Matt Finn has confirmed with TVSpy he is joining the FOX News Junior Reporter Program and will be based in Las Vegas.

“I’ve always admired Fox’s brand and all of its unmatched talent,” Finn told TVSpy. “My career goal has been to work for FOX, so I’m thrilled to join the number one network.”

From the FOX Junior Reporter website, “The Junior Reporters is a two-year training program that is made up of the best and brightest graduates from the FNCU Internship program and a vast pool of entry-level candidates from around the country who are just embarking on their careers in the multi-media news business.”

Finn, who begins the program in late August, is currently a reporter at Yakima, WA, CBS affiliate KIMA. Before coming to KIMA he was a producer at WBRE in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

Broadcasting & Cable reports, Mignon Clyburn, the acting chairwoman of the FCC, has expressed her frustration with the lack of progress in the ongoing retransmission dispute between Time Warner Cable and CBS during a press conference after the commission’s monthly public meeting.

“Quite frankly I am deeply disappointed that the parties seem to be unable to reach a retransmission agreement,” Clyburn said. “I am really distressed that consumers and viewers are being adversely affected and my primary concern remains with them. We will continue to urge both parties to stay and resolve in good faith this issue as soon as possible.”

Time Warner Cable pulled CBS owned stations from its system because of a dispute over retransmission fees. Time Warner subscribers in New York, Dallas, Los Angeles and other owned station markets have been blacked out since last Friday.

CBS executive vice president Martin Franks confirmed with CBS moneywatch yesterday the two sides have resumed negotiations.

KCOP, the FOX owned MyNetworkTV affiliate for Los Angeles, has announced plans to eliminate news from its lineup in September.

A FOX spokesperson confirmed, the KCOP 7:00 p.m. news will end on September 20, a little more than a year after it was launched. The 11:00 p.m. news, which debuted in 2002, will end on September 22.

No layoffs are expected from the move, since KCOP is operated as a duopoly with FOX’s KTTV. KTTV produces the KCOP news broadcasts.

FOX was quick to point out KCOP’s sister station KTTV has added 7 hours of local news per week with the launch of its 5:00 p.m. news two years ago. In April 2010, the KTTV morning show was expanded by a half-hour from 4:30 to 5:00 a.m.

The 7:00 p.m. news will be replaced by “The Simpsons” while “The King of Queens” will air at 11:00 p.m.

This week, KNBC is hiring a social media lead, while WNCT needs a weekday evening anchor. KENS is seeking a digital content producer, and WHEC is still on the hunt for a news director. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional just-posted gigs on Mediabistro.

• Social Media Lead KNBC (Burbank, CA)
• Anchor – Weekday Evening WNCT (Greenville, NC)
• Digital Content Producer KENS (San Antonio, TX)
• News Director WHEC (Rochester, NY)
• Multi-Platform Promotion Writer/Producer KHBS/KHOG (Rogers, AR)

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A new Pew Study shows a majority of people think TV journalists are more important today than in the past because they “help make sense of all the info that is available.”

However, TVSpy isn’t sure how this relates to the last study that showed fewer Americans thought journalists made a positive contribution to society.

But back to the study at hand. This most recent study showed attitudes about journalists ability to sort through information remained on the positive side of the spectrum regardless of age and political affiliation. Of those polled, the people between the ages of 18 and 49 had the highest percentage of those who thought journalists were “more important” (55%). The lowest came from those 65 and older (52%).

The split between the political parties also weighted the survey. 51% of Republicans felt journalists were more important while Democrats came in at 60%. Read more

WSLS reporter Scott Leamon starts his new role as a spokesman for the Roanoke Police Department Monday.

“You spend a lot of hours covering the news, so I got to a lot of tee ball games in time for the last inning,” Leamon told the Roanoke Times. “This new job allots more time for the family, but there is a lot of work involved, too. I’m ready to work.”

Leamon, whose last day at the Roanoke NBC affiliate is today, told viewers on his facebook page, “Thank you for allowing me into your homes and hearts. And any time you feel like you can’t do something, any time you feel like your back is against the wall, any time you feel like you just might be down for the count…Do what I tell the people who me well to do. Think: “Man. If that knucklehead Scott Leamon can do it, then I can too!”

Leamon has been a reporter at WSLS for ten years.

Greg Majewski will join Raycom’s Columbus, GA, ABC affiliate WTVM as weekend meteorologist on August 19.

Majewski is an Army reservist who served as deputy director of communication infrastructure with the 335th Signal Command in Kabul, Afghanistan. Recently, he has been chronicling his deployment at his annual Army training in Georgia. Last week he wrote, “Have the uniform on today for the next 16 days until I head down to Columbus to start my new gig at WTVM.”

Majewski, who has freelanced for WVTM in Birmingham, AL, and WTVC in Chattanooga, TN, replaces Justin Logan who left for Raycom’s Jonesboro, AR, station KAIT.

Anne-Marie Green has joined CBS News as anchor of “Up to the Minute” and “CBS Morning News.” She was weekend morning anchor at KYW in Philadelphia.

Bisi Onlie-Ere joins Al Jazeera America as a Detroit-based correspondent, from reporter/fill-in anchor at WDIV in Detroit.

Maurice Drummond joins KMOV in St. Louis as Sports Director. He was weekend sports anchor at KTVI.

Jessob Reisbeck was recently named weekday morning anchor at WITI in Milwaukee.  He moves from KMPH in Fresno where he was the weekend sports anchor.

Matt Johnson has recently joined KFMB in San Diego as a reporter. He comes from KATV in Little Rock.

Walt Maciborski is the new main weeknight anchor at KEYE in Austin. He was an anchor/reporter at WXIN in Indianapolis.

Julie Grant is the new weekday morning anchor at WGHP in High Point, North Carolina. Julie was an Assistant District Attorney in Pittsburgh.

Mahsa Saeidi has been reporting at NY1 in New York City.  She moved from WCTI in Jacksonville, North Carolina, where she was a reporter.

Jamie Ratliff is now reporting for WVIT in Hartford, Connecticut. She was a reporter at WXXA in Albany.

Nineveh Dinha has been promoted to 4 p.m. weekday anchor, from weekend anchor at KSTU in Salt Lake City.

Green, Onlie-Ere, Drummond, Reisbeck, Johnson, Maciborski, Grant, Saeidi, Dinha are represented by Gregg A. Willinger, Esq. and Traci Wilkes, Esq. at WTA, the Willinger Talent Agency.

Salisbury, MD, ABC affiliate WMDT has announced it has been sold to Maryland based Marquee Broadcasting pending FCC approval.

According to Delmarvanow.com, Marquee’s first television station purchase is worth $9 million.

“We are thrilled to be entering television broadcasting with the acquisition of WMDT,” said Patricia Lane, who along with her husband Brian are principal owners of Marquee Broadcasting. “As 30-year Maryland residents, we are looking forward to serving communities we know in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia.”

According to a station press release, WMDT has 60 employees. Station manager Kathleen McLain has been with station for 17 years. You can watch video of the station’s announcement after the jump. Read more

Don Shelby, former anchor for Minneapolis CBS owned station WCCO, told his former station he will not run for Congress.

“When you see statements by John Boehner that says our job is not to pass laws but to repeal them,” Shelby said. “It makes you wonder who in his or her right mind would really want to get into that business, especially if they come from a background of trying to change things … trying to be helpful, trying to be a true public servant,”

Shelby said he was not comfortable being labeled either a Democrat or Republican. He said he’s neither. He also said he didn’t want to give up time with his family.

According to WCCO, National Democrats had approached Shelby in hopes he would seek the 3rd Congressional District seat currently occupied by Republican Congressman Erik Paulsen. Watch the interview with WCCO after the jump. Read more