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 ...

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 ...

Local television news has a serious problem. Average audience size is declining, which threatens ad revenue of news-producing stations and ultimately their long-term prospects. The decline has ...

As Nexstar and Tegna gobble up more stations, broadcasters don't want to sit on the sidelines. Will the FCC let the Big Four jump in? By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Are the big broadcast networks ...

In a deal that has the potential to reshape the landscape of local TV news across the country, Nexstar Media Group, which owns WGNO and WNOL in New Orleans, has announced plans to acquire rival Tegna, ...

The Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) has released a study which reaffirms the essential role of local news in Americans’ lives. The 2025 Local Broadcast News Study, a 3,100+ respondent surn ...

YouTube TV‘s millions of subscribers could lose Fox News, FS1, local Fox TV stations and more as soon as this Wednesday if the Google-owned video service can’t reach a deal with Fox Corp. The current ...

Before cable news channels gave us all the news all day long, it was the local news that was the lifeblood of American journalism. National stories were essential, and the meat and bread of ...