In this paper，the research and creation of local culture yearbooks are first included into the broad scope of cultural yearbooks research. This paper analyzes the background，publication，research theme characteristics and research trends of cultural media and local culture books respectively. Combining the situation of modern cultural industry and reform，it carries out the analysis of 61 yearbooks of cultural media and local culture published in 2019. In 2019，there were 40 cultural media yearbooks，nine of which were new series. Twenty-one local culture books were published in 2019，and a total of 185 yearbooks were published from 2006 to 2019. In 2019，these books focused on the opportunities and challenges of the media industry，the application of new technology and the construction of new cultural markets in local cultural development. They gave full play to the creative power of the think tanks of the party，government institutions，society，and industries. Through a quantitative approach along with know-metrics tools，this paper uses the series name，table of contents，general abstract，and keywords of cultural media and local cultural books as the basic data，and finds that cultural media books focused on the eight categories，namely，industry，network，media，world，economics，Internet，public，and creative ideas，among which “artificial intelligence”，“media convergence” became annual research hotspots in 2019；while the local culture books covered the cultural belts of China’s major regions，where “cultural industry” and “cultural trade” stood out as important research objects. In the “comprehensive evaluation” of the quality of the books，the number of the cultural media books has increased over the past five years，but their quality has surprisingly decreased，and the number of local culture books has declined even significantly. Based on these，three suggestions are put up for the research and creation of cultural media and local culture books. First，it is important to strike a balance between logic and critical thinking within the academic community. Second，it should be guaranteed to maintain the balance between issue setting and issue leading in the new technological environment. Third，it is significant to balance rural economic development and cultural revitalization in the new historical turning period.