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And the fact is that these graphics look like a recycle. Heck, even something you'd find on Envato Marketplace. I'm not badmouthing RenderOn. They did what they were contacted to do and at the price they were contracted to do it, but the high reflectivity of the graphics and the horizonal line sweeps is a last-decade troupe, started with the Scripps 2012 package.

Scripps can build more new content than Gray.

My friend was the News Director who got rid of that crap.

Their local stations are so understaffed that they are already as stretched as they can be.

Look at the title of this thread and consider how irrelevant your point is, falling directly under this topic.

I see Scripps and CBS diving into mostly all news-channels. CBS especially because they have the CBS News City streaming channel and KCAL News is an experiment toward this, and Scripps with Ion as a potential programming service (like MyNetworkTV) and Scripps News to cover national programming, mixed with more local news. Gray has a harder path toward cutting ties with CW. Local News Live is their latest attempt, but I'd argue that they simply just don't have the investment in national news to completely program independent (or would-be independent) stations. They are investing in production facilities which could be used for a national news product or other long-term entertainment scaling, but given the current sustainability and debt/equity ratio questions that many groups have, including Gray, I do wonder if this is the best investment for the immediate future of their business model.

You NEVER include a slogan in your logo. Amateur hour.

Dude. It is owned by Saudi Arabia who's noted for their human rights abuses and corruption. It's gross.

Lol! I don't need to say it again. You can see it in the WSMV Name Change Again thread. Just look at who the Creative Service Director is https://www.linkedin.com/in/peggy-mcclelland-9080176/. 'Nuff said.

This seems right in line with Nexstar's Conservative values. They are shortsighted and tanking their own business with this retransmission pissing match, meanwhile taking any profit from local stations and funneling it to a little-watched Conservative Talk Network, and now their buddying up to an OPEC country with a history of Corruption and Human Rights abuses. Can we now thoroughly agree that Nexstar isn't the unbiased group owner that they purport to be and that maybe we should press the FCC to force them to be broken up into smaller groups as they are going to not be the stewards of journalism that they claimed their size would allow them to be? No group should be so large as to allow for a lack of competition and steadfast journalism integrity that keeps them on the straight and narrow. I'm beyond tired of Nexstar flagrantly violating the community trust and need for their own gain.

Stations haven't invested in digital-first infrastructure to take advantage of streaming. And the fact that they only push linear content, not developing a microtargeted news platform is part of the overall trajectory issue of this industry.

To stream a newscast? Ha! No, it is not that costly at this point, especially considering how much stations are paying for affiliation and syndication fees. If you run it with ads, you can significantly offset the costs. I'd argue that this move by Nexstar is a shortsighted plan because they're effectively laying their own demise. As station groups ask for more money from retransmission fees, the cable subscription costs increase to compensate, decreasing the demand and driving up the retransmission fees, creating a no-win game for groups like this. In the attempt to drive dividends, they are not paying down debt (only the low interests rate) which will come due soon and force Nexstar into administration. Even once the Nexstars of the world are gone, the cable industry won't recover. It's a downward spiral and Nexstar is harming their viewership by not providing up to the minute information, especially as viewers have less access to local news.

They are doing that to get you to pay for Cable to watch it live, to make those retran$.

I propose we start calling it the Black Eye Network.

And with that, here's another nail in Nexstar's coffin.

As indicated on the other thread, it's the WJAX package.

You know, as I do, that Creative Services is controlled by former news producers who have no background in marketing (or marketing execs with no experience in Television creative) and Consultants. Few understand how to convert research to a ratings bump because they were never trained in that.

They are more expensive too! You are right on the money.

Honestly, that set is nothing special. It's underwhelming. Why are we wasting the viewer's time?

They are heavily recycling elements from the Scripps package. Probably a cheaper option.

*Except KCNC who is adopting CBS News Colorado. Re Vice President of Creative Services: No. That's definitely not what happened. I can't go into more detail, but that wouldn't be the decision.

Definitely not very LA. The KTLA set (created by JHD Group) does a great job of using vertical space, though they did borrow heavily from the NFL Network West set (created by Jack Morton, as well). This set, on the other hand feels very traditional and dark. That's definitely not the feel of LA. Also because of it's heavy use of wood tones, I have to wonder how it's going to age.

While I was an investor in BELO, I'm not an investor in TEGNA. So I can't take a look at the Shareholders Financial Statements. I suspect though, generally, they are bringing in more revenue with which to pay down debt than their operating costs. Shedding syndicated programming, standardizing Creative Services and reducing operational overhead, like off-air staff, etc, are effective ways to manage these costs. This is just coming from someone who took several accounting classes though.

How much wheeling and dealing is Kim doing to make these optics look good?

Sure! When TEGNA split with Gannett, Gannett was saddled with a lot of debt and at the time of the split, Gannett would not have been able to pay it down given the meager success of their newspapers. The television group, on the other hand, had the ability to pay down that debt if they were structured effectively. This structure separation would help the papers survive as a pure-pay business. So when the split happened, TEGNA, which is technically the original Gannett (same business license) with a new name kept the debt tied to that legal entity, and new Gannett (new business license) kept the papers, their debt tied to the legal entity that is now Tegna.