In the era of cable news, election coverage has metastasized into a subgenre of its own — one with narrative conventions that viewers depend on and dread in equal measure. These include projections, of course,

The former NBC anchor noted the streamer did not have a decision desk and would be reporting when other news outlets made calls.

Brian Williams didn’t come to Election Night to break news, but rather to put it all together. The NBC News veteran kicked off an interesting American experiment Tuesday evening by taking to Amazon’s Prime Video to host a live hours-long Election Night special on the streaming giant’s massive platform.

Brian Williams is back on the news beat. The former NBC News and MSNBC anchor is hosting Election Night Live, Prime Video’s first crack at live coverage of a breaking-news event. Originating from Amazon’s Culver City studio, the multi-hour, ad ...

Amazon has invested billions of dollars to buy expensive sports media rights and build out extensive cloud computing infrastructure required to stream NFL games and other live sports action for Prime members around the globe. The Seattle tech giant is now expanding its live streaming ambitions by venturing into news.

Turn on Amazon’s Prime Video on Election Night, and you will see the streaming giant do something it has never done before: Live coverage of a breaking news event. Brian Williams, the former NBC News and MSNBC anchor who will host Election Night Live,