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Reports say Eleanor Mondale, the daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale, who died Saturday, had formerly been married to current 100.3 KILT morning man Greg Thunder.
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Four Points Media Group is selling its seven TV stations, including Austin's KEYE, to Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group for $200 million. KEYE is Austin's CBS affiliate, in addition to delivering Telemundo programming on a digital subchannel.
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Houston Texan starts his own online sports TV network: Sick of stale commentary
Houston Texans offensive lineman Eric Winston launches new online sports TV network dubbed THEBUS (pronounced Thee-bis). The network's first offering — Not Your Ordinary Sports Show — streaming during every Monday Night Football game.
New monthly newspaper debuts in The Woodlands
Community Impact Newspaper began servicing The Woodlands with its monthly newspaper.
Channel 8’s Nightly Business Report comes to UH
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Texas Exes Hammer LHN in Social Media
The Longhorn Network (LHN) is not a worry now. Football games have gone to “normal” channels, but the Longhorn nation is still fuming. Viewers can’t see the custom pregame shows offered by LHN.
Texas Watchdog's Jennifer Peebles elected president of the Society of Professional Journalists' Houston chapter
Texas Watchdog is proud of deputy editor Jennifer Peebles, who is the new president of the Houston Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
UH models online radio after KTRU
Though UH has two large scale radio stations, COOG Radio will be the university's first and only student run station.
Sundance Film Festival heads to Houston
The Sundance Film Festival will take a leave from the snowy mountaintops of Park City, Utah, to head down to Houston for one night only.
KVIA's Valle and family welcome baby boy
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Morning News lays off employees as ad decline continues
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AND NOW THE WEATHER
Former KTRK 13 meteorologist Heidi Jones pleads guilty to falsely reporting rape
Jones, 38, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two misdemeanor counts of falsely reporting an incident. The judge says she will be sentenced to three years' probation and 350 hours of community service -- the same amount of time prosecutors say police spent looking into her false claims, reports CBS station WCBS.
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MOVING
KIAH 39 staffers jumping to KTRK, KHOU, KRIV
I found out over the last few weeks that some KIAH 39 staffers have made the jump to other Houston television stations.
KXXV 25 Waco production director Jeff Holder leaves for Farmers Insurance after 17 years, 3 months and 9 days with the Central Texas station.
KTRK 13 lighting director Bruce Aleksander has left the station and is working with a group that updates news sets at television station across the country. You can contact him at tvlightingguy [@] hotmail.com.
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