While network evening newscasts have stayed fairly constant throughout the years, the news programs that Americans watch on local television stations and national cable channels have altered substantially in recent years.
Local television newscasts have recently emphasized traffic, weather, and sports, even more, aired less edited package stories, and cut the lengths of stories—trends that might be a result of the industry's current economic challenges.
There is a growing fear that local TV news may be suffering some of the financial difficulties that have already hammered the newspaper sector as younger people are tuning out local newscasts.
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