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NBC Bay Area

NBC Bay Area Embraces Streaming to Expand Investigative News Programming

By George Winslow published

The newest digital investigative series `Saving San Francisco’ explores the city’s problems of homelessness, poverty, crime and mental health

Annika Pergament

Spectrum Network to Launch National News Coverage on its Local Networks and Platforms

By Tom Butts published

Spectrum News NY1 veteran journalist Annika Pergament tapped as national news anchor

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NewsON

NewsON Launches on Samsung TVs

By George Winslow published

The NewsON app provides viewers with access to local news content from nearly 200 local TV stations in over 100 U.S. markets

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CBS Stations

CBS Stations Announces Plans for a Local News Innovation Lab

By George Winslow last updated

The new effort will be based in Dallas-Fort Worth and includes plans to produce multiplatform newscasts for several of the company’s CW, independent and MyNetwork TV-affiliated stations

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Unsplash

VUit: Weather Drives Out-Of-Market Viewers To Local Streaming Newscasts

By George Winslow last updated

New end of year data from VUit offers new data on the content that drives streaming audiences to local newscasts and the most successful streaming newscasts on its platform

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Pixabay

CBS Plans to Build a Full-Scale News Operation at WWJ-TV in Detroit

By George Winslow published

At launch in 2022 will offer 137 hours of news per week on streaming and 40 hours of news to be simulcast on CBS 62

Blackbird

Blackbird, TownNews Expand to 80 U.S. TV Stations

By George Winslow published

The cloud-based Blackbird editing platform is now used in stations spanning 35 states

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CBS News & Stations

CBS TV Stations Launches EPIC Community Journalism Effort

By George Winslow published

The station group plans to hire Executive Producers of Impacting Communities (EPIC) in 13 markets to develop grassroots contacts and content

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Hearst Television

Hearst Television Launches "Very Local" Connected TV Channels

By George Winslow published

The free OTT/CTV offering features local news from Hearst Television news operations as well as news and information content from Hearst magazines

Report for America

Report for America Opens Newsroom Applications

By George Winslow published

The program recruits diverse journalists and helps fund salaries in local newsrooms

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