Access: a struggle that all journalists, even student writers, know well. But, every four years, a lucky group of student media outlets get the opportunity most merely dream of – access to the presidential debates. This year, Hofstra University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Nevada,
Last Tuesday, The New York Post’s celebrity news arm, Page Six, published an article by Emily Smith discussing a reported conflict between CNN and ABC over Sunday’s presidential debate. Smith cited unnamed sources who called meetings about the debate between the two networks “a challenge”
With a mere 37.2 million viewers, the VP debate was far from the most important event during the 2016 campaign. Despite small viewership, Twitter took it upon themselves to make the experience as enjoyable as possible. After a thorough search of “Media Twitter” and our hashtag #MFDebates, the
Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate turned out its lowest ratings since 2000 – for obvious reasons. Other than the VP Debate being notoriously “less newsy” than the coveted Presidential ones, a Mike Pence-Tim Kaine tête-à-tête didn’t really seem all that exciting in the ramp-up. Can’t wait
While one is known for animated movies and theme parks, and the other for trolls and opinionated users, rumors of Disney’s interest in acquiring social media platform Twitter has had investors and analysts chirping throughout the last week. Twitter’s interest in a buyout is nothing new. The
Twitter newsfeeds were moving at lightning speed during Monday night’s record-breaking debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. But, amongst all the noise, what were some of the best 140-characters-or-less moments of the night? Between a heavy scouting of “Media Twitter” and our hashtag #MFDebates, we’ve compiled our
Each Thursday, MediaFile’s Business section publishes The BizBeat, an overview of the past week’s news in media organizations and industry. Have a tip, see something we missed, or want to put something on our radar? E-mail Shiplett@Mediafiledc.com. Making Headlines Monday night’s Trump-Clinton debate broke the
MediaFile staff and readers will be tweeting with #MFDebates for each of the four major debates. Monday night, 9:00 PM Eastern: All eyes will be watching the first presidential debate of the 2016 cycle, and it has widely been considered a make-or-break moment for the