Stephen Battaglio writes about television and the media business for the Los Angeles Times out of New York. His coverage of the television industry has appeared in TV Guide, the New York Daily News, the New York Times, Fortune, the Hollywood Reporter, Inside.com and Adweek. He is also the author of three books about television, including a biography of pioneer talk show host and producer David Susskind.
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The surprisingly civil showdown fell short of the number who watched Kamala Harris and Mike Pence face off four years ago.
Oct. 2, 2024
The stations and ABC News won’t lose any on-air talent in the latest round of cost reductions, which Disney management described as “surgical.”
Oct. 2, 2024
CBS said Donald Trump and Kamala Harris were both scheduled to appear in a ’60 Minutes’ special airing Monday. Now it will just be Harris.
Oct. 1, 2024
The news network will charge $3.99 a month for unlimited use of CNN.com in the U.S., a significant shift in the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned network’s digital strategy.
Oct. 1, 2024
Two veteran CBS News journalists will put the vice presidential candidates to the test in New York on Tuesday.
Sept. 30, 2024
The veteran anchor and former NBC News star will be live on election night from Amazon’s studio in Los Angeles to weigh in on the presidential results.
Sept. 28, 2024
Scripps Chief Executive Adam Symson said advertisers are resisting national news programming because of the country’s political divide.
Sept. 27, 2024
The network and the voting machine equipment company reached a confidential settlement just as jury selection was scheduled to begin ahead of their expected trial.
Sept. 26, 2024
Kotb will remain with the network in a new role after she steps away from her co-host role alongside Savannah Guthrie.
Sept. 26, 2024
Familiar faces will be leaving the news division in the latest round of layoffs at Paramount Global, which is looking for $500 million in annual cost savings.
Sept. 24, 2024