Sunday, July 5, 2026

Stocks Rise; Nasdaq Closes at Record

US Stocks rose Monday on the optimistic news that Greece will eventually reach a deal.  TV followed suit, but Radio didn’t get the memo. The...
Apple

Apple Does a Swift Reverse on Royalties

Pop star Taylor Swift used Tumblr to get Apple to rethink its decision not to pay royalties to artists during a fee-free trial period
FCC

FCC Duking it Out

Members of the FCC have shown their partisan stripes this past week and there has been no shortage of bile over certain issues
NPR / National Public Radio

Kim Kardashian Raises Hackles of NPR Listeners

Where Kim Kardashian goes, the spotlight follows…and some NPR listeners don’t like that at all
Sold

Bargain Basement All-in-the-Family Deal

Reinforcements are coming for an AM-FM combo
Starz Entertainment

STARZ PLAY Adds Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick

Starz has announced that STARZ PLAY launched successfully on Amazon’s streaming media player

WUTC Radio to Merge With WTCI TV?

Chattanooga (WDEF) UTC is looking to combine their public radio station with the local PBS affiliate, according to Current.org

Bad Day but Good Week for Wall Street

The news was good for the television stocks we follow when the market closed Friday – as a group they managed to buck the...
FCC

FCC Smacks Down Robocalls

Citing overwhelming consumer displeasure with robocalls and texts, the FCC has taken action to make it easier for consumers to stop receiving them, including...

New Service Providing Path to OTT

TalkShowStudioTV Network is a service that allows individuals and entities

Cable ONE Raises Separation Cash

The exit of Cable ONE from the Graham Holdings portfolio
Sold

Hitching a Ride into Cleveland

A radio stations serving the suburbs of Cleveland OH is getting a lift into the big city

Another Good Stock Day for Broadcast

And it was particularly good on the radio side, led by a resurgent Cumulus, which approached a double-digit gain. Television stocks enjoyed a decent...

News Corporation Offers Dividend, Pill

The dividend is the firstsince the former, bigger and more diverse News Corp. split in two
College Degree

Another Studious Decision from the FCC

For the second time in the space of about a week and change