A Post-Bankruptcy Cumulus Will See Print Slasher’s Interest
There's chatter that one of the nation's largest radio station ownership groups could be faced with its own oversized job force shrinkage. Why? The post-bankruptcy ownership structure of Cumulus Media shows that the president of notorious newspaper owner Alden Global Capital will hold a big stake of Cumulus stock.
Warshaw Tweaks Soros Suit With New Strategic Details
Attorneys representing Jeff Warshaw have made important calculated updates to his lawsuit against Soros Fund Management, the controlling interest holder in Audacy. It is a move designed to protect his backup legal theories in case a judge later rules no enforceable contract ever existed between the two sides.
C-Suite Changes Come to SBS
Spanish Broadcasting System is down two members of its executive team. Chief Revenue Officer Gene Bryan has parted ways with the company, and Chief Content Officer Jesus Salas has resigned, an executive confirmed to Streamline Publishing late last week.
Paramount/WBD Merger Delay Could Reach Until Mid-2027
A U.S. District Judge has signed off on an order that presents a small victory to WGA West and a group of state Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, as Paramount Skydance has agreed to hold off closing its proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until a date that could come as late as June 1, 2027.
Confirmed: Gray Media Grabs ABC Affiliation In St. Louis
Unlike the shift of CBS network affiliations from a host of Nexstar-owned stations to the digital multicast signals associated with stations owned by Forum Communications and Hearst Television, respectively, Gray will place ABC on a DT1 signal. It's presently home to Gray's "Matrix Midwest" Sports offering.
A Group Of CBS Affiliates Gear Up For Network Relocation
It was the subject of industry rumors that began on Friday. Now, RBR+TVBR has learned that a group of CBS affiliates associated with Nexstar Media Group are losing the network come August 1, with two-year agreements in place with two companies it competes with across the impacted markets.
SiriusXM To Debut A Sports-Focused Subscription Tier
Eight days after Audacy Inc. reached an agreement that places some 42 spoken word properties on the SiriusXM channel lineup, the nation's subscription-based and ad-supported satellite radio company is readying the September 1 rollout of a sports-only access pass.
NAB Marconi Radio Award Finalists For 2026 Are Unveiled
The winners of the 2026 NAB Marconi Radio Awards will be announced during a special dinner program presented by Xperi on Tuesday, October 20, at the Edison Ballroom in the City of New York on the evening prior to the start of NAB Show New York.
GKB Brews Up A Badgers Pact For Milwaukee Radio Duo
University of Wisconsin Badgers sports are heading back to Milwaukee airwaves under a new local partner. And it involves the AM/FM pair owned by the company founded and led by Craig Karmazin.
A Big Western Canada QUU For Pattison
Pattison Media, is one of Canada’s largest privately-held media companies, with radio stations across three provinces. Thanks to a new deal, a large selection of those properties will be bringing enhanced visuals and enriched information to consumers in vehicles with the newest entertainment systems.
Learfield Teams With Adventure 33 For New Distribution Platform
Learfield, a media and technology company bringing coverage of college athletics to radio station audiences across the U.S., has scored a strategic partnership with Adventure 33. The result is the creation of Prism, a distribution platform "built to power" Learfield's terrestrial radio affiliates nationwide.
‘HI’ Radio Hosts Ignite Protests Over New Hawaii Driver’s Licenses
Hawaii's new official identification cards didn't pass muster with a pair of Pacific Media Group air personalities at one of its Honolulu radio stations. The result? More than 6,000 signatures have been placed on a Change.org petition they started begging for reconsideration. Honolulu's Mayor says no — so far.
A Q2 Earnings Win For Rogers, Clouded By Closures
With shares down from nearly $41 CDN per share in early March, stockholders may be pleased in knowing Rogers' Q2 earnings report surpassed the forecasts of Zacks. Still, Rogers Sports + Media continues to face Canadian criticism for its July 7 plug-pulling of every all-News radio station it operated outside of Toronto.
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Zip-Up: Mid-West ‘Merger’ To Yield A Nine-Station Zimmer Group
Mid-West Family Broadcasting has reached a deal to blend its four Springfield, Mo., stations into Zimmer Communications’ holdings in the market, forming a new nine-station cluster under local ownership. It's being billed as a "merger" in the Southwest Missouri hub between two longtime licensees in the Land of the Ozarks.
NHL’s Blue Jackets Dumps Radio Host For TV Audio
For 17 seasons, the radio play-by-play of the NHL franchise serving the Buckeye State has seen Bob McElligott handle the task, with TEGNA's WBNS-FM "97.1 The Fan" in Columbus, Ohio, the team's flagship audio partner. Beginning with the 2026-2027 season, all Columbus Blue Jackets broadcasts will be simulcast across TV and radio.
Spot-Level TV Ad Analysis: Now From MediaRadar
A new arrangement that brings ratings integration from VideoAmp into its ad intelligence platform will now allow MediaRadar clients to gain access to spot-level analyses of television advertising — offering a performance gauge that further puts a chink in the armour of ratings firm Nielsen.
Beadnell Promoted To Top Role Of Heritage TV Operation
The work done by GE to get experimental broadcasts on the air in 1928 makes the CBS affiliate serving New York's Capital District one of the world's first TV stations. Now overseeing this facility and its sibling offering The CW Network to Albany, N.Y., and its surrounding communities is the man rising from Director of Sales.
XR and AdImpact Pact As Political Ad Spending Ramps Up
XR Extreme Reach and AdImpact have partnered to help deliver deeper data and insights across local TV and digital channels for political campaigns. The partnership brings together AdImpact's measurement data with XR's ad serving insights, and is designed to deliver local market visibility and faster reporting.
Hey, Radio: You Beat Spotify and Pandora
Advertisers can’t buy listeners who don’t hear ads, and AM/FM radio reaches nearly double the percentage captured by the combined ad-supported audience of Spotify, Pandora, and podcasts, according to new data from Edison Research at SSRS.
A Focus on Affiliate Operations Leads To ARC
The selection of ARC Software is designed to centralize affiliate research, maintain station and contact information, streamline agreement workflows, and strengthen long-term station relationships across the affiliate network for a faith-based audio content creator and distributor.
TV Rule Thaw Prompts NAB To Make Radio’s Case To FCC
Days before the FCC’s August Open Meeting vote to loosen national television ownership reach limits, the NAB is using its seat at the table for that fight to also push regulators toward the same relief for radio’s own decades-old ownership caps as part of the 2022 Quadrennial Review.
SSL Selects Algam EKO For Italy Console Distribution
Philippe Guerinet, Director of International Sales at Solid State Logic, comments, "By building our solid and long-term relationship and their distribution infrastructure in Italy, this team of professionals will serve our Italian customers at the highest standard, while maintaining a strong and direct relationship with SSL headquarters in Oxford."
TNDV Powers Broadcast of Ares Pickleball Slam 4
Tasked with producing and directing the live broadcast for a major U.S. sports broadcaster on behalf of client Horizon Sports & Experiences and GSE Worldwide, OKG once again turned to TNDV for technical production support. The partnership dates to 2010.
Kellogg’s The Choice For Surfer Network’s Strategy Plan
It's been known for its audio streaming and revenue-enhancement tools, along with podcasting product offerings, for years. Now, it is welcoming a new Senior VP of North American Sales Strategy most recently in the role of Vice President of Sales & Business Development at SoundStack.
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