Pbs Newshour Biography
PBS NewsHour (formerly 'The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer' until December 4, 2009 and 'The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour' from its inception through to 1995) is an evening television news program broadcast weeknights on PBS in the United States. Unlike most other evening newscasts in the country, each edition is an hour long. The program also runs longer segments than most other news outlets in the U.S., with in-depth coverage of the subjects involved. The NewsHour avoids the use of sound bites, playing back extended portions of news conferences and holding interviews that last several minutes. The program was formerly known as 'The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour' until Robert MacNeil, who co-anchored with Jim Lehrer, retired from the show in 1995. The show continues to be produced by their joint production company, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, which is 65% owned by Liberty Media.
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