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WNBC anchor Chuck Scarborough is retiring after more than 50 years at the station. As is often the case with retiring broadcasters, he will “stay in the NBC family for special projects.” His last day is December 12.
Meanwhile, at The Washington Post; the paper published a special section this weekend marking the 50th anniversary of Trinity College graduate George Will. The paper dubbed Will “the iron man of America’s op-ed pages.” Will has no plans to retire.
Long-time Hearst Connecticut reporter Luther Turmelle has changed beats and is now a business writer with the Hearst papers.
NBC Connecticut’s Toi Thornton has earned his Ph.D. after defending his dissertation on the effects of fact checking misinformation in U.S. politics.
All eyes are on MSNBC and CNBC as Comcast announced plans to spin off most of its cable TV networks into a new publicly traded company. It is unclear if the move will require a re-branding for the networks as both continue to struggle along with the rest of the cable TV industry.
