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Just 11% of Americans Trust TV News Political Newspaper The Hill Sold to Nexstar Media Group
Owner of The Hill Looks for a Buyer Is That A Fact? -- May 6, 2011 -- Rachel Leven is now editorial assistant at The Hill. She was previously intern at USA Today. -- March 11, 2011 -- James Klatell is now Web editor at The Hill. He was previously managing editor at Campaigns & Elections Magazine. -- February 25, 2011 -- Bridget Johnson is now managing editor at American Enterprise Institute. She was previously Web editor at The Hill. -- February 16, 2011 -- Debbie Siegelbaum is now campus and features beat reporter and Jordy Yager oversight and intelligence portfolio reporter at The Hill. Siegelbaum was previously associate editor at Inside Washington Publishers, while Yager was The Hill's campus and features beat reporter. Beginning February 7, a new weekly edition from The Hill will feature
-- January 31, 2011 -- Marcus Weisgerber is now a defense reporter at The Hill, effective February 7. He was previously chief editor at Inside the Air Force magazine. -- January 18, 2011 -- John Bennett is now defense reporter at The Hill. He was previously senior reporter at Defense News. -- November 17, 2010 -- Jason Millman, Peter Schroeder and Erik Wasson are now reporters at The Hill. Millman was previously editor at Thompson Publishing Group. Schroeder was previously author at The Bond Buyer. Wasson was previously writer at Inside US Trade. -- November 10, 2010: Christian Heinze and Sam Youngman are now columnists at The Hill. Heinze was the founder of GOP.12. Youngman was previously a White House correspondent. Congress will hold hearings on how to help the newspaper business, The Hill
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-- A recent Gallup poll says that just 11% of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in TV news. The numbers are similar for Republicans (6%) and independents (8%) while higher for Democrats (20%).
Newspapers fared somewhat better, with 16% saying they trust newspaper reporting.
Zach Schonfeld wrote at The Hill on July 18, 2022:
Americans' confidence in media hits record lows: Gallup
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, September 16, 2022
-- On August 20, 2021, Nexstar Media Group said it has acquired The Hill for $130 million from Jimmy Finkelstein, its former owner and chairman. The son of Jerry Finkelstein who co-founded The Hill in 1994, Jimmy Finkelstein had been looking for a buyer for over half a year.
The Hill has over 100 journalists covering political news and events and is mainly supported by advertising. It claims to be "the...
-- On January 3, 2020, Politico reported that Jimmy Finkelstein is looking to sell The Hill, which was co-founded by his father, New York businessman Jerry Finkelstein, in 1994. The Hill focuses on national politics and its impact on the economy. Sources say Finkelstein is asking at least $100 million for The Hill.
The full story:
The Hill's owner seeks potential buyers, investors
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, January 9, 2020
-- On June 18, 2018, The Hill reported on a new study by the Pew Research Center indicating that most Americans can't tell a fact from an opinion.
Joe Concha wrote at The Hill on June 18, 2018:
Pew study finds Americans can't tell fact from opinion
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, June 22, 2018
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, May 9, 2011
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columnists Juan Williams and former Sen. Judd Gregg, the newspaper announced on February 3, 2011:
"We're calling it The Hill Start The Week because this paper will give readers the most important opinion, polls, news and politics affecting the upcoming congressional work week.
The Hill Start The Week is unique. We're bringing the concept of aggregation back from the Internet to print, and also taking it back to the web again. Readers will get The Hill's...
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, January 31, 2011
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reported on April 20, 2009:
"Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) will hold hearings this week intended to find ways to help the struggling newspaper industry.
Kerry has scheduled a hearing on May 6 of the Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet on The Future Of Journalism, while Conyers announced a Tuesday hearing titled, A New Age for Newspapers: Diversity of Voices, Competition and the Internet.
A...