The retransmission battle between Scripps and DirecTV has escalated, with 54 local Scripps stations in 36 Nielsen-designated ...

Across the country, the kinds of budget cuts that have decimated newspapers over the years are now slicing into local TV news stations. A trend of TV news layoffs “is only just the beginning,” one ...

Local TV news is on an upward trend in terms of trust as an “unbiased” news source. In Q4 2025, it outpaced broadcast network news and social media, which are declining, Civic Science reports. In this ...

The Pew-Knight Initiative supports new research on how Americans absorb civic information, form beliefs and identities, and engage in their communities. Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan, ...

Gone are the days when you could only watch TV by adjusting the "bunny ears" antenna to pick up your local stations. Now, with all the digital streaming services and subscriptions, it's easy to assume ...