For decades, the Super Bowl has been the gold standard of live sports broadcasting — one of the few events still capable of uniting millions in front of their screens at the same time. Yet new research shows that the growing array of digital devices …
For the second half of 2024, streaming was up 56% YoY and linear grew 8%. Live sports, the presidential election, and streaming growth signal a shift in consumer viewing habits as AI-powered targeting unlocks new advertising opportunities Samba TV, a global provider of AI technology for …
Fox O&O WAGA Atlanta (Fox 5) has partnered with WHAT-FM (Radio One Atlanta) to launch a 24/7 audio simulcast channel of the television station’s streaming content, said Bill Schneider, WAGA vice president and general manager. Effective immediately, WHAT HD2 will be the home of unique content provided by …
As millions of Americans downloaded the DeepSeek app last month, it shot past OpenAI’s ChatGPT taking the top spot on Apple’s App Store charts. The Chinese-developed AI app attracted a lot of new users from across professions, including journalists. But as we learn more about …
As a young producer at KSTP-TV Minneapolis, I worked on a promo that posed the question: Does raw milk cause cancer? As you might imagine, the series was controversial. Before the piece was aired, the station’s lawyer reviewed both the news reports and the promo …
We sat down with Poynter senior scholar Roy Peter Clark, author of numerous books including “How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times,” to talk about what makes good […] The post ‘Make every word count’ — Roy Peter Clark discusses the power of short …
My first brush with journalism’s fight for existence with a social media app came in June while hitting tennis balls across a mesh net with my cousin in the Chicago […] The post I’m a Gen Z journalist. My generation doesn’t know what that means. appeared …
After my last column on making linear advertising a precision mass-reach medium, a number of people reached out to ask why the industry has not taken steps to make this happen, even when it seems so obvious. We see what I call the “tea leaves” every …
First word of the Trump administration’s since-rescinded order to freeze spending on federal loans and grants came not from a major news organization, but from a woman working alone in her Brooklyn apartment. Marisa Kabas’ scoop this past week was a key moment for a growing cadre of …
There’s one newsroom role I worry about above all others when there is an opening. Newscast producers? No. It’s harder than ever to find people to fill these roles, but we’re scrappy, creative and always figure it out. Reporters? I’m worried, but they’re not at the …
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today is awarding more than $6 million in grants to support the growing field of climate journalism in the United States. It says: “This funding for independent newsrooms and organizations that support environmental journalism will help inform the …
Television ownership groups are planning bold steps to stave off real concerns that they can be fiscally sound as a business model over the next five to seven years — that’s the buzz I am hearing from leadership circles. In the meantime, the industry is …
