Across the country, the kinds of budget cuts that have decimated newspapers over the years are now slicing into local TV news stations. A trend of TV news layoffs “is only just the beginning,” one ...

Beth Johnson: Local news is supposed to get a boost with the Nexstar-Tegna shift, but without two key positions, success is ...

NEW YORK—Consumers of local broadcast news continue to deem it as a valuable source of information—whether it’s political races, local sports teams or weather—regardless of accessing it on their TVs ...

Local television news is a lifeline for millions of Americans, delivering information that can directly impact daily life, from weather alerts to election coverage to emergency updates. But a new ...

Local newscasts don’t exist in a vacuum. News directors and station management constantly evaluate what’s working, what isn’t and perhaps most importantly, what’s working for the competition. Many are ...

As the FCC explores raising station cap limits and station groups aim for more mega-mergers — including Nexstar‘s proposed acquisition of Tegna — a new report commissioned by DirecTV shows that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Donald Trump endorsed Nexstar’s proposed merger with Tegna, which would create a broadcast giant reaching 80% of the country, ...