Osder: Local news remains a great business due to emergency utility
Elizabeth Osder · 1325 Secrets Old Media Brands are using to compete with Facebook · Mar 11, 2019 · at 10:48
Media strategist Elizabeth Osder discusses the resilience of local news broadcast stations amid broader publishing headwinds.
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“When there's a tornado coming, people do turn to their local news. There's a lot of reasons why they exist, and they're in great shape, and that's a great business”
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