The total of $1.3 billion was attributed to a 14% rise in distribution revenue that couldn't offset lower political, core and digital revenue.
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The broadcast executive is tapped by Sinclair to lead its WCYB (NBC/CW) and WEMT (Fox) in the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and Virginia, which includes Bristol, Va./Johnson City-Kingsport, Tenn.
Programming leaders from Gray, E.W. Scripps, Sinclair and Graham Media will discuss how they’re finding creative ways to bring out fresh content in a tightly constricted syndication market during a panel at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference at the NAB Show on April 14. Register here.
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In nearly four hours of arguments Monday, several justices questioned aspects of laws adopted by Republican-dominated legislatures and signed by Republican governors in Florida and Texas in 2021. But they seemed wary of a broad ruling, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett warning of "land mines" she and her colleagues need to avoid in resolving the two cases.
More than a dozen Sinclair-owned TV stations across the country participated in this year’s 34th Souper Bowl of Caring, collecting food and money to donate to local charities fighting food and nutrition insecurity.
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New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include an opening for a senior director of sports. Other existing jobs include openings for Sinclair’s corporate engineering team, Hearst’s national consumer unit, Lockwood’s station in Augusta, Nexstar’s Houston station, Hearst’s Louisville station and a SVP at Nexstar’s corporate office.
Top station group executives see deeper fragmentation and more strain on the network-affiliate relationship as upshots of a new joint venture sports streaming service announced earlier this month by Fox Corp., Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney. This story is available to TVNewsCheck Plus subscribers only. Become a subscriber here.
Content executives from Fox Television Stations, NBCUniversal Local, Sinclair and Hearst Television will share ideas on drawing younger audiences back to linear TV and how localism and collaboration can help in the opening panel at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 16. Register here.
Leading executives from NBCUniversal Local, E.W. Scripps, Sage Media and WideOrbit will discuss how station groups are creating opportunities across all media for political advertising in 2024 and how agencies are planning their buys in a TVNewsCheck Working Lunch Webinar on March 5 at 1 p.m. ET. Register here.
