Raponi to Boston's WFXT--, (Fox)--Gregg Kelly to Oakland to run KTVU and KICUBULLETT POINTS**
*The big fish in all of this was the desire to acquire King programming NFL Football--It all appeals to Fox because IT has the rights to the National Football Conference and SF is home to the 49ers.
*Conservative, family-run, Cox Media has been less than thrilled with its Bay Area cash cow, KTVU and don't think for a moment, the Asiana Fake-Name gaffe wasn't a major part of it. It WAS. Sure, it wasn't the impetus for this deal but it sure accelerated it--and as I reported HERE, FIRST, Raponi was feeling the heat and off back east he is headed.
I wouldn't be shocked if News Director, Lee, (Wonder Boy), Rosenthal is the next to BOLT KTVU. Rosenthal isn't liked by many in the newsroom and his Asiana Press Release only a few days after the crash, boasting of ratings success, was the beginning of his undoing among staff.
*Early on, Fox thought KRON would be the more attractive purchase--thinking Cox would never pull the trigger on KTVU, but price was too good. Add to that the lengthy amount of FCC obstacles it would have presented combined with financials. Fox ultimately snatched its own Bay Area affiliate. How convenient.
*KTVU repercussions: No immediate difference for viewers. Everything remains the same until FCC approval which should be no issue. The unions are worried. As they should be. There's fear of an unusually large amount of personnel reduction. Read into that what you will.
*KTVU is the biggest biller in the Bay Area TV department. It has a estimated value of about $900 to a BILLION dollars.
*Developing...
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I suppose being Faux, KTVU's Asiana eFF UP may have been a "buying" plus...
ReplyDeleteKuddos for Rich for resisting the overwhelming temptation to somehow mention De La Cruz again despite reporting on a different station.
ReplyDeleteMaybe if Rich wasn't so preoccupied with De La Cruz he wouldn't have missed out on what was really going on with KTVU, and I don't mean tired, old Asiana.
DeleteI think DLC has a thing for Hackney.
DeleteOh, yeah, dream date. He'd talk about science and technology and she'd stare blankly.
Delete"Asiana Gaffe Influence"
ReplyDeleteRich, you haven't gotten over that yet? Please stop pretending it's relevant.
Rich, perhaps you can offer your opinion as to why they're sending Phoni Raponi to Boston to presumably sink another station that's probably at least okay right now.
ReplyDeleteIt's like putting the captain of the Costa Concordia in charge of a shiny new ship and telling him, "Be sure you steer near those big rocks there."
Why not just push him out of the plane and then say, "Ooops, forgot to give you your parachute, my bad!"?
Buyouts of contracts are awfully expensive these days.
DeleteIf the news director doesn't get a gig through Cox he is toast. New ownership/GM means bringing in their people to run things. Middle managers will likely survive depending upon the length of their contracts. The worker bees? Those at the higher-end could feel the squeeze. Regardless, it sounds like a hornets' nest for whoever gets to deal with it. Fixing the Asiana fallout is a challenge. Bringing back some of the people chased out of the building afterward would be a nice olive branch. But considering were things stand now, convincing people to "come home" might be too far-fetched.
ReplyDeleteJust heard the idiot M. Savage at 2:09 pacific time giving a history lesson on Icarus
ReplyDeleteand immigration and eating while on the air, very obvious. Can't he wait
until a commercial break?
Gregg Kelley? Is that New York Commissioner Ray Kelley's goofy son? All I can say is Oy vey!
ReplyDelete@10:26.. i think it's the other way around, Hackney seems to be drooling standing there next to her..kinda creepy
ReplyDeleteRich, how do you come up with the KTVU valuation?
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