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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
