Robert Riggs, among those laid off at KTVT-Channel 11 In recent days Ed Bark has brought plenty of news concerning layoffs and cutbacks at KTVT-Channel 11 — including Robert Riggs, the ace investigator; anchor and reporter Maria Arita; sports reporter Chuck Fisher; producer John Sparks and reporter Kaushal Patel, among…
The Boys on the Bus is a great book, but Thompson’s did have the better cover. It remains the greatest book ever written about covering a presidential campaign — Timothy Crouse’s 1973 The Boys on the Bus, which began as a series of articles written for Rolling Stone. Of course,…
So much to say about the new-look Dallas Morning News, which has apparently been redesigned for old people (bigger type!) and 7-year-olds (“We’ve added color”!). But not to leave out the big-screen owner, in the, ah, “reader’s guide” found on Page 10A of the paper there’s this note concerning the…
The Pacman cometh, if only to co-host a radio show. Adam “Pacman” Jones is coming to Dallas. Not to the Cowboys — not yet, anyway. But he will be on our radio airwaves, like, pretty pronto. Insider know-it-alls are telling me this morning that Jones will be in town tonight…
For those who can’t get enough Schutze talk — and by that, I mean Schutze — may we direct your browser elsewhere, if only for a moment? Swell. Because over on FrontBurner, I’ve discovered the name of my first novel: “Somebody was deep throating Jim Schutze.” Meanwhile, over on The…
Deadspin wonders this morning: “Will Cuban Ban The Almighty ESPN?” And it asks only because ESPN’s True Hoop’er Henry Abbott is coming to town tonight, to cover Mavs-Lakers, and he’s spoiling for a fight with Mark Cuban, who decided last week to ban bloggers from the Mavericks’ locker room. Writes…
So, do we want to carry KTVT-Channel 11’s news, weather, sports and so forth on Unfair Park? Because, see, the CBS affiliate is offering to do all the heavy lifting — it’s one of only four nationally to do so, with more markets forthcoming in coming weeks. It’s part of…
It’s been almost a couple of months since Unfair Park provided a wrap-up of the first installment of the mayor’s Trinity River Corridor Project Summit, where the big news was that Mayor Leppert is gonna shave off a year from the competition date for the Trinity Turnpike. All the peeps…
Looks like The Hammer’s almost ready to emerge from the toolbox. According to two local radio industry sources, Greg “The Hammer” Williams is deep into negotiations for a permanent gig at ESPN 103.3 FM — negotiations that are so serious, in fact, that sources say Williams will be at the…
Brian Harkin This is one of the photos Brian’s selling tonight — consider yourself sneak-peek’d. Brian Harkin has provided Unfair Park with many frameable memories in recent months — see here and here and here, for starters. So here’s a treat for the Friends who are fans: Tonight you can…
The ironic insanity of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban banning bloggers from his team’s locker room reminds me of this: While Cuban is a thousand times smarter than me, he’s also a billion times times more sensitive. It’s rare you’ll hear me getting empathetic toward Dallas’ Only Daily, but for…
Uncle Barky got an e-mail from ousted KXAS-Channel 5 meterologist Rebecca Miller. He runs the thing in its entirety, and it’s worth a read. Just a highlight: I sincerely apologize for not getting to you until now. Yesterday, I found out the station had decided not to renew my contract…
Rebecca Aguilar, no longer part of the Fox4 team For those wondering whatever became of reporter Rebecca Aguilar, suspended in October over her interview with James Walton, Uncle Barky brings the news: KDFW-Channel 4 has fired her, via the U.S. Mail. She tells Ed Bark: “I just think it’s really…
Jim Romenesko has posted to his media inside-baseball Poynter Institute site a memo just sent from Dallas Morning News managing editor George Rodrigue to the rest of the staff concerning their participation, or not, in Tuesday’s caucuses. In short, they can vote, sure, but with this addendum: “It’s OK for…
Several Friends of Unfair Park have asked about the Secret Security and Dallas police officers perched along the Dallas North Tollway overpasses a short time ago. They all wonder the same thing: “Who’s in town now?” Why, it’s none other than Dick and Lynn Cheney. The veep and the missus…
Seems Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins is no fan of Dallas Morning News columnist Steve Blow — get in line, Craig (if I may call you “Craig,” and I probably shouldn’t). Only, the district attorney has a very specific gripe with the columnist concerning Blow’s complaint in yesterday’s paper…
The Dallas Police Department’s Web site isn’t up at the moment, and they dunno when it’ll be operational again. KTVT-Channel 11 knows why: Because the site was hacked yesterday with anti-gummint sloganeering and artwork courtesy hackers identifying themselves as “s2rangers from Russia,” which was also an underrated early-1980s ABC sitcom…
And just how did A.H. Belo Corp. — the “new” parent company of The Dallas Morning News — celebrate it first full day as a spun-off stand-alone media empire? By watching its stock free fall more than 12 percent, or two whole dollars. Ooof. Reports Editor & Publisher, the stocked…
Greg Williams, left, and Mike Rhyner, before their messy divorce Caught up yesterday with Greg Williams, formerly half of The Hardline. Maybe you remember him? While The Ticket rolls along toward this weekend’s Ticketstock with only occasional references to their former host as “He Who Must Not Be Named,” Williams…
The Richards Group has finished posting all of its help-wanted spots to the YouTubes — and, wow, the one below really makes you wanna work for Stan Richards. Only, turns out the only thing some folks hate more than these spots is Richards Group’s Bridgestone ad, which debuted during the…
A. H. Belo Corporation, the newspaper-biz spin-off of Belo Corp., is expected to make its bow as a publicly traded company at week’s end — and while Robert Decherd’s thrilled with The Dallas Morning News’ “new” parent company, others ain’t as convinced. Comes word today that Standard & Poor’s Rating…
Redbeard’s no longer shining at Lone Star 92.5. Big change over at Lone Star 92.5: J.D. Freeman, Dallas-Fort Worth’s market manager for Clear Channel Radio, says that as of today, local radio legend Redbeard is no longer the station’s 2-7 p.m. host. Which comes as something of a shock, as…
