Local stations face funding challenges with dissolution of CPB

Local broadcasting stations are losing a key source of revenue after the Corporations for Public Broadcasting formally ...
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When Networks Go Dark On Virtual MVPDs, Local Broadcasters And Viewers Pay The Price

The ongoing Disney/YouTube TV blackout is the latest reminder of a growing structural problem in broadcast distribution. Disney’s dispute has pulled not only ESPN, FX, Freeform and National Geographic ...

Corporation for Public Broadcasting closes permanently, impacting local groups

The CPB provided funding for more than 1,500 local and public stations across the country before its closing on Monday.
New York Post

Nexstar to buy rival Tegna for $6.2B — creating nationwide local TV giant

Nexstar Media Group is buying rival Tegna for $6.2 billion in cash, creating a local TV broadcasting giant as the industry bets on regulatory changes to unleash consolidation. The acquisition prices ...
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Local news stations face barriers to public broadcasting amid federal funding loss

Cuts to public broadcasting funding have strained California’s ability to provide news and education to its residents. Oct. 1 marked public media’s first day without federal funding in over 50 years.