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News Operations Director Keith Bride is retiring from Fox 13 Seattle after more than 45 years.  He's been there since the beginning of the station.  Retirement party was Friday.

But what a fantastic run!   Hulu and Peacock Friday if you want to check out the final match.  Kudos.

From Steve Albert , bro of Marv . In all transparency, Wayne Lynch and I were students at the same college (1969-72, picture 1967). and we used to broadcast games together on the campus radio station .  He was a rapid-fire play-by-play announcer who opted for the news side of the business. Little did I know back then that he would someday add author to his impressive resume and I was totally unaware of his keen interest in vampires! You think you know somebody. Blood Stained Papers is the first and I’m predicting not the last of his works in this genre. As a former crime reporter , TV news anchor and news director , Wayne artfully combined his love of the newsroom with his passion for the supernatural.  And guess what? He is a darn good fictional writer. His dialogue style reminded me of my favorite old black and white film noirs I often enjoy on Turner Classic Movies . Blood Stained Papers is right out of Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade . Even if you’re not a fan of vampire...

Carly Henderson, former co-host of Studio 13 Live on Fox 13 Seattle, has re-emerged after being cut by the station doing some entertainment work on-air with cable's News Nation.  Video at the link. https://x.com/carlyhenderson_/status/1976669194319187990?t=KLafiiDjezlfjfpvNuguHQ&s=19

In case you were watching the big World Series game Monday night and missed Fox 13 Seattle's Aaron Levine compete on Jeopardy, he actually won and his station posted the results and a live interview on Studio 13 Live this morning.  The segment can be seen on the Fox Local app.   If you want to see the episode for yourselves, it is streaming on Hulu and Peacock.  He's back to defend his title tonight at 730pm on KOMO.

I was working in the lab late last night, When my eyes beheld an eerie sight. Another spelling mistake turned up on the screen, Use AI, producers, it's really quite keen. From the laboratory in duop-land, Buying more stations is clearly at hand. A few companies left to own all TV, Courtesy of our FCC (Chorus) We put out trash, We put out monstrous trash. We call it news, But it's a demo crash It's really trash Makes the zombies sick  Cause all we want is an instant click. The scene was rockin', newsies makin' the rounds Young MMJ's just keep holdin' their ground. Stand-ups just need about 20 takes, No wonder politicos keep calling us fakes. Seattle stations keep filling the space. Lots of paid segments slowing the pace. And as the stale content slowly erodes They all need a shot from news electrodes  But everything's cool, Bari's leadin' the band, Dickerson's leaving, Muir's numbers in hand.  Local anchors still havin' fun, And the da...

Caryn Littler, who worked the assignment desk at KING 5, moved to DC a while back to take the job of  assignment manager at NBC News Washington.  Now, FTVlive.com reports that after 8 years, she was laid off last Wednesday.   The story is behind a paywall, but she wrote: "If you are in the market for an Assignment Manager or general logistics.communications extraordinaire, please reach out."   Others were also laod off at the same time and Paramount.CBS layoffs are nigh.