Dan Abrams | Blog - Part 2

Colorado police are investigating the takedown 22 year old Michaella Surat of by an officer, which critics are calling an "excessive force."  Here you can see the video which was viewed over half a million times in 4 hours, as well as Dan Abrams on this morning's Good Morning America with his take on the situation. Police stand by the ...

This Monday, February 27th, LawNewz Network will finally launch.  With an all-star legal analysis team and a brand new studio, Dan is thrilled to take this step toward expanding LawNewz and providing live coverage and commentary on criminal and civil trials. Trials are scheduled broadcast live between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., with coverage then repeating overnight. The ...

Tonight, OCT 28 9/8c, the new documentary series Live PD premieres on A&E.  America has been yearning for transparency within our police forces, and for the first time ever - viewers will have real-time access into the world of 6 of the country's busiest police departments.  Dan has been gearing up to host in-studio alongside Dallas Police Department Detectives Rich Emberlin ...

After Colin Powell's e-mails had been hacked, apparently by a group affiliated with the Russian governments, two of Dan's sites (LawNewz and Mediaite) jumped at the chance to spread their contents. Dan acknowledges that it's iffy that he allowed his sites to publish this material, but the uncovering of Powell's "biting commentary, personal musings and juicy gossip" - ...

Digiday ran a feature today about Abrams Media, highlighting the evolution of the network of sites that was formed in 2009.  Beginning with Mediaite and 6 other sites, Abrams Media has since streamlined it's network down to 5 sites total, hired full-time video producers, as well as a social media team.  Mediaite now busting out 75 ...

On CNN's Reliable Sources this Monday, Dan spoke with Brian Stelter about the recent decrease of live media coverage of Donald Trump's campaign. At first, Trump's outrageous style garnered an unprecedented amount of coverage - but now that he's a legitimate presidential candidate, the media has begun to even out the playing field when it comes to exposure.  He ...

LawNewz.com, launched earlier this year by Abrams Media, is movin' on up.  Last month, the site had 1.36 million unique visitors, blowing its previous traffic record out of the water.  This is a thrilling time of growth for Abrams Media, and Dan looks forward to expanding the LawNewz team (led by Managing Editor Rachel Stockman).  The other Abrams ...

There's good news on the Mediaite front! Dan published an article today about taking Mediaite to the next level adding entertainment, food and sports coverage. In addition to this there will also be more original video thanks to an in-house studio as well as multiple new columnist contributors. Dan writes, "Thanks to everyone who has ...