Michael Malone
Deputy editor Michael Malone grew up in the New York suburbs on a steady diet of Sesame Street, Banana Splits and New York Mets broadcasts. These days, his DVR is stocked with, among others, The Office, The Mentalist, a Joe Strummer documentary he can't bring himself to delete, and more of those Mets broadcasts. The father of a 3-year old who digs Diego and a nine-month old with an increasing interest in the small screen, Michael covers all aspects of local television.
Title: Deputy Editor
Email: michael.malone@reedbusiness.com
Station to StationLink This | Email This | Comments (0) KING-Size Approach to Olympic CoverageKING Seattle has budgeted around $250,000 for its Olympic coverage this month, reports the Seattle Times , and expects huge ratings to make the whole Vancouver shebang profitable for the station. Headed by Peter O’Connell, some 25 staffers will make the 150 mile trip north at various times; KING prez Ray Heacox told us last month that ten reporter-types will be there at all... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) ABC Affils Battle ESPN For SportsSome ABC affiliates are concerned with the migration of top sports programming to ESPN, reports Mediaweek . Affils have watched big-draw programming such as the British Open, the 2011 Rose Bowl, and, most recently, eight NASCAR competitions, shift from their air to that of Disney’s ESPN. Some have expressed dismay about the trend. “The migration of more and more live... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (2) WBBM's Levine 'Let Loose' to Report With Some AttitudeInteresting story from Chicago media pundit Robert Feder on WBBM chief correspondent Jay Levine presumably being encouraged to inject some opinion into his reports . Levine made his opinions known last week on a story about a proposed $174 million renovation of a Chicagoland high school. Feder writes on Vocalo.org: Levine’s report was no straightforward news story. In... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Ernie Anastos Still Grabbing HeadlinesThere was an entertaining profile of WNYW New York lead anchor Ernie Anastos in the Metropolitan section of the NY Times Sunday . Anastos may be the best known anchor in DMA #1, after 32 years in the market, including stints at WABC, WCBS, WWOR and for the past five years the Fox affiliate. Anastos recently re-upped for three years at over a million a year, reports Michael Wilson.... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Chip Off the Old (A) BlockI had some fun reporting the profile I did of WPRI-WNAC Providence GM Jay Howell, “Running Stations Runs in the Family,” in the new issue. Jay is an industry brat, and one of the few station GMs out there whose father was also a GM. John Howell III came from the news side and became GM at WPXI Pittsburgh. (John also has one of the great local TV emails around; it... More |
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