Michael Malone
B&C deputy editor Michael Malone covers all aspects of local television. He grew up in the New York area watching Banana Splits, Sesame Street, and New York Mets broadcasts. Still residing in New York, he now watches everything from Treme to The Office to The Newsroom, along with those Mets broadcasts. He’s the father of a young boy and girl who enjoy The Backyardigans, along with repeated viewings of How to Train Your Dragon on the DVR. He joined B&C in 2005.
Title: Deputy Editor
Email: mmalone@nbmedia.com
Station to StationLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Omaha Station Renovates Omaha StationKETV Omaha has found a new home in Omaha’s vacant Burlington Station, a train depot south of the city’s Old Market. The TV station will spend two years renovating the building before moving in. “It’s the right thing to do,” said Ariel Roblin, president/GM of KETV. “It really goes back to the people who watch us every day, the people we serve... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) WDRB Breaks From 'Breaking News'It may go against everything local TV news stands for/strives for, but WDRB Louisville says it will no longer use the term “breaking news” in its broadcasts, reports TV Spy. A station promo says: “You hear the term, ‘Breaking News’ quite frequently these days. It’s a marketing ploy to convince you that at television station is better at... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Scripps Grabs Two Trophies at Peabody LunchScripps executives, including Rich Boehne, Brian Lawlor and Bob Sullivan, were in New York yesterday as two of the group’s stations picked up prestigious Peabody awards from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism. The emcee, Dr. Horace Newcomb, credited the winners, which ranged from Lorne Michaels to KNXV Phoenix to HBO’s Girls, for producing work that... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) OK City Stations Cover Tornadoes' 'Gut-Wrenching Heartache'UPDATED: The fatality number is climbing outside Oklahoma City in the wake of devastating tornadoes, and the property loss is, for the moment, incalculable. “It’s gone from gut-wrenching heartache several hours ago to sort of a numbness right now,” said a KFOR reporter on the scene in suburban Moore. The New York Times links to the live stream for Local... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) "Video-Bombing" Live Shots a News Director's Worst NightmareWe have a story out in our upcoming issue on “video-bombing” at the station level–people sneaking into a reporter’s live shot, and often ending up, along with the reporter, as a YouTube sensation. (For the record, I dislike the term “video-bombing”, as it makes me think of the tragedy at the Boston Marathon last month, but that’s what... More |
| Next >> |
| Blogs | Recent Posts | Total Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Station to Station | 1033 | 1033 |
| BC Beat | 137 | 137 |
| BC Review | 1 | 1 |