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When I was a kid, my dad ran a small local business. Like countless owners, he depended on local broadcast media to reach customers, build trust in the community and keep the lights on to support our ...

Local and independent media is dying. Campaign ad budgets are part of the reason why. Local news is not a side business of democracy. It is the foundation of it. When people know what is happening in ...

Victor Pickard: Thanks Perry. Thanks for having me. Bacon: So I’m going to start—there’s like 40 pages in the report. It covers a lot of media history, but I’m going to try to condense it and ask you ...