At a time when layoffs and buyouts at major metropolitan daily newspapers and national magazines are the status quo, NBC is enhancing its coverage of the New York area market.
NBC Universal, for instance, announced this month that it will rechristen WNBC, its New York-based flagship station, NBC New York and use it as a "content center" for 24-hour regional news coverage, extending to New Jersey and Connecticut.
An NBC Universal representative did not return calls seeking comment about the ...