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The final episode of Reliable Sources on Sunday drew an average of 769,000 total viewers and 105,000 in adults 25-54, according to Nielsen. That was an increase in the show’s numbers from the previous week, and was the most watched show on CNN on Sunday, according to Nielsen. Fox News’ MediaBuzz, hosted by Howard…

President Donald Trump will not hold the annual White House press Christmas party this year. Fox News Channel’s media pundit Howard Kurtz broke the news, noting he was first to report because, “The White House made no announcement that it was dropping the press party.” The more surprising news was that press attended…

Media observers/critics Howard Kurtz of Fox News and the Baltimore Sun’s David Zurowik parsed the week’s disclosures of Jon Stewart’s visits to the Obama White House Sunday in this clip from Fox News. Not surprisingly, the critics sided against both the President and soon-to-depart talk show host. Here, Kurtz and…

This past Sunday, Fox News Channel’s MediaBuzz with Howie Kurtz delivered its biggest audience since its launch — 1.3 million viewers —  and was the No. 1 cable news program for the day in the news demo with 300,000 viewers in that age bracket. Sunday's program included an interview with Fox Business Network's Melissa…

For the first time since former New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter took over as anchor of CNN's Sunday all-things-media program Reliable Sources, the show edged out Fox News Channel's like-minded show MediaBuzz in the news demo.  Reliable Sources‘ 193,000 demo viewers put it 21,000 viewers ahead of MediaBuzz …

Former New York Times media correspondent Brian Stelter also clocked 118,00  viewers in the news demo in his debut as permanent host of CNN's Reliable Sources on Sunday. Same day, former Reliable Sources host Howart Kurtz logged 960,000 viewers — 239,000 in the news demo — in his new gig as host of FNC's …

UPDATE, 10 AM: In his 15 years hosting CNN’s Reliable Sources, Fox News Channel’s MediaBuzz host Howard Kurtz never sustained 1 million viewers for the full telecast — though it broke 1 million viewers on a couple of Sundays when the format was interrupted for breaking news. That includes coverage of the earthquake…

Howard Kurtz‘s new Sunday examine-the-media show MediaBuzz will debut September 8 at 11 AM ET, Fox News Channel announced this morning. Kurtz, who previously hosted CNN’s Reliable Sources, from 1998 until this past June, will examine media bias on the new program, FNC said today. He will also dissect “news events of…

A month after he came close to losing his CNN job, Howard Kurtz is leaving the news cable network for rival Fox News. Starting July 1, he will anchor a version of Fox News Watch, which focuses on the media, with a new format during the weekends. That is in line of Kurtz’s current duties as host of CNN’s Reliable Source…

CNN‘s Howard Kurtz took to his own Reliable Sources show this morning to address the sloppy reporting on NBA player Jason Collins that got him canned from his Daily Beast gig this week. Politico’s Dylan Byers and NPR’s David Folkenflik grilled the longterm host, who went on the defensive about his history of reporting…

UPDATE 9:25 AM: He’s out at the Daily Beast but CNN has decided not to cut Howard Kurtz loose for his sloppy reporting about NBA player Jason Collins’ coming out. “There has been no status change with Howard Kurtz, he remains the host of Reliable Sources.  He will address this issue on the program this weekend,” a CNN…