Nexstar had been in talks with smaller rival Tegna to merge its local TV stations amid the continuing consolidation of the U.S. broadcast sector. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Leading local TV ...
Local meteorologists who belong to 27 news stations under the Allen Media Group are now facing layoffs. Allen Media, which acquired The Weather Channel for $300 million in March 2018, said in a press ...
As Nexstar and Tegna gobble up more stations, broadcasters don't want to sit on the sidelines. Will the FCC let the Big Four jump in? By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Are the big broadcast networks ...
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 recently announced a new initiative that will see meteorologists at The Weather Channel delivering forecasts for their local stations Meteorologists at stations across the U.S. have ...
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 ...
“Kevin and I have come into your homes for decades — nearly 37 years for me,” Patrece Dayton, a news anchor in Terre Haute, ...
Shares in Tegna fell 5.5% on Monday after President Donald Trump criticized a proposal to lift the current cap on local ...
Over the course of the last couple of decades, streaming has transformed from a relatively fringe extravagance to the preferred way for many to watch movies and television shows at home. In turn, the ...
Television powerhouse Nexstar Media announced on Aug. 19 that it has agreed to acquire Tegna, the company behind local Washington state TV stations such as KING in Seattle and KREM in Spokane, in a ...
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 ...