Local television has three immediate problems that must be solved if our industry is to have a future: a people problem, a product problem and a profit problem. Looking at these issues together, we find a common root. Television news has become stagnant. Our days of …
Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has released its 13th Amagi Global FAST Report, which, it says, “reveals significant growth in sports content in the free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) ecosystem.” The report highlights a 150% increase in …
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish radio station has triggered controversy after dismissing its journalists and relaunching this week with AI-generated “presenters.” Weeks after letting its journalists go, OFF Radio Krakow relaunched this week, with what it said was “the first experiment in Poland in which …
Newspapers in the United States closed at the rate of more than two per week during 2023, but a burst of activity among digital entrepreneurs illustrated some tiny shoots of growth in what has become a desert-like climate for local news. A total of 127 newspapers …
Gray Television NBC affiliate WMBF Myrtle Beach, S.C., has launched a new show from its First Alert Weather Team. Weather or Not is hosted by Chief Meteorologist Jamie Arnold and meteorologist Andrew Dockery. Need a quick recap of the forecast? Planning the weekend? Going out of …
Nexstar’s NewsNation today announced its plans to provide special coverage of the 2024 presidential election in the days and weeks leading up to election day, Nov. 5, including expanded coverage on election night. The network will partner with Decision Desk HQ to provide real-time election results, …
It's been over two weeks since Tony Dokoupil's CBS Mornings interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates set off an internal firestorm at CBS News. Now, The Wall Street Journal reports that CBS News president Wendy McMahon is requesting an editorial review of the newsroom's reporting process, …
The financial news publisher Bloomberg Media launched a Weekend Edition product on Friday, part of a broader initiative to boost subscriber retention and increase weekend readership. The content will focus on the intersection of finance and culture, a small departure from standard Bloomberg reporting and …
One of the first emails I got working in a TV newsroom was a “discrepancy report.” It was the first in a countless series of form emails filled out by show producers to document mistakes during their newscast. “Typo in chyron,” “audio issues during live shot,” …
Spectrum News today announced the launch of Spectrum News South Carolina, bringing its local journalism to the Spectrum TV lineup. Now available to Spectrum TV customers across the state on ch. 1, Spectrum News South Carolina features local headlines at the top and bottom of …
Since the ATSC 3.0 standard was approved by the FCC in 2017, broadcasters have touted its tremendous capabilities and potential to create new revenue streams through datacasting, targeted advertising and other new, IP-based applications. A December 2021 forecast from research firm BIA Advisory Services even …
Citing the strong quality and high quantity of proposals, Press Forward doubled the number of recipients and funding for local news organizations in its first Open Call for proposals. Two hundred and five small local news outlets — including one in every U.S. state — will …
