Day 1 - Sources of Broadcast News

Differences between print and broadcast

• very few people read
• 90% of public use television as primary source of news
• some are saying we use online, but primary still TV
• Newspapers are fucked - PRINT is loosing lots of $$$ moo-la # thats why some are going hyper-local, trying new and innovative business plans
  
  • readership is declining slowly
  • newspapers are hyping their content # controversial to old people
    
    • pie charts, color picture
• reading news => active | watching news => passive
• PRINT Explains the WHY, BROADCAST focuses on WHERE, WHEN
• PRINT = EXTENSIVE | BROADCAST = CONCISE
• BROADCAST and RAIDO look at PRINT for their news
• PRINT in-depth and investigative

Definitions

• Network News: All Based In New York
  
  • ABC | Local KGO
  • NBC | NBC11
  • CBS | KPIX
  • FOX | KTVU - doesn’t have a national news broadcast , just the channel
  • Each Network Has Local Affiliates:
    
    • Many Affiliates are owned by the national network
• Cable Channels
  
  • CNN
  • MSNC
  • FNC - Fox News Channel
  • Headline News
  • E!