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Knoxville's First Black Anchor Edye Ellis Dies
Edye was the station’s first African-American anchor. She started working there in 1982 and was later named evening co-anchor ...
Michael Che Wonders if He’s the Next Black Anchor to Be Fired After Joy Reid and Lester Holt Exits: ‘Well NBC, Only One More to Go’
MSNBC anchor Joy Reid, who previously filled the 7 p.m. slot, has been let go as part of a massive reshuffling of talent at ...
Knoxville remembers Edye Ellis, pioneer of East Tennessee media and first Black anchor at WBIR
Ellis joined WBIR Channel 10 in 1982, where she first covered the World's Fair in a program called "Welcome World." Ellis was ...
‘SNL’s’ Michael Che Rips NBC Bosses for Firing Black Anchors
Live star Michael Che took aim at his own network during Saturday’s “Weekend Update” segment. “This week, MSNBC fired its ...
Edye Ellis, WBIR's first Black anchor, has died: 'Heaven will be a better place'
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Edye Ellis, one of WBIR's most beloved anchors from the 1980s and 1990s, has died. She was 81. Edye's family confirmed she died Monday morning. Her cousin, Charles Collins, said ...
Teary MSNBC anchor Joy Reid remains defiant as she breaks silence after firing: ‘I’m not sorry’
“I’m not sorry. I am not sorry that I stood up for those things,” Reid said as she ticked off a list of issues that her show, ...
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Glamorous black TV anchor says racist bosses treated her like plantation slave
An Emmy-winning black TV anchor was treated like a plantation slave by her racist bosses, a bombshell lawsuit alleges. Ojinika Obiekwe, 46, had been employed at New York based network PIX11 ...
Lester Holt stepping down as 'NBC Nightly News' anchor after 10 years
In an internal memo released to news outlets Monday morning, Holt — who turns 66 in March — said that after "10 years, 17 if ...
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Black TV anchor sues former employer for wrongful termination, claims she was treated like plantation slave
Ojinika Obiekwe, an Emmy-winning Black TV anchor, has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, alleging wrongful ...
Black Leaders on Why They’ve Turned Against Eric Adams
The mayor is losing support from a crucial cohort whose members say he is damaging the political prospects of other Black ...
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Michael Che Wonders If He’s the Next Black Anchor to Be Fired After Joy Reid and Lester Holt Exits: ‘Well NBC, Only One More to Go’
During this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update, co-anchor Michael Che pointed out an uncomfortable truth: NBCUniversal is losing two prominent Black news anchors at the same time.