MARKET SHARE
When ‘Saturday Night Live’ Spoofs Local TV News For Laughs
Local TV broadcasting is facing some challenges these days, and I thought perhaps we could all use a laugh or two. Here are some examples of …
Michael Aaron Promoted To KFSM Fort Smith News Director
He has served as the station’s assistant news director since 2022 and now will oversee journalism at the Tegna CBS affiliate in Arkansas.
Veteran Journalist Thanh Truong Joins WVUE New Orleans
Gray Television Fox affiliate WVUE New Orleans is adding Thanh Truong to its news team. Truong has experience in television news, both as a …
COMMENTARY
Why Doesn’t YouTube TV Carry C-SPAN?
Tom Wheeler: "Over the past four decades, we have come to take C-SPAN for granted. But this important public service is now threatened by a …
‘Tiger King’ Ruling Could Limit ‘Fair Use’ Of Video Clips In Documentaries
Filmmakers are warning that a recent ruling in a copyright suit against Netflix over its Tiger King docuseries could restrict the use of …
KXAS Dallas, WTVF Nashville Pick Up Peabody Awards
KXAS Dallas-Fort Worth and WTVF Nashville have won 2024 Peabody Awards. Given out by the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism …
Video: Making Compelling News Content Outside Newscasts
Executives from CBS News & Stations, CBC, Cox Media Group and NBCUniversal Local share experiments in news programming beyond the …
NBC Affiliates To Get Cut-Ins During Olympic Coverage To Promote Local News
NBC and its affiliates have worked out an arrangement that will give affiliates 90-second cut-ins during daytime network coverage of the …
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Judges Critique TV Stations Winning National Headliner Awards
Founded in 1934 by the Press Club of Atlantic City, the National Headliner Awards program is one of the oldest and largest annual contests …
NBCU And Pluto TV Launching NBC And Telemundo Local Streaming News Channels
NBCUniversal and Pluto announced NBCUniversal Local’s 15 NBC and Telemundo local and regional streaming news channels begin launching on …
Nearly Two-Thirds Of Americans Think Local News Outlets Are Doing Fine Financially, Survey Finds
The local news crisis has been widely chronicled. Why do so many seem unaware? Pictured: Little Rock Police Lt. Steve McClanahan talks to …
Americans’ Changing Relationship With Local News
As news consumption habits become more digital, U.S. adults continue to see value in local outlets.
NEWS ANALYSIS
The Collapse Of The News Industry Is Taking Its Soul Down With It
Wounded and limping, doubting its own future, American journalism seems to be losing a quality that carried it through a century and a half …
TV News Can’t Sidestep Turbulence As Election Approaches
ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN all face questions about their future, just as one of the toughest journalistic assignments looms.
NEWS ANALYSIS
Kim Godwin’s Exit Raises New Questions About ABC News’ Future
TV news is shrinking. Does ABC News need its own commanding officer when it's being made part of a different army?
NBC Will Stick With Dual Announcers And Analysts For The US Open
The network announced its commentary team Monday: Dan Hicks and Mike Tirico will share play-by-play duties with an analyst assigned to each. …
Tennis Channel Commentator Brett Haber Signs 5-Year Contract Extension
Tennis Channel and commentator Brett Haber have agreed to a contract extension that will keep one of the network’s most prominent faces on …
Telemundo’s KDEN Denver Names Ana Guerra News Anchor
KDEN Denver (Telemundo Colorado), part of NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo Station Group, today said that award-winning journalist Ana …
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A New Documentary Traces The Popularity Of Local TV News To One Man, Al Primo
Al Primo & His Eyewitness News Revolution takes you back to the early days of television news to hear the behind-the-scenes stories of …
Israel Orders Al Jazeera To Close Its Local Operation And Seizes Some Of Its Equipment
Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar's Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the …
Kim Godwin Exits As ABC News President After 3 Years
Godwin, the first Black woman to lead a network news division, said Sunday she was retiring from the business. Godwin was recruited as an …
Meteorologist Bree Sullivan Joins WOI Des Moines
Tegna ABC affiliate WOI Des Moines, Iowa (“Local 5”) will add meteorologist Bree Sullivan to the Local 5 Weather team on May 6, preparing …
The Revenge Of The Home Page
As social networks become less reliable distributors of the news, consumers of digital journalism are seeking out an older form of online …
REINVENTING THE NEWS
Tackling Local TV News’ Pay Problem, There Are No Easy Answers
Sean McLaughlin: To assess local TV’s compensation problem in the cold light of day means acknowledging hard market realities. Here’s what …
AI & THE MEDIA
Pulitzer’s AI Spotlight Series Will Train 1,000 Journalists On AI Accountability Reporting
The Pulitzer Center has officially kicked off The AI Spotlight Series, a new training initiative that aims to teach 1,000 journalists how to …
Klobuchar Decries ‘Decaying Democracy’ Impact Of Local News Declines
Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Thursday plugged her bill in Congress aimed at helping local media get more compensation from the likes of Facebook …