The Nexstar-Tegna transaction could bolster local television journalism by providing the scale needed to compete with Big Tech and streaming giants.

A long time ago, in 2004, the Federal Communications Commission laid down a rule designed to prevent a monopoly: No one company could broadcast to more than 39 percent of all the TV households in the ...

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 ...

One of my favorite Nieman Lab predictions in recent years came from Nik Usher, associate professor of communication studies at the University of San Diego. The prediction, “The future-of-journalism ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brittany Noble is about to begin her second week as anchor of “The Breakdown,” the daily live newscast that the former local TV ...

Americans' attention to local news has declined since 2016. Explore how people get local news today, shifting from TV and ...