We'll bet you $10 you could never guess the reason a Cincinnati Anchor is leaving the station?
After 2 1/2 years WXIX anchor Ben Swann said he's leaving the station at the end of the May book.
Swann come to the station from El Paso in 2010 to replace Dan Carroll as Tricia Macke’s co-anchor. Swann was only the third main co-anchor since Channel 19 started news in 1993 with Jack Atherton.
What's his reason for leaving?
Find out after the hop
Read MoreHere's something you don't see that often.
A reporter is bumped up to Assistant News Director. More rare, it's happening in the larger market of Pittsburgh.
WTAE has named longtime Investigative Reporter Jim Parsons as the new Deuce at the station. Parsons had been the station's investigative reporter since 1998.
The obligatory B.S. quotes after the bounce
Read MoreFTVLive told you it was coming and now it's here! Don't forget now....
Jeff Zucker is about to have room for another "fresh face" at CNN.
CNN Chief business correspondent Ali Velshi is packing up desk and leaving the cable net on Friday.
Word is Velshi is going to be starting soon on a new project that he says "appeals to my entrepreneurial side.”
NBC has finally confirmed the worst kept secret maybe ever.
Jimmy Fallon is taking over the Tonight Show from Jay Leno.
NBC sent out a press release saying that "Jay Leno announces his departure from the Tonight Show." Of course this is total B.S., Leno would have stayed at the Tonight Show until they took him out feet first.
But, after meeting with NBC, Leno decided to fall of his sword and go along with the whole "yeah I'm leaving thing."
More after the jump
Move over Ludacris, Bob Costas might be taking some of your spins.
Cox is wasting no time putting their stamp on newly acquired KOKI in Tulsa.
New News Director Suzanne Nadell, who was promoted from EP at WSB (Atlanta), announced Shae Rozzi (pictured) will be the new primary anchor for the Fox affiliate.
Rozzi is currently a reporter at WSB.
More after the hop
Read MoreNils Larsen has exited as Tribune Broadcasting's President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as exiting Tribune Company as a whole. This includes ending his role as Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer for Tribune Company.
Larsen's exit was confirmed to CRM by a spokesperson for Tribune Company today, but no official statement will be made on the exit.
More after the bounce
Read MoreWhether it's the rhetoric from the Right (Fox News) or the squabbling from the Left (MSNBC) it appears that viewers might be getting tired of cable news in general.
The ratings for cable news continued its decline. In the month of March, every cable news outlet saw their numbers drop from a year ago.
Fox News lead the way in losing viewers. FNC fell over 30 percent from its 2012 numbers.
CNN wasn't far behind, shedding almost 30% of their viewers.
More on the story after the jump
Read MoreNBC's Jenna Wolfe did not know what to expect when she made the announcement on the Today Show that she was not only Gay, but she was also pregnant.
When she walked off the Today Show set after that announcement, she had no ideas what the feedback was going to be.
But, she expected the worst.
More after the skip
Read MoreThis morning, the CBS O&O's are taking each other on in a competition for the best news team pictures posted on Twitter.
The CBS sister stations in NY, MIA, PHILLY, CHI, MIA and DALLAS are doing their best to beat each other with their best photos.
WCBS entered with this "A newsteam that drinks together....."
Michael Jackson's Doctor spoke to Anderson Cooper from his jail cell last night on CNN.
Conrad Murray not only spoke to Cooper via phone, he also sang to Coop.
Murray did not really reveal much as the hook to the interview was the wrongful death suit filed by Jackson's mother Katherine.
The interview was the usual crap until it turned really weird.
Murray starts singing over the phone to Cooper, belting out his version of "The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot."
The look on Cooper's face as he starts signing is priceless.
The video after the leap
Read MoreWhile the country is divided on background checks for gun buyers, FTVLive is starting to think there should be background checks for Twitter users.
If you're in idiot, you can't get a Twitter account.
An idiot like Tim Graham.
Graham, a so-called media "watchdog" for the conservative Media Research Center, tweeted about MSNBC naming Karen Finney a host of a new MSNBC program to air on weekends from 4-5 p.m.
See this bonehead's tweets after the jump
Read MoreReports say that Jimmy Fallon has closed a new deal with NBC that will pave the way for him to replace Jay Leno in the 11:35 p.m. time slot.
Fallon’s move has been rumored to be happening for weeks.
But NBC has stumbled once again with their PR and has refused to confirm the succession, or even talk about the possibility.
NBC's ineptness has been a gold mine for Leno with jokes about the situation and the NBC suits themselves.
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Read MoreThe Associated Press announced that they are going to drop the term "illegal immigrant" from their style guide.
It will be interesting to see how many in the media industry follow the AP's lead?
The AP said on Tuesday that it has decided to abandon the contentious term, which many Latino and immigrant-rights activists have long called dehumanizing. The wire service's decision is bound to be influential; it has perhaps the most widely-used style guide in the country.
More after the leap
Read MoreToday's Talent Spotlight is Jessica Ralston Anchor\Reporter\Producer. Check out her resume below. You can contact her at Jessica.Ralston2008@yahoo.com
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