The old characterization of broadcasting as a “license to print money” feels increasingly anachronistic. What remains is a business in stewardship mode — focused less on building for the future than on managing through a prolonged unwinding.

In this episode of In the Vicinity, local media veterans Tim Hanlon and Jim Wilson unpack the growing tension between broadcast’s DMA-driven reach and streaming’s zip-code-level precision.

PLUS: Netflix and Amazon resume boiling the frogs, CBS’s late-night exit, and more

As streaming prices continue to inch up, Alan argues the real goal should be to create a wider gap between ad-free and ad-supported. Plus why make-goods on YouTube are the Wild West.

As networks invest less in certain dayparts, affiliates are left to ask a more pointed question about what, exactly, they are receiving in return.

Paramount & Warner Bros. films produce similar levels of audience demand while Paramount+ and HBO Max share a significant overlap in U.S. customers. Here’s why that’s both an advantage and a challenge.

A tumultuous March of news drove increased YouTube viewership for cable networks like Fox News, CNN and MS Now, as Tubular data revealed.

PLUS: Alan Wolk is writing a book!

The introduction to my upcoming book (Fall 2026) on The Collapse Of The Monoculture And The Rise Of Feudal Media

It’s been less than a week since “Scamanda” broke and Summer House hype is growing rapidly on social video as fans try to sleuth out where it all went sideways.

Is a dedication to local news the real reason why the NAB, Fox and Sinclair are asking the FCC to stop the major sports leagues from heading to streaming?

NBC is taking a meaningful swing at the core idea of what a “national-meets-local” sports broadcast should look like — and, in the process, signaling where sports television may be headed next.

The NFL isn’t waiting for traditional TV to build out how it increases media revenues. It’s using streaming to grow revenues rapidly, with or without networks.

Marion Ranchet looks at RTL data to explain why Europeans are still watching TV together--not solo.

PLUS: Alan Wolk says goodbye to Sora, Tim Hanlon on Nexstar-Tegna, a new episode of In the Vicinity, and more

Which brands are finding ways to engage with fans on social video via the excitement around March Madness?

The real reason OpenAI shut down it Sora video app, plus our hot take on the 2026 NewFronts.

The combined Nexstar-TEGNA now has to prove that a vastly larger footprint can translate into sustainable economics in a shrinking linear TV ecosystem — without triggering backlash from regulators, distributors, or local markets.

Annie Krukowska introduces the theory of “liquid content”—how the format allows content to flow from one platform to the next in the age of Feudal Media

This episode of In the Vicinity is all about Nexstar’s acquisition of Tegna. Now that the deal is officially closed, Tim Hanlon and Jim Wilson can dive headfirst into one of the most consequential developments in years.