel about climate change, heightened competition in television weather and the critical role of empathy in telling weather's story to TV audiences.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp and Hank Price discuss the dangerous vulnerabilities facing multimedia journalists every day with MMJ Adam Mintzer, asking who bears responsibility for the problem — from news directors and GMs to station groups CEOs themselves.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp, Paige Albiniak and Michael Stahl discuss an eventful February for TV measurement with Nielsen's introduction of BBO homes and NBCUniversal's granular new metrics with iSpot.tv, plus how newsrooms' assignment desks are weaning off police scanners and toward a more collaborative role.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Jeff Rosica, CEO of Avid, about the company's decision to sit out major trade shows including NAB and IBC this year and how such shows may look dramatically different on the other side of the pandemic.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Madison Carter, a journalist with the Atticus investigative unit at WXIA Atlanta and Monika Diaz, content director at Tegna, about the work behind their new, three-part investigative series, A Different Cry , about rising suicide rates among Black youths.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Marcus Riley, senior director of content strategy and inclusive journalism at E.W. Scripps, about what inclusivity looks like on a newscast and how newsrooms can begin addressing it right from a story pitch.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp and Paige Albiniak look at the M&A prospects possible in 2022 with the FCC’s 39% ownership cap still in place and where things stand on a potential Tegna sale.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp learns the trade secrets of game show hosting from Pictionary host Jerry O'Connell, who says a tight syndication market demands a stellar product to survive.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Mike Garber, director of content for Sinclair's The National Desk , about the art of making local news content palatable and relevant to a national audience.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with technology consultant Shelly Palmer about this week's Omicron-battered CES, the salvageable elements of the in-person show and his dim view of NextGen TV's hope for momentum there, plus the implications for future large trade shows.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Syncbak CEO Jack Perry about VUit, the streaming channel aggregator of local newscasts, about deals it has closed with a slate of new local partners and the prospect of hyperlocal scalability in OTT.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Martin Kristiseter, managing director of Sinclair-owned Compulse, about the agency's unusual pairing of digital marketing services with OTT agency services and the thinking behind it.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with new syndie talk show host Nick Cannon, along with WTTG Washington Good Day D.C. anchors Jeannette Reyes and Wisdom Martin, about Cannon's whistle-stop tour to co-host Fox Owned Stations' morning shows across the country promoting the show, including stops in New York, Philadelphia, Dallas and San Francisco thus far.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Lyle Schulze, VP and GM of Gray's WIS Columbia, S.C., about how the station is taking back its programming inventory amid a dearth of syndication options, along with how the "Great Resignation" is playing out at the station level.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Sheila Oliver, SVP and GM of Fox Owned Stations' Seattle duopoly, about rebooting and rebranding during the challenging conditions of pandemic remote work.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Aisha Mills, host of the new show AMplify on Black News Channel, about where her show will sit amid the bombastic offerings in cable's nightly news landscape and her vision for programming that illuminates our better selves.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp and LG Ads' Justin Fromm discuss whether children's specials like It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, which airs on PBS stations on Oct. 24, still have the power to draw audiences to linear TV in a streaming age.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with NBC LX's Fernando Hurtado about Connect the Dots , a new series that pulls back the curtain on the reporting process and seeks to court younger audiences by veering away from news conventions.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Eric Ludgood, head of E.W. Scripps-owned Newsy, which saw a major overhaul and expansion of its programming this week as it now reaches 90% of U.S. television homes with a significant OTA expansion.

TVNewsCheck 's Michael Depp talks with Jon Scott, anchor of Fox Report Weekend , about the 25-year anniversary both he and the network are celebrating today. They speak about being live on Sept. 11, 2001, what's underlying the Fox's mammoth ratings and how the network's news side manages a coexistence with its more extreme opinion hosts.