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Yeah, because television is SOOOO comparable to newspapers. Hey, if people are willing to pay for Spotify, Apple TV+, HBOMax, CBS All Access, Disney+, Amazon Prime, etc, why aren't they willing to pay for visual news content in the same way? Especially, if they can get the content JUST catered to them (microtargeting). It's the big newspapers that are being gutted and haven't converted well because A. Owners are treating them like slush funds (like these big station groups do to their stations) and B.They are using technology to promote an old model of journalism, not evolving it (which they could digitally). Small community papers have been growing for that very reason! I have quite a few local papers that I love, but it's just not the same video storytelling. Reading a story about Iran isn't the same a seeing the visuals and hearing the content. You get more nuance. Why do you think NPR is so damn successful? That kind of storytelling you can read, but it doesn't have the same power. If the cost to produce a fictional show during a pandemic isn't more expensive than the revenue returns from a CBS NewsNight program.

I expect them to get out of the business of broadcasting, providing more customized content and move to a subscription model. Saying that people watch TV news for 'human connection' is what's wrong with the platform. I want information, not to connect with other people. I also don't want to be used as a tool to sell ads, because all that's doing is exacerbating the sensationalism and appealing to the broad base, not doing real journalism regardless of it's broad base appeal. Screw that.

Hahahaha! That's not embracing technology. That's using technology to keep the old tools working even as they fail. I won't walk you through how this is a totally trash idea, like rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic. Instead, I'm just going to do what I'm going to do to change it and watch the ship go down.

The mass consolidation, new streaming services and cable cutting indicate it's shrinking.

I remembered the facts incorrectly. George is Chief Anchor at ABC. I know that WNT is riding strong, but there are fewer viewers. For instance, being #1 when you there are only 100K viewers isn't as impressive as is being #1 when there are 1 million. Just sayin'...

Who says that won't use CBS5AK.com, or KYES.com which currently redirects to KTUU.com?

That has nothing to do with my statement. Thank you for sharing why George Stephanopoulos is a great Managing Editor though. Haha!

So regardless of my opinion, the ratings aren't exactly soaring. That's quite enough for me to see that she doesn't make a compelling anchor or ME. That, informing my opinion, doesn't make me look too kindly on the move to DC. Also, since the formatting is pretty much identical across networks, I would have blown that up instead of weakly leaning into it. Honestly, the network national program concept is sinking pretty quickly and a reinvention to inspire whatever viewers are remaining would be good.

Well, if we were under any delusion that local news meant little more than a network contractual obligation...

So is the KTVA news department technically the DCI news department?

I hope to god it doesn't, but I have an inherent distrust of Ajit Pai.

Why would Nexstar be concerned about the cap? They could sidecar every station in the country and still be considered 'under market cap'.

So is KTVA's news department going to be shut down?

Did Gray acquire the KTVA news department too? Or just the affiliation?

It's a bit weird that they're selling it the license and non-license assets separately. Also, how does Gray now own two of the four affiliates in the market? Or is this a loophole around that? KTVA was the news leader, right? So why is GCI content to lose that status?

You are right. I am wrong. Seems like TMStudios needs a Wikipedia page with that in it.

What anti-trust issues? A company can have one of their subsidiaries do work for the parent and not get accused of anything illegal because they own them.

Being the broadcast junkie that I am, one ends up not only finding love with TV stations, but also radio stations (and for me, the latter came first). Well, I discovered an interesting little footnote: TMStudios is an E.W. Scripps company. TM was owned by Jones Media Group (then known as JonesTM). Jones was purchased by Triton (and renamed TM Studios), Triton Radio Networks (now Triton Digital) in 2008. Triton was purchased by Scripps in 2018. Ergo, why are the Scripps stations using Stephen Arnold Music when they have their own composers in-house?

Making the jump to WCNC?

That's not being used. So first ripping off the Trib graphics and now BBC. Interesting...

Boooo! The Dispatch website is superior.

Welcome to TEGNA.

The hell are you talking about?

Is WTSP seriously switching to this logo? What is with all of these ridiculous throwbacks? That or logos that are slapped together: TEGNA has no branding game. Clear your browser cache.