Too Sexy to Anchor?
L.A. TV Newswomen Flaunt Physical Attributes "’KTLA Morning News’ anchor¬†Sharon Tay’s¬†seductive gaze from the pages of a men’s magazine suggests that the headlines of the...
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Stephen A. Smith Gives Up Radio Show
Ex-Columnist Says ESPN Wanted Him on TV More Stephen A. Smith, the former Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist who is now an NBA analyst and commentator...
Legislator Helps Unhappy Journalists
Investigation Promised Into Climate at CBS Station Past and present journalists of color at WFOR-TV, the CBS-owned station in Miami, have taken their complaints against...
ABC Radio Says Imus Lures Advertisers
On Cable, Rural Channel Reported Closing Deal Don Imus’¬†new employer says the New York talk-show hosts he is replacing were dumped because it was...
Benjamin Hooks Brought Diversity to the FCC
NAACP Leader, 85, Was Advocate for Media Ownership NAACP Leader, 85, Was Advocate for Media Ownership The Rev. Benjamin L. Hooks, who in addition to...
3 Fired at KNBC
"Gross Misconduct" Charged After Office Affair Two producers and a reporter at KNBC-TV, the NBC Universal owned-and-operated station in Los Angeles, were fired last week after...
Where Were Black Networks?
Published Nov. 4, 2005 None Changed Course to Show Rosa Parks Funeral Flipping through the channels as funeral services for civil rights matriarch Rosa Parks took place...
Sex, Brazil and the Brothers
Essence Story Is Writer’s Most "Intensely Critiqued" A feature in Essence magazine about what one quoted expert calls "the biggest secret in Black America that...
Writer Suspended Over Hitler Analogy
ESPN, Jemele Hill Issue Apologies Over Column ESPN.com columnist¬†Jemele Hill¬†was suspended Monday over a¬†column¬†that said, "Rooting for the Celtics is like saying¬†Hitler¬†was a victim. It’s...
Would Russert Be Embarrassed?
Gwen Ifill of PBS, discussing Tim Russert Sunday on NBC’s "Meet the Press," was one of the few journalists of color participating in the...
On Malcolm X’s Day, Who Knew?
Little Attention for "Our Black Shining Prince" Everybody knows when¬†Martin Luther King Jr.’s¬†birthday rolls around; it’s now a federal holiday complete with department-store sales. Today...
Uproar Over Cartoon
Artist Uses "Ho" in Blasting "Thug Rappers" Culture A white cartoonist at the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville spent Monday morning responding to about 70 e-mails...