Can Herschel Walker close the gap between his campaign and “basically every other Republican running statewide” in November is the key question for Tuesday.
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Historically, broadcast news has been profitable. It has been one-upped by cable, which has been able to produce live coverage of events. Cable has also been successful in attracting partisan audiences.
Streaming news has been able to attract mass audiences, and it has proven to be a viable alternative to broadcast. It can be watched at any time. The news arrives on viewer demand. In addition, it reduces the scarcity of media.
In recent years, streaming has also attracted niche audiences. For example, SciTechDaily provides astronomy and space news. In addition, Al Jazeera, Cheddar, Newsy, and Bloomberg have all planted flags in the streaming frontier.
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While there are no hard data to show streaming news is a viable alternative, the major news networks have high hopes. They are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in streaming operations, including news analysis, documentaries, reruns, and regular nightly news programs.
