Wendy McMahon Exits CBS Ahead Of Hopeful Skydance Merger
The fate of Wendy McMahon has been discussed by media observers for weeks. On Monday, an internal memo sent by McMahon to staff yielded the answer that is not wholly unexpected: she's stepping down as President/CEO of CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures.
Embracing Change in a Dynamic Media Landscape
With renewed vigor and CEO Joe Annotti fully energized about this year's event, the Media Finance Management 2025 Conference formally kicked off Monday following a Hearst Television-sponsored welcome reception on Sunday evening with welcome remarks from the President/CEO of the NAB.
Charter To Acquire Cox In Blockbuster MVPD Deal
For some companies, including Charter Communications, the services it offers have lasting consumer value. This could explain why it is agreeing to acquire Cox Communications in a multi-billion deal announced early Friday by the two companies.
Who Will Lead The New Cox After Charter Buy?
The blockbuster multi-billion proposed transaction that sees Charter Communications acquiring Cox Communications will result in a new Cox that takes on Charter's Spectrum MVPD identity. Who will lead this new version of Cox, once the transaction is completed?
FCC Initial Contract Review By DOGE Lauded By Carr
The Chairman of the FCC is praising the agency's initial findings and anticipated savings resulting from a top-to-bottom review of its contracts — a task carried out under an executive order from the White House drafted by the Department of Government Efficiency.
Lightning Strikes Scripps Sports With Tampa Bay OTA Deal
The National Hockey League franchise serving the Tampa-St. Petersburg market will soon be bringing its telecasts to broadcast TV, following the lead of its in-state rivals, the Florida Panthers, and two NHL teams in the Western U.S.
Markey, Luján Want FCC To Vote On Paramount/Skydance Merger
A high-ranking Democratic Member of the Senate Commerce Committee and a colleague who serves as his party's Ranking Member for the legislative body, have written to the Chairman of the FCC pleading for a vote on the proposed merger between the parent of CBS News and Stations and Skydance Media.
Audible Crawl Rule Waiver Extended By One Year
A rule that requires TV broadcasters to provide an aural representation of visual, non-textual emergency information that is displayed during non-newscast programming, such as radar maps or other graphics, on a secondary audio stream will not be enforced for another year. And, it's a move the FCC itself acted on.
Urban One Declines In Q1, Just As Executive Leadership Predicted
Urban One, the media company superserving African Americans through radio and cable television properties, has released first quarter results its CEO, Alfred Liggins III, says "were broadly in line with expectations." But, were those expectations positive? Hardly, and Digital growth was absent.
Mitts Deal Fits Like A Glove For Sinclair
One of the two stations in Nebraska's biggest market that John Hannon will lead is today operated via an LMA agreement between its owner and Sinclair Inc. This will soon change, as Sinclair is moving forward with buying the property outright, creating a duopoly.
A Second Sinclair Duopoly Comes To Fruition, In Iowa
As RBR+TVBR first reported on Monday, Sinclair Inc. has agreed to acquire a LMA partner that serves as the ATSC 3.0 lighthouse for the Omaha-Council Bluffs market outright, creating a duopoly. To the east, Sinclair has engineered a similar LMA-to-purchase deal, creating a duopoly in a second Hawkeye State DMA.
Upfront and Peacocking: NBCU’s Plan To Seek New Sales Heights
NBCUniversal opened Upfront Week at Radio City Music Hall on Monday with a tart tongue from Seth McFarlane and bravado that saw the Comcast Corp. unit take verbal swipes at all of its digital competitors while touting "the greatest collection of content any single company has ever collected in a single year."
TV, Cable Each Surge For FOX In Fiscal Q3
For many in Midtown Manhattan, the top news of the day involving FOX is its Upfront-related announcements. For others, FOX Corporation's fiscal third quarter earnings, released Monday morning, are the bigger story. Why? Both the broadcast and TV segments enjoyed strong growth in the quarter.
Scripps Surpasses Street In Q1 With Swaps, Sales To Come
Count The E.W. Scripps Co. among the companies that proved the naysayers wrong by surpassing the earnings forecast of financial analysts who offered revenue and EPS estimates on the company's Q1 results. Company leaders discussed the fiscal report on Friday, along with hints on its post-dereg plans.
TV Media Revenue Falls 13% For Paramount Global
The TV Media arm of Paramount Global, under scrutiny from President Trump and the FCC over alleged "news distortion," experienced a 13% year-over-year revenue decline in the first quarter as the company as a whole saw a decrease in its adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to the company.