After years in development, a programmatic solution for buying and selling local linear advertising is finally ready to launch. “We have a newly formed partnership with ITN that is going to change the ...

Across the country, the kinds of budget cuts that have decimated newspapers over the years are now slicing into local TV news stations. A trend of TV news layoffs “is only just the beginning,” one ...

NEW YORK—Consumers of local broadcast news continue to deem it as a valuable source of information—whether it’s political races, local sports teams or weather—regardless of accessing it on their TVs ...

Gone are the days when you could only watch TV by adjusting the "bunny ears" antenna to pick up your local stations. Now, with all the digital streaming services and subscriptions, it's easy to assume ...

Gray Media and the E.W. Scripps Co., two of the largest U.S. owners of local TV stations, have engineered a swap of stations in five small and mid-sized markets. The move will create new duopolies, ...

One of my favorite Nieman Lab predictions in recent years came from Nik Usher, associate professor of communication studies at the University of San Diego. The prediction, “The future-of-journalism ...

As broadcasters push to end ownership caps that they contend has hurt their competitive position, new data from Guideline provides some depressing details on just how much the local TV ad spend has ...

Allen Media Group has hired the investment bank Moelis to market the 28 local stations it owns in an effort to reduce its debt. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Allen’s Allen Media Group (AMG) says that ...

After spending more than $1 billion in the last six years to amass a total of 28 television stations in 21 markets, Allen Media Group founder Byron Allen is putting up a for-sale sign, tapping veteran ...

Handing out pink slips to dozens of beloved small-market local TV news weathercasters would be ill-advised even in the best of times. But to do it right as unpredictable and dangerous weather ...