NBC News
| NBC News | |
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| Location: | New York, N.Y. |
| Type: | News Media |
| Affiliation: | NBCUniversal |
| Top official: | Andrew Lack, Chairman |
| Website: | Official website |
NBC News, also known as NBC News Digital, provides news programming across various platforms (including cable television and online news) for NBCUniversal, a media and entertainment company based in New York, N.Y.[1]
Though the viewership for Meet the Press, NBC News' Sunday morning talk show, declined in 2015, its Today morning show and NBC Nightly News program continued to be revenue leaders when compared to the equivalent shows of its competitors, ABC News and CBS News.[1][2]
Background
American businessman David Sarnoff founded the first permanent radio network in U.S. history, National Broadcasting Company Inc. (NBC), in 1926 (Universal was founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle). NBC's Sunday morning news talk show Meet the Press first aired as a radio program in 1945, and it became a television program in 1947.[3]
A year later, The Camel Newsreel Theater became NBC's first regularly scheduled newscast, and the company covered the presidential nominating conventions as well. In 1952, the Today show, hosted by David Garroway, became the first early-morning news talk show in U.S. history. Several television news programs were created during the following decades, including a journalism documentary show called NBC White Paper, which was first aired in 1960, and The Rachel Maddow Show, which first aired on MSNBC in 2008.[3]
General Electric purchased NBC's parent company, RCA, in 1986. NBC began to enter the cable news world when it launched CNBC in 1989, and partnered with Microsoft to launch news channel MSNBC in 1996. In 2004, NBC joined with Universal to create NBCUniversal. Comcast Corporation acquired NBCUniversal in 2011.[3]
As of January 2016, NBC News reaches "more than 58 million unique visitors who generate more than 1.2 billion page views and 140 million online video streams each month," according to its website. NBC News brands include NBCNews.com, msnbc.com, TODAY.com, NBCPolitics.com, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, Breaking News and Newsvine.[1]
Presidential debates (2015-2016)
- See also: Presidential debates (2015-2016)
On December 16, 2015, NBC News announced that it would co-host the fourth Democratic debate along with YouTube and the Congressional Black Caucus. NBC Nightly News Anchor Lester Holt moderated the debate, which took place from 9-11 p.m.[4] Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley almost did not make the cut to participate in the debate due to NBC News' criteria for entry. He appeared on stage in Charleston with fellow candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.[5]
Leadership
As of January 2016, Andrew Lack serves as chairman of NBC News and MSNBC. Below is a list of key leadership for NBC News and the board of directors for Comcast Corporation, which owns NBCUniversal, NBC News' parent company:[6][7]
- Stephen B. Burke, Chief Executive Officer, NBC News; CEO and President, NBCUniversal
- Prof. Charlie Tillinghast, President, Publisher and General Manager, NBC News
- Jennifer Sizemore, Editor-in-Chief and Vice President, NBC News
- Gregory Gittrich, Executive Editor of Nbcnews.Com and Vice President of News and Product, NBC News
- Chris Peña, Executive Editor of Nbclatino.Com, NBC News
- Michael J. Cavanagh J.D., Principal Financial Officer, NBCUniversal
- Ian Trombley, President of Operations and Technical Services, NBCUniversal
- Thomas L. Williams, Chairman of Universal Parks & Resorts and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Parks & Resorts, NBCUniversal
- Ardyth R. Diercks, President of WTVJ - Miami Fl and General Manager of WTVJ - Miami Fl, NBCUniversal
Media
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 NBC News, "About NBC News Digital," accessed January 14, 2016
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "Network News: Fact Sheet," April 29, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 NBCUniversal, "Our History," accessed January 14, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "NBC and YouTube to co-host Democratic debate on Jan. 17," December 16, 2015
- ↑ USA Today, "New NBC debate criteria could pose problems for O'Malley," January 11, 2016
- ↑ Bloomberg Business, "Company Overview of NBC News Digital LLC," accessed January 15, 2016
- ↑ Bloomberg Business, "Company Overview of NBCUniversal Media, LLC," accessed January 15, 2016
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