Years from now, these are the stories I’ll remember writing this year:
- When A Penny Saved Is A TV Show
- Afghanistan Low on News Agenda
- History Channel’s Swift Rise Attracts Ads and Envy
- Paying a ‘Sports Tax,’ Even if You Don’t Watch
- For Chase, a TV Show to Promote Its Charity
- To Keep Seacrest, Comcast May Set Its Crown Jewel at His Feet
- Camps Are Cleared, but ‘99 Percent’ Still Occupies the Lexicon
- For Occupying Protesters, Deadlines and Decisions
- Plan to Revive Two ABC Soap Operas Collapses
- Occupy Wall Street Puts the Coverage in the Spotlight
- U.C. Davis to Investigate Use of Pepper Spray at Protest
- Reporters Say Police Denied Access to Protest Site
- Charlie Rose and Gayle King in CBS ‘Early’ Plan
- Had This Been an Actual Emergency… Oops!
- Political Ad Spending Spurs Local TV Mergers
- Marriage May End; Wedding Went On
- Cable Is Holding Web TV at Bay, Earnings Show
- Clear Channel Cuts D.J.’s Across the Country
- Twitter and TV Get Close to Help Each Other Grow
- TV Struggles to Bring War Zones to Americans
- How Netflix Lost 800,000 Members, and Good Will
- A Grass-Roots Newscast Gives a Voice to Struggles
- Republican Debates Are a Hot Ticket on TV
- A News Story Is Growing With ‘Occupy’ Protests
- Victory Lap for Fox and Hannity
- Twitter’s ‘Amazing Race’ Assist
- Hot Seat for Sheen Promises the Warmth of the Limelight
- With Early Success, Wall Street Journal Presses Deeper Into Live Video
- Media Strive to Cover 9/11 Without Seeming to Exploit a Tragedy
- Documentary Is Skeptical About Domestic Efforts on Terrorism
- A Warning for Some, Entertainment for Others
- East Coast Battens Down for Arrival of Hurricane Irene
- A Jenny Jones Moment for Reality TV?
- Market Ills Give CNBC a Bounce
- New York Cable Channel to Carry Al Jazeera English
- Sharpton’s Push for Comcast Raises Issues About Possible MSNBC Job
- The Good Ol’ Days of 20 Years Ago
- Murdoch Scandal Stirs U.S. Debate on Big Media
- Amber Waves, From Spacious Skies
- Hulu, Billed as Tomorrow’s TV, Looks Boxed In
Netflix Raises Price of DVD and Online Movies Package by 60%- A Demonstration of Science Seemingly Made for TV
- The Murdoch Style, Under Pressure
- Networks Want Slices of a New Pie
- This Just In: How Your Flooded House Is Faring
- Upending Anonymity, These Days the Web Unmasks Everyone
- HLN’s Casey Anthony Coverage Puts TV Back in the Courtroom
- Instant Ratings: Just Add Cash
- Familiar TV Anchors Move On, Hoping to Profit on Their Own
- New TV Hit ‘The Voice’ Hums Along Online, Too
- Moving Online, Beck Will Charge Viewers a Fee
- In Tornado’s Aftermath, One Family Salvages What It Can
- In TV Crew’s Hunt for Twisters, More Than They Bargained For
- Talk Show Ends, and Oprah Moves On
- 2 Networks Pin Their Hopes on One Comedian
- Before Obama’s Address, Asking Social Media for Answers
- Social Networking Sites Get Jump on President’s Message
- CBS Reporter Recounts a ‘Merciless’ Assault
- In Trying to Debunk a Theory, the News Media Extended Its Life
- Rare Footage Indeed: Tornadoes, in Real Time
- Network News Royalty, For A Day
- New Time Warp for ‘Doctor Who’
- Audience Up, ‘American Idol’ Defies TV Gravity
- Dues Paid, a ‘60 Minutes’ Reporter Is in Line for CBS’s Anchor Job
- The ‘Countdown Clocks’ Became Part of the Story
- Vieira Is Said to Consider Leaving ‘Today’
- Beck and Fox End Relationship Grown Cold
- For Glenn Beck, Plenty of Places to Take His Chalkboard After Fox
- Rush of Events Gives Foreign News a Top Priority
- Netflix Has Deal to Run New Series, ‘House of Cards’
- Fox News Takes Two Potential Candidates Off Air
- Journalists Tiptoe Inside Forbidding Libya
- TV Industry Taps Social Media to Keep Viewers’ Attention
- New Jersey TV Station Is Accused of Failing Its Audience
- Cellphone Cameras Become World’s Eyes and Ears on Protests Across the Middle East
- Al Jazeera, Televising the Revolution
- Low-Power FM Radio to Gain Space on the Dial
- Spotlight From Glenn Beck Brings a CUNY Professor Threats
- ‘The Game’ Is a Winner, Helped by BET Loyalists
- A TV-Internet Marriage Awaits Blessings of All Parties
Clip files: This is how you do them.
Brian, you’ve inspired me to do my own version of this, though it won’t be as exhaustive.
