It Was Supposed to Stop Under Nexstar (Patreon)

For years, talent at Tribune’s KTLA used their TV news job to help with their side hustle. 

Talent was promoting products and services and using airtime in the newscasts, or their station branded social media to help pimp the products. 

When Nexstar bought Tribune, KTLA brass held meetings with talent, telling them that this was against company policy (and at times against FCC rules) and it needed to stop. 

But, it’s like the talent is just letting it go in one ear and out the other and ignoring what Nexstar has been telling them. 

Check out this recent post from Weather Anchor Liberté Chan:

It was supposed to stop, but it hasn’t and it sends a message to Nexstar talent from coast to coast, keep doing your side gigs, because the company isn’t going to do anything about it.