With Digital Video, Newspaper Companies Could Disrupt Local TV

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By: Matt Sokoloff | Street Fight

A lot of recent moves in local media have involved traditional media companies splitting up their print and broadcast operations and/or buying up more broadcast properties. It’s clear to see why this is happening.

As Alan Mutter points out in his two part blog post on the topic: “The long-time newspaper publishers can’t be blamed for being attracted to broadcasting. Television generated a record $49.7 billion in local and national advertising sales in 2012, while newspaper advertising revenues — which have been sliding relentlessly for seven years — ended 2012 at less than half the all-time high of $49.4 billion hit in 2005.”































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