Fox News Channel Remained Most-Watched Basic Cable Network in 2018; MSNBC Posted Most Significant Year-Over-Year Audience Growth
Fox News Channel, America’s most-watched basic cable network remained at the top of the heap in 2018, reports TV Newser, which added that for the third consecutive year…
Baltimore Sun Selects Capital Gazette Staff as Marylanders of the Year
The editorial team at The Baltimore Sun selected the Annapolis Capital Gazette staff for the annual Marylander of the Year honor. The editorial, in…
Jack O’Dwyer – The Passing of a PR Legend
By Fay Shapiro, Publisher, CommPRO.biz “OD here…kid, what do you have for me?” – This was the way Jack O’Dwyer and I…
Jack O’Dwyer, Who Created Jack O’Dwyer’s Newsletter 50 years ago, Dies at 85
Jack O’Dwyer, who launched his pioneering Jack O’Dwyer’s Newsletter 50 years ago, died Dec. 19 of a chronic lung issue. He…
Goff Says Goodbye to NBC4
NBC Washington viewers turned on the local news on Sunday and got some unexpected news: According to Adweek’s TV Spy, “Longtime morning anchor…
The Weekly Standard, a D.C.-Based Conservative Magazine, Shuts Down
The Weekly Standard is shutting down, reports its owner, Clarity Media Group, and the magazine’s final issue published on Dec. 17, reports POLITICO.…
TIME Names “The Guardians” and “War on Truth” as “2018 Person of the Year”, Includes Capital Gazette
TIME magazine named “The Guardians” and the “War on Truth” as its 2018 Person of the Year – marking the first time that someone who…
Social Media Surpasses Newspapers as News Source
Social media sites have surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans, reports the Pew Research Center, with one-in-five U.S.…
Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak Elected President of National Press Club
Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak, health policy correspondent for NPR, was elected the 112th president of the National Press Club, the world’s leading professional organization…
A Viral Phenomenon – YouTube Rewind
When YouTube Rewind 2018 was uploaded on YouTube Spotlight Channel, it was viewed nearly five million times within two hours of posting. YouTube Rewind…
Digital News Publisher Mic Lays Off Majority of Staff
Mic is laying off the majority off its staff while the digital publisher works on a deal to sell the remainder of its assets…
WTOP Radio and its “Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center” on the Move
“It’s the end of an era,” reports WTOP radio in Washington, D.C., as, early in 2019, its Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center will…
Misdirected PR Pitches Continue to Clog TV Producer’s Inbox
Capitol Communicator sponsor Van Eperen recently asked one of the agency’s national media contacts for advice on how to maintain a PR-producer…
D.C. Updates: The Washington Post, Qorvis and Boscobel Marketing Communications
Miki King has been promoted Chief Marketing Officer of The Washington Post. King, pictured above, joined The Post in 2016 as vice president of…
Alexa, Please Apologize to the Cities that did not get HQ2
While many of us in the D.C. region were celebrating Amazon’s HQ2 announcement, McGarrah Jessee, an Austin-based agency, was busy crafting…
