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Charlotte Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers, right, gets a hug from a co-worker as the newsroom as they celebrate Siers winning the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning at the newspaper in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, April 14, 2014. Siers was among three Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonists who were laid off last week. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

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Editorial cartoonists' firings point to steady decline of opinion pages in newspapers
By DAVID BAUDER - AP Media Writer
Sun,07/16/23-2:27PM , 160 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Even during a year of sobering economic news for media companies, the layoffs of three Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonists on a single day hit like a gut punch.
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Johnna Goodwin, left, watches as Donna Handel, right, reacts after winning on "Wheel of Fortune," with host Pat Sajak during a taping of the game show in Philadelphia on April 17, 1999. The game show was in Philadelphia for the weekend taping a week's worth of shows. Ryan Seacrest will replace the retiring Sajak as host of “Wheel of Fortune.” (AP Photo/William Thomas Cain, File)

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Who wants to be a game show host? These days, you already have to be famous
By DAVID BAUDER - AP Media Writer
Wed,06/28/23-9:30AM , 97 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — When producers of “Wheel of Fortune” named Ryan Seacrest — probably the most ubiquitous man on entertainment television — as its next host this week, it surprised virtually no one.
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People walk by the CBS Broadcast Center on 57th Street in New York on April 20, 2023. CBS News has asked all of its local stations to become proficient in “solutions journalism,” a story-telling method that has taken off in the past decade to counter people who think reporters are obsessed with bad news. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

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CBS News effort shows the growth in solutions journalism to combat bad news fatigue
By DAVID BAUDER - AP Media Writer
Sat,06/24/23-10:06AM , 148 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — A Colorado school is creating a “zen den” for troubled students. A soccer coach in Pittsburgh goes out of her way to relieve pressure on players. A Chicago community group equips a van for mobile mental health help, and a Los Angeles school trains students to counsel peers.
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Geraldo Rivera attends The Hollywood Reporter's annual Most Powerful People in Media issue celebration on May 17, 2022, in New York. Rivera says he's quitting as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News Channel's political combat show “The Five.” Rivera, who turns 80 next month, said that a growing tension on the show made it no longer worth it. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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Television veteran Geraldo Rivera says he's quitting Fox News' political combat show 'The Five'
By DAVID BAUDER - AP Media Writer
Wed,06/21/23-1:02PM , 55 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Geraldo Rivera has quit as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News' popular political combat show “The Five,” saying Wednesday that “a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences” made it no longer worth it to him.
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