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Articles tagged local TV (20)

The news was mostly bad for publishers and news organizations last year.
The quest for scale, driven by the distribution power of a few enormous technology platforms, is killing the business case for local news. Will anything take its place?
For baby boomers, local TV is the top source for politics news. Millennials are getting it from their News Feeds.
Research shows local TV is still the biggest driver of local news consumption. So what happens when your “local” news is coming from another state?
Rupert Murdoch wants to add Time Warner to his stable of media properties. Seemingly everyone’s looking for an acquisition. What is it about this moment that is pushing everyone to get bigger?
Media companies are racing to spin off their declining print businesses. Unfortunately, the way they’re doing so could drag them down further.
Plus: A judge rules that Apple colluded on ebooks, CNN’s shift into tabloid journalism, and the rest of the week’s future-of-news news.
Sports, weather, and traffic now fill 40 percent of local television news — while crime, politics, and government coverage are all down. Joshua Benton