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A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers reintroduced a bill on Wednesday to allow news media outlets to collectively negotiate content deals with online platforms, an effort to give the local news industry more leverage in dealing with big tech. The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act will give the…

Tubi, the ad-supported streaming service owned by Fox Corp., has branched out from its on-demand roots to implement a new offering called “News on Tubi.” The news hub features live offerings from Fox’s owned stations in New York, LA and 15 other markets, as well as national services like NBC News Now, CBC, Cheddar…

EXCLUSIVE: News aggregator Haystack TV has launched an on-screen ticker on its Roku app, adapting a staple feature of live, linear news networks to the streaming era. The “Newsline” crawl emulates the ticker scrolling across the bottom of the screen of 24/7 cable news networks. But because the programming is being…

The nation's biggest television broadcaster Nexstar Media Group Wednesday reported net income dipped 26% on a 39% jump in revenue in the fourth quarter spurred by its acquisition of Tribune Broadcasting last fall. CEO Perry Sook said the combined company is focused on slashing debt and expanding local news and…

KCET picked up a leading six wins tonight at the Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, including awards for local color and culture/history. KMEX, KTLA and KVEA followed with five wins each. KTLA’s wins included the best daily morning newscast and best daily daytime newscast categories. KVEA won the best evening newscast…