Approving the Nexstar/Tegna merger would upend the safeguards that protect local news, but that’s not the only cause for ...

A new study helps explain why Americans continue to trust local news, even as their trust in national media, government and other institutions is falling. The authors assert that people use “a news ...

The report defines three types of “information stewards” (local news providers, civic promotors, and community catalysts) and identifies six types of local news providers (hyperlocal, statewide, ...

Allen Media Group’s Local Now free streaming service focused on local news from across the U.S., is now offering consumers five FOX-branded free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels to ...

All 223 markets where Local Now provides localized news are now available as FAST channels on the streamer’s platform When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Newsrooms in Colorado that once employed hundreds could now “fit around a large dinner table,” Larry Ryckman, publisher and co-founder of The Colorado Sun, told me in December. Leaders at newsrooms ...

NBC News anchor Tom Llamas told CNBC that he was stunned by how dominant two of President Donald Trump’s signature policies have been on local newscasts. Llamas took over the NBC Nightly News anchor ...

The Allen Media Group streaming platform Local Now is adding 23 news, sports and entertainment channels from Warner Bros. Discovery headlined by CNN Headlines and CNN Originals, as well as the sports ...

Facing deep financial troubles, News Media Corporation shut down 23 news operations in five states. The closures are just the latest in a trend contributing to news deserts in rural America. Stephanie ...

The scenario is familiar to any journalist who has worked at a newspaper in the last 15 years. The audience is moving away from the profitable old platform to a hot, new one. The outlet must adapt or ...