Adam Buckman

To its credit, CBS News has not shied away from reporting on its own top executives who stand accused of committing acts of sexual harassment and tolerating a culture of inappropriate sexual behavior -- most notably within the CBS News division. Stories seen since the end of July on various CBS News programs have not evaded the key issues or, more importantly, the details of the accusations leveled by women who told their stories to the New Yorker's Ronan Farrow.

Forget about the candidates -- the big winner on Election Night this November figures to be mobile media. That’s according to some local TV news pros who say the time has finally arrived for so-called “second screens” -- mobile phones and tablets -- to become “first screens” on Nov 4 as news consumers rely increasingly on their mobile devices for Election Night returns.

The challenge, local TV executives say, is in creating second-screen experiences that complement, enhance or otherwise drive viewership to what they’re doing on the air -- and vice versa. Whether stations have a handle on the new media and how to apply it to their Election Night coverage plans, in the final analysis, it’s the substance of what a station is providing -- on whatever platform -- that matters most, says Sinclair’s vice president Scott Livingston.