“As negotiations with Dish Network dragged into a third week, Nexstar Media Group began running spots Wednesday on its local stations — including WGN-Channel 9 — urging viewers to take action. (Here is the link.) Nexstar’s 164 stations and WGN America have been blacked out by the satellite TV provider since December 2 in the dispute […]
“Nexstar Media has begun criticizing Dish Network in commercials on its stations as the retransmission dispute that has blacked out channels in 115 markets enters its third week.” Click here to continue reading on Broadcasting & Cable.
“Nexstar Media Group said its widely distributed cable network WGN America has reached its first carriage agreement with internet-delivered bundle FuboTV.” Click here to continue reading on Deadline.com.
“Nexstar Media Group said it has reached a deal with fuboTV, which will distribute Nexstar’s WGN America channel on its streaming platform.” Click here to continue reading on Next TV.
“As broadcasters race to attract a new generation of viewers, the tech strategies being implemented by Jenkins will be worth watching over the next year.” Click here to continue reading on Broadcasting & Cable.
“In order to present nightly stories of national and world affairs to a diverse country, it is important for a newsroom to mirror its audience. This summarizes the credo of NewsNation, WGN America’s new three-hour nightly newscast, now only a mere two months into its existence. With a 150-person editorial and production team working in […]
“After years of buying and selling, the nation’s largest TV station groups have become local leviathans that own dozens of outlets across the country. “At an unsettled time for broadcast TV, the biggest independent groups — including Nexstar Media, Sinclair Broadcast Group and E.W. Scripps — are increasingly trying to generate new profit sources by […]
“Robservations on the media beat: Mary Sandberg Boyle, the first female general manager in the 96-year history of WGN 720-AM, has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the Nexstar Media Group news/talk station.” Click here to keep reading on RobertFeder.com.
“More than a new primetime cable newscast, “NewsNation” sounds like the title of a TV series about a newscast.” Click here to read more on the Chicago Tribune website.
“Robservations on the media beat: The premiere of WGN America’s “News Nation” Tuesday night came off smoothly, with news anchors Joe Donlon, Marni Hughes and Rob Nelson displaying an easygoing rapport belying the fact they’d never worked together before.” Click here to continue reading on Rober Feder’s website.