Newspapers cutting TV critics

Cory Bergman April 6th, 2008

As cost pressures continue to grow at local papers, many TV critics are getting shown the door. Now networks are having to reach out to TV bloggers for publicity. “There’s no accountability,” gripes one old school network executive about blogs. “That’s the difference between some, not all, bloggers and a seasoned journalist. The blogging community has no rules.” (Geesh, I thought we were over this.) Anyway, Broadcasting & Cable’s Marisa Guthrie has the story of the disappearing newspaper TV critic.