NEW YORK, February 25, 2026  – The Local Media Consortium  (LMC), a strategic alliance of local media companies, today announced its newly elected 2026 Executive Board members: CJ Jacobs  of MediaNews Group and Mat Costa  of WEHCO Media. The LMC also re-elected Chris Fehrmann , vice president of digital products at TEGNA, as Board Chair, and re-appointed Larry Lee  of the Observer Media Group. Additional board updates include the appointment of Eddie Tyner , who will serve th

Annual survey results underscore how publishers are rethinking sustainability amid structural shifts in discovery and monetization NEW YORK, February 11, 2026  – Cross-platform digital ad revenue growth is set to dominate local media strategies in 2026 as subscription growth flattens, according to the Local Media Consortium ’ s (LMC) annual Local Media Industry Insights Survey . The survey asked industry professionals about the state of the local media landscape in 2025 and

Partnership gives LMC members tools to charge AI companies for content access and analyze AI traffic NEW YORK, December 18, 2025  – The Local Media Consortium (LMC), a strategic alliance of leading local media companies, today announced a partnership with TollBit, the leading platform helping publishers and creators monitor, manage, and monetize AI usage of their content. The partnership will provide LMC’s 5,000 local news members, such as Townsquare Media, Las Vegas Review J

The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI), in partnership with the Local Media Consortium (LMC), today announced the launch of the News Media Help Desk, a centralized hub to provide local newsrooms with access to essential resources, expert assistance and fractional services.