Even as its stations were airing hundreds of hours of continuous live news and storm coverage during hurricanes Helene and Milton, Cox Media Group (CMG) was raising nearly $1 million and providing food, water and necessities for impacted people and communities. That includes taking mobile …
Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nebraska Public Media announced the launch of the “first free Broadcast-Enabled Streaming TV (BEST) channel in Omaha, Neb.” Nebraska Public Media’s PBS and local programming is now hosted on KPTM, Sinclair’s Fox affiliate in Omaha, as a free, virtual channel in …
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 …
LatiNation Media,an Hispanic-owned multi-platform media company whose mission is to transform Latino representation in media, is heading into the elections with two new series that focus on educating and informing its audience on issues core to the community. The network will premiere LatiNation Presents: A Conversation with Secretary …
Broadcast audiences have increasingly moved to digital spaces, and in an attempt to “fish where the fish are,” broadcasters have launched free advertising-supported television (FAST) channels and streaming offerings to reach them. While these products are growing rapidly, their share of the revenue still pales …
Sean McLaughlin’s recent TVNewsCheck column, “The News Budget We’ve Dreaded For Years Has Arrived,” immediately got my attention. I know it’s weird, but budgets are a topic near and dear to me. In addition to spending the majority of my career working with and for …
NBCUniversal Local today unveiled new weather products within the NBC Owned TV Stations’ and Telemundo Station Group’s mobile apps that feature “customization tools, a streamlined layout and intuitive design to deliver faster and easier access to the most-accurate local weather data, information and forecasts personalized …
As artificial intelligence increasingly reshapes the media industry, TV stations are racing to integrate AI into every aspect of their operations, from content creation to sales and marketing. At last week’s Local TV Strategies panel, AI Strategies for sales, marketing and operations industry leaders shared insights …
The Scripps Howard Fund’s ninth annual “If You Give a Child a Book …” campaign will invest a record-breaking $1.5 million in childhood literacy. This year’s campaign will provide more than 260,000 new books to children at low-income schools across the United States. For every …
Two well-groomed anchors sit behind a sleek news desk, a bright, high-definition screen behind them. They present the news of the hour, jumping back and forth between horrific car crashes, local crime and human-interest stories, occasionally bantering between them and tossing the news to weather, …
The results are in for the Online News Association’s 2025-26 board of directors election. ONA members voted for their favorite candidates from a slate of 10 leaders in digital journalism. Donesha Aldridge, executive producer of digital content at WXIA Atlanta, is the newest member of the board. She …
Donald Trump skipped a “60 Minutes” interview this past week, but he’s attacking CBS for how it handled its session with opponent Kamala Harris, calling it a “giant fake news scam” and suggesting the network was out to protect her. Portions of the Harris interview ran Monday on the …
