What Local News Live does

Local News Live (LNL) is the 24/7 digital national news network and wholly-owned brand of Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN), America's second-largest television broadcaster. Launched in December 2020 and relaunched in January 2023, the network operates from a Washington, D.C. headquarters with a bureau that covers Congress, the White House, and the Supreme Court, and aggregates reporting from more than 110 of Gray Media's local television stations. Its core product is a continuous live news stream delivered through its website, mobile applications, and connected-TV endpoints, supplemented by editorial franchises such as 'Listening to America', 'The Good Side', 'InvestigateTV', 'Amplified', 'Future in Focus', and 'Fastbreak'.

The underlying technology stack is a digital streaming video platform delivering 24/7 live and on-demand news content across web, iOS/Android apps, and CTV apps (Roku, FireTV, Google Play, Apple App Store, Amazon News, Haystack, Zeam), with no proprietary AI, SDK, or public API documented. Content is produced by a named editorial team including a News Director (Kyle Rogers), executive producers (Chelsea Livers Gowdy, Sarah Konsmo, Arielle Hawkins), a lead anchor (Debra Alfarone), a White House correspondent (Jon Decker), and a roster of multimedia journalists and producers; sub-brands include InvestigateTV, 'The Good Side', and 'Listening to America'. The Good Side Season 2 reached an average of 1.3 million households per week.

LNL serves general and political news consumers across all major U.S. regions through a free, advertising-supported model that operates under Gray Television's advertising non-discrimination policies. Distribution is hybrid direct-to-consumer (website, app, CTV apps) and channel-based (Gray's 113 local station digital properties plus select on-air carriage). The company is privately held as a brand within the publicly listed parent, has no standalone funding rounds, and operates under CCPA, GDPR, and COPPA-aligned privacy practices.

Name

Local News Live

Legal name

Gray Local Media, Inc.

Website

https://localnewslive.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Local News Live is Gray Television's 24/7 digital national news network, streaming live news and branded franchises (e.g., The Good Side, Listening to America, InvestigateTV) via web, mobile, and CTV apps to U.S. general and political news consumers, monetized through advertising.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Streaming News Network

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (5162), Television Broadcasting Stations (516120)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

News OTT & Live News Streaming Channels (MPABAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

24/7 National & International News Channels (MPABAIAA)

Keywords

• National news streaming
• Digital news network
• Live news coverage
• Local journalism network
• Breaking news reporting

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advertising: Generates revenue through advertising placements on its streaming platform and digital properties. Operates under Gray Television's advertising non-discrimination policies and standard terms.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Local News Live is Gray Media's 24/7 digital national news network that aggregates reporting from more than 110 of Gray Media's local television stations into a continuous live streaming news service. Based in Washington D.C., it features daily newscasts with reporters and correspondents covering Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court, breaking news, and feature franchises including 'Listening to America', 'The Good Side', and 'InvestigateTV'. The service is distributed via web, mobile apps, connected TV platforms (Roku, FireTV, Amazon News, Haystack), and Gray's local television stations.

Product overview

Local News Live is a single unified product — Gray Media's 24/7 digital national news network — that aggregates reporting from over 110 local television stations into a continuous streaming news service. The core offering is the live and on-demand news stream distributed via web, mobile apps (iOS/Android), and connected TV platforms (Roku, FireTV, Amazon News, Haystack). It is complemented by branded editorial franchises including 'Listening to America' (solutions journalism), 'The Good Side' (positive community stories), and 'InvestigateTV' (investigative reporting). These franchises appear within the platform and on local Gray stations, creating a portfolio of news products unified under the Local News Live brand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Good Side: Feature stories and solutions-based franchise featuring inspiring people making a difference in their communities. Season 2 averaged 1.3 million households per week.
• Listening to America
• InvestigateTV
• Amplified
• Future in Focus
• Fastbreak

Products and services

• Local News Live Streaming Network Gray Media's 24/7 national digital news network providing daily news coverage streaming live with local journalist perspectives from more than 110 Gray Media television stations, including Washington D.C. political coverage.
• Listening to America A solutions-based franchise that travels the country highlighting important issues that matter to voters, providing deep local perspective on national stories.
• The Good Side A feature series showcasing positive community stories and inspiring people making a difference in their communities; Season 2 averaged 1.3 million households per week.
• InvestigateTV An investigative journalism unit that exposes corruption, injustices, and scams affecting viewers; its award-winning reporting has sparked new legislation on Capitol Hill.
• Local News Live Mobile App A downloadable mobile application available on Google Play, Apple AppStore, Roku, FireTV, Amazon News, and Haystack streaming platforms allowing viewers to watch Local News Live anytime on mobile and connected TV devices.

Quantifiable outcome

• The Good Side Season 2 viewership averaged 1.3 million households per week

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Gray TelevisioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal News Live is a subsidiary and flagship product of Gray Television, America's second-largest television broadcaster. LNL operates as Gray Media's 24/7 national news network, utilizing reporters and correspondents from Gray's 110+ television stations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• MSNBC: MSNBC is a top-three U.S. cable national news network competing for the same political and general news audience as LNL across cable and streaming platforms.
• CNN: CNN is the dominant cable/streaming national news network with a much larger audience, brand recognition, and correspondent base; it sets the competitive ceiling on ad-supported national news reach and CPMs.
• Bloomberg Television: Bloomberg TV is an ad- and subscription-supported streaming/cable business and general news network distributed via OTT and pay TV; it is a broader incumbent in the streaming national news category.
• Weather Channel: The Weather Channel is a 24/7 cable/CTV news-adjacent network with deep streaming distribution; it competes for CTV ad inventory and audience share-of-time in the same connected-TV environment as LNL.
• Fox News Channel: Fox News is the leading cable national news network by audience and a major competitor for political/news ad budgets and streaming news viewership.

Direct peers

• Newsy: Newsy is a streaming-first national news brand now part of Scripps, offering a linear and OTT news feed; it competes in the same ad-supported streaming news category and shares comparable talent flows with LNL.
• Cheddar News: Cheddar (now Cheddar News) is a streaming-first national news network distributed via OTT and connected TV; it is a direct peer in the ad-supported streaming news category, with similar operational scale and business model.
• Scripps News: Scripps News is a streaming/cable national news network owned by E.W. Scripps that distributes via OTT and pay TV — competing head-to-head with LNL for ad-supported national news audiences and CTV ad budgets.
• The National Desk (Sinclair Broadcast Group): The National Desk is Sinclair Broadcast Group's national morning news program that aggregates reporting from Sinclair's local stations — directly analogous to LNL's model of aggregating Gray's 110+ stations into a national news product. Notably, LNL's Senior Producer Joshua Crompton previously launched The National Desk at Sinclair.
• NewsNation: NewsNation is a national cable/streaming news network competing for the same general-news audience with a streaming and linear TV footprint; it is the closest direct competitor to LNL in ad-supported national news positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LocalNewsLiveTV
• Facebookfacebook.com/LocalNewsLIVE
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/local-news-live

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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