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In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Scott Mauldin of the Vulcan Media Team about his efforts to bring together out-of-work media professionals to collaborate on projects.  Plus, we cover NAB with graphic artist and Chyron guru Zack Millican of designTYPES who was in Las Vegas, and we’ll talk about a new survey of journalist salaries, new local programming initiatives, and what the heck KMSP was thinking when they considered a piece on kidnapping.

Links:

• Television News Jobs and Salaries Decline As Amount of News Increases
• Scotto & Co. in for longer ‘Good Day New York’
• KTTV Launches 12:30 p.m. Show
• Fox Tampa Affiliate Moving Morning News Start Time To 4:30 A.M.
• Amber alert: Fox9’s judgment abducted

Guests:
Scott Mauldin, Vulcan Media Team

Zack Millican, designTYPES
Zack’s Twitter

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In this episode, we talk to Paul Douglas, formerly of WCCO in Minneapolis/St. Paul, about his weather syndication business.  Plus, we’ll talk Twitter in the operating room, the battle between satellite TV and local stations, and more.

Links:

• Broadcasters Say No To Importing Adjacent-Market Signals
• Fox, ABC affiliates pool news starting this week
• Weatherman owns other station’s chopper
• Denver TV station to Twitter local surgery
• CBS4 Denver Twitter Feed

Guest:
Paul Douglas, Owner, WeatherNation
Paul’s Twitter

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Well…that didn’t take long.  In an update to a story we talked about in Episode 1, WHDH backtracked today and said they WOULD be airing Leno at 10 p.m. afterall.  They didn’t say they were afraid to lose their NBC affiliation though.  The official quote was:

“Upon further consideration, we have decided to telecast Jay Leno at 10:00 p.m. starting in September,” said Sunbeam owner Ed Astin in a statement. “Jay is from Andover where I went to school. I enjoy his humor. We hope the new show is a big success.”

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In this episode we’ll welcome you to the this new endeavor, and tell you what the heck we’re planning to cover in the coming weeks. Plus, we’ll talk about a few big stories that made headlines this week, and our guest is consultant Steve Safran from Audience Research & Development.

Stories We Talk About:
Affiliates Stand With NBC on Leno
A.P. Exec Doesn’t Know It Has A YouTube Channel: Threatens Affiliate For Embedding Videos
Newseum Celebrates 1st Year in D.C

Guest:
Steve Safran, Senior Vice President, Media 2.0
MediaReinvent
Steve’s Twitter

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Local TV Now is a weekly podcast covering the business of local television. From the changing economic realities to the challenges of new media, we’ll cover it all. Look for our first podcast coming soon.

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