12-05-2023, 11:34 PM
(12-05-2023, 11:11 PM)London Lite Wrote: So the main points appear to be:
KUSI keeps their brand.
Some redundancies of KUSI employees.
KUSI News stays as a separate operation with Nexstar replacing their current set.
KSWB Fox 5 moves into the KUSI building using space not used currently with a new studio.
So it looks like KUSI will enjoy some autonomy which the likes of WPIX and KTLA have as part of the CW Network under Nexstar.
(12-05-2023, 07:37 PM)W. Knight Wrote:(08-05-2023, 06:41 PM)London Lite Wrote: However I'd be concerned if I work for KUSI News as it's very likely KWSB will take over news bulletin provision unless they do a WBBH/WZVN and share resources such as reporters, but keep individual anchors and branding.They'll be independent from each other... to some degree:
Quote:According to someone in communication with a KUSI staffer, who attended a meeting on the merger, the KUSI brand will be preserved with its own news team “though there will obviously be sharing of assets and some crossovers on air.”From timesofsandiego.com
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“The half of the building which housed San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles magazine that shut down years ago will be converted to the Fox5 studio and offices,” a former KUSI staffer told Times of San Diego. “The newscasts will continue head-to-head, but that’s not to say that some tweaks to the schedule won’t happen.”
That's good news. Another thing is KUSI is currently a die-hard right-wing, pro-Trump news organisation. Hoping Nexstar will change the political agenda of the operation to be more fact-based, like Fox 5, whilst still very much focusing on political stories and older-skewed content (Fox 5 tends to take a similar approach to KTLA, with an authentic SoCal vibe, lots of lifestyle stories and entertainment coverage, and breaking news).
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
timesofsandiego.com