The guide from Northeastern urges stations to hire a digital content creator to spearhead digital strategy and coach their peers on how to bring their reporting to audiences online.

When it comes to local news, the elephant in the room is your local TV station. For too long, print and digital outlets have written off television news as shallow — obsessed with crime and spectacle ...

A proposed merger that would form the biggest local TV company the country has ever seen risks driving up monthly TV bills for tens of millions of Americans, undercutting President Donald Trump ’s ...

Nexstar had been in talks with smaller rival Tegna to merge its local TV stations amid the continuing consolidation of the U.S. broadcast sector. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Leading local TV ...

In a deal combining to two sizable players in the local TV station biz, Nexstar Media Group said it reached a deal to buy Tegna in a transaction valued at $6.2 billion The purchase price is inclusive ...

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 ...

Another major deal for local TV stations may be brewing, with Sinclair Broadcast Group (and its 185 or so local stations) revealing Monday that it is pursuing a deal for E.W. Scripps, which owns some ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nexstar Media Group joined Sinclair Broadcast Group in bringing Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show back to its local TV stations on Friday night, ending a dayslong TV blackout for ...

The local TV giants backed away from opting to preempt the show on their ABC stations, which impacted nearly one quarter of the country. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Sinclair said it made the decision ...