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NAB: Local Broadcast TV Newscasts Increased by 35% in Past Decade

By George Winslow last updated

NAB found that 154,445 local news telecasts aired in November 2021

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Consumer Technology Association CEO and president Gary Shapiro (center) and NAB CEO and president Curtis LeGeyt (on left screen) speaking at the Advanced Television System Committee’s NextGen Broadcast Conference

NextGen Broadcast Conference Uncovers Rift Between CTA, NAB Leadership

By Phil Kurz last updated

“[I]t’s tough to promote [a partnership] when someone has a knife, and they keep trying to stab you”

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Minority Report: Big Tech Threatens Local News

By John Eggerton published

Suggests Congress needs to step in to help broadcast, print

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Big Tech ‘Monopoly’ Harms News Industry, Congress Finds

By Michael Balderston published

House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee points specifically to impact Facebook and Google have on local news providers, including broadcasters

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