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Some local TV stations are ending their network affiliations, freeing up money for new hires and programming, as network fees rise due to sports rights costs (Amos Barshad/Columbia Journalism Review)

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Amos Barshad / Columbia Journalism Review:
Some local TV stations are ending their network affiliations, freeing up money for new hires and programming, as network fees rise due to sports rights costs  —  Bert Medina—the president of WPLG, a TV station in Miami—has a policy of meeting every new employee that comes into the building.