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"The company’s recently announced financial restructuring marks an important step toward meaningfully reducing the debt burden that has constrained the business." That's what Cumulus Media President/CEO Mary Berner has to say about the fiscally challenged radio station owner's fiscal health as Q2 revs up.

It was first noticed by RBR+TVBR on Wednesday, with the release of Q4 2025 results by Beasley Media Group. For some reason, the company's stock was on the rise. That reason was wholly linked to a "meme stock" campaign alerting followers to buy "BBGI" on the Nasdaq exchange. That effort continued on Thursday.

Spanish Broadcasting System — the company founded in 1983 by Raúl Alarcón Jr. — has moved forward with a restructuring support agreement that sees it intend "to commence voluntary Chapter 11 cases" under U.S. bankruptcy code in a Delaware court.

Nexstar Media Group, with founder Perry Sook present, reluctantly moved forward with agreeing to a preliminary injunction that will keep TEGNA Inc.'s assets separate. A decision to move forward with the injunction now awaits in a Sacramento federal district court.

Scripps Sports can celebrate winning a fifth pro hockey team, thanks to a "landmark" multi-year rights deal with the on-ice home of Filip Forsberg. The agreement begins with the 2026-2027 season, thus avoiding any late-season "blackouts" as Scripps' two Nashville broadcast TV stations aren't available on Xfinity systems.

How are sales and marketing leaders adopting artificial intelligence to drive alignment, efficiency, and growth? Where are there still significant gaps? A just-released report from RevOps firm LeadG2 seeks to provide answers based on data from 154 cross-industry revenue leaders.

A 15-page petition, from no less than twelve attorneys representing DirecTV, comes as TEGNA stations spent the last several days restoring their familiar logo to newscasts and websites, as TEGNA Inc. is effectively a subsidiary of Nexstar until the courts decide what's next.

It withstood the 1987 stock market crash just months after its March debut that year. In 1996 it became a sibling to Boston's main Classical radio station. Now, "Something Finer" is poised to yield way to the Good Book, if you will — the nation's largest Christian Contemporary Music network is coming.

On March 27, Members of Congress wrote to the FCC seeking a firm transition deadline for full-power broadcasters to complete their transition to ATSC 3.0, which powers NEXTGEN TV signals. The association founded by "SuperFrank" Copsidas has responded, and makes it clear that low-power stations should be exempted.

Car dealerships, grocery stores, and big retailers were once the underpinnings of local advertising. But that's changed, leaving media companies and ad agencies scrambling to find new clients. What has changed and what business will be fueling the growth through 2029 was the focus on a webinar conducted Friday by Borrell Associates

Brand recall increases when television is part of the media mix, compared to standalone channel efforts. In fact, a new Comcast Advertising report notes, recall rises 8.7 times when TV is paired with search, 1.8 times with social media, and 1.6 times with podcasts.

U.S.-based employers announced 60,620 job cuts in March, up 25% from 48,307 cuts announced in February. It is down 78% from the 275,240 cuts announced during the same month last year, according to a report released Thursday from Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

The latest retransmission consent dispute has ticked off South Florida hockey fans, in particular, as Comcast's Xfinity MVPD pulled by law all Scripps TV stations from its lineup due to the lack of a fresh carriage contract. In South Florida, this occurred during the second period of a Florida Panthers game.

Two of the most powerful Members of the U.S. Senate have written to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr seeking answers to Commission inconsistency when it comes to resolving significant transactions at the staff level. It throws another wrench into the machinations that allowed Nexstar to merge with TEGNA.

DirecTV sought to squash it, but failed. The longtime LMA of Jacksonville's CBS affiliate by Cox Media Group will soon end, with CMG acquiring the station outright and forming an official duopoly. The deal comes as the "Top Four" prohibition rule no longer exists, per an Eighth Circuit federal appeals court ruling.