If analysts’ predictions are correct, by this time next year our industry will be well on the road to consolidation. Tragically, that means many people who have worked in local television most of their lives will find themselves facing layoffs. I wish there was another outcome …
Augmented reality graphics, virtual sets and large video walls made of multiple high-resolution LED displays continue to be hot items for local stations looking to step up their studio presentation technology. CBS News and Stations is now using large AR/VR sets for daily news coverage in …
Gray Media and the NFL’s Carolina Panthers are proud to announce a first — a new partnership that will bring all three Panthers preseason games live in Spanish to Gray’s Telemundo audience across the Carolinas. Starting this August, Spanish-speaking fans will be able to catch …
In my research analyzing thousands of client marketing plans for positive business outcomes, I’ve discovered that only one in 10 local business owners ever reviewed their zero-party data (ZPD) for marketing usage. Ninety percent of these business leaders had not ever dug into their own …
Two recent events, seemingly unrelated, seem to have captured the shift that AI is bringing to media production. First, a music composer with no filmmaking experience, Jacob Adler, won the $15,000 Grand Prix at the Runway AI Film Festival for his visually poetic nine-minute film, …
As the broadcast industry continues its shift toward ad-supported streaming, all players are looking for ways to double down on the digital ad revenues that haven’t always been easy going. Amid a gold rush of new ad formats, pricing tiers and addressable models, few content …
For reporters, it’s hardly unusual to call sources on the phone to learn details or get quotes that will enliven their stories. Sometimes people will talk, sometimes they won’t. But the president of the United States? In an almost unfathomable level of access, reporters who call President …
Editor’s note: This post is part of News From Creatorland, a column where journalist and entrepreneur Fernando Hurtado shares learnings and observations from the frontlines of creator journalism. In 2024, Marlon A. Walker, the managing editor of local for The Marshall Project, wrote his Nieman Lab …
Broadcast TV remains America’s most powerful reach medium. It’s trusted, brand-safe and capable of influencing culture, driving consumer action and reaching more households in a night than most platforms reach in a month. Through broadcast TV, we’ve come to know some of the most iconic campaigns …
As TVNewsCheck’s Janet Stilson reported earlier this week, confirmation of Republican Olivia Trusty to the Federal Communications Commission means Chairman Brenden Carr finally has the votes to begin removing outdated broadcast rules. Analysts expect major dealmaking to happen this year with implementation coming in 2026. Elimination …
Changes are coming later this year to how TV news journalists turn out content each day. Several groups are finalizing technical and software improvements to make workflow easier (think cloud-based resources to make sharing video and editing faster, and goodbye to old rundown applications). That’s good …
NEW YORK (AP) — Six months ago, Jennifer Rubin had no idea whether she’d make it in a new media world. She just knew it was time to leave The Washington Post, where she’d been a political columnist for 15 years. The Contrarian, the democracy-focused website …
