根据西北大学梅迪尔新闻学院的一份新报告，十大所有者控制了75%的本地商业电视新闻室。相比之下，十大报纸所有者控制的本地报纸不到四分之一。
The 10 largest owners control 75% of local commercial TV newsrooms, according to a new report from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. By comparison, the 10 largest newspaper owners control less than a quarter of all local newspapers.
为什么重要：梅迪尔教授、本地新闻倡议创始人蒂姆·弗兰克林表示，本地广播新闻的日益整合可能意味着覆盖社区的记者减少、新闻播报内容更加重复以及观众的选择减少。
Why it matters: Increased consolidation in local broadcast news could mean fewer journalists covering communities, more duplicated newscasts and fewer choices for viewers, said Tim Franklin, a Medill professor who founded its Local News Initiative.
现状：该报告首次包含了全国不同电视新闻室的总数（678个），而不仅仅是电视台数量。
State of play: The report includes, for the first time, the total number of distinct TV newsrooms nationwide (678), rather than just stations.
这一区别避免了对共享新闻室并播放相同新闻内容的电视台进行重复计算。
The distinction avoids double-counting stations that share a newsroom and broadcast the same news coverage.
特拉华大学的研究人员此前曾发现，2019年美国39%的电视市场存在内容重复。言之有理：鉴于这一背景，本地电视新闻室关闭的速度值得关注。
Researchers at the University of Delaware have previously found content duplication in 39% of U.S. TV markets in 2019. Between the lines: Given that context, the pace of local TV newsroom closures is notable.
梅迪尔的报告发现，截至2026年，至少有10个本地电视新闻室因合并而消失。
Medill's report found that at least 10 local TV newsrooms disappeared through mergers so far in 2026.
如果Nexstar收购Tegna的62亿美元交易获准进行，它将合并四大广播所有者中的两家。报告指出，Tegna的48个新闻室中有33个在地理上与Nexstar的业务重叠，为进一步整合创造了机会。
If Nexstar's $6.2 billion takeover of Tegna is allowed to proceed, it would combine two of the four largest broadcast owners. The report notes that 33 of Tegna's 48 newsrooms overlap geographically with Nexstar operations, creating opportunities for further consolidation.
放眼全局：梅迪尔教授报告的合著者扎克·梅茨格指出，联邦通信委员会（FCC）放宽广播所有权上限的决定，加上经济压力增加，可能推动新一轮整合，进一步减少本地电视新闻室的数量。
Zoom out: The FCC's decision to waive the broadcast ownership cap, combined with increased economic pressure, could drive a new wave of consolidation that will further shrink the number of local TV newsrooms, the report's co-author Zach Metzger noted.
“这是一个选举年，这有助于减轻其他收入损失。但本地电视新闻业务在财务上变得紧张，这在很大程度上推动了行业整合，”弗兰克林说。
"This is an election year, which helps mitigate some of the other revenue losses. But things are getting tight financially in the local TV news business, and that's contributing mightily to consolidation in the industry," said Franklin.
大局：梅迪尔研究多年来一直在追踪美国本地报纸的快速关闭。每年，关闭速度都在恶化。
The big picture: The Medill study has for years tracked the rapid closure of local newspapers in America. Each year, the rate of closures gets worse.
在过去一年，170家地方报纸关闭或合并，平均每周近三家。这一数字较去年报告的148家增加，损失速度大约提高了15%。
In the past year, 170 local newspapers closed or merged, nearly three per week. That's up from 148 in the previous year's report, which amounts to a roughly 15% increase in the pace of losses.
报告指出，约有425家报纸易主，这反映出行业在面临印刷成本上升带来的收入压力时变得多么不稳定。研究人员称，全国范围内新闻print成本上升了约18%，大约是通胀率的五倍。
About 425 newspapers changed hands, per the report, a signal of how volatile the industry has become as it faces increased revenue pressure from rising print costs. Newsprint costs are up around 18% nationally, per the researchers, about five times the rate of inflation.
现实检验：报告指出，报纸关闭越来越多地冲击小型独立所有者，而非之前推动整合浪潮的大型连锁集团。
Reality check: The report notes that newspaper closures are increasingly hitting small, independent owners, not the giant chains that drove earlier waves of consolidation.
过去一年关闭的报纸中，不到10%来自十大报纸公司。与此同时，超过40%的关闭来自中型私营连锁集团，大约三分之一来自较小的独立所有者。受关闭影响最严重的是。
Less than 10% of closures in the past year came from the 10 largest newspaper companies. Meanwhile, more than 40% came from midsize private chains and roughly one-third came from smaller independent owners. What to hit hardest by closures.
结论是：“我们看到十五年前冲击报纸的经济动荡如今正以更大规模冲击地方电视，”富兰克林说。
The bottom line: "We're seeing the economic disruption that hit newspapers a decade and a half ago now hitting local television in a big way," Franklin said.