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First it was MAGNA. Now, WARC has decreased its global ad market growth forecast. And, it models three scenarios based on "differing severities of deterioration in underlying market conditions."

As RBR+TVBR first shared on Wednesday, Kyle Grimes will take an EVP position alongside Ashley Gold, Eric Meyrowitz and Nick Radziul at Hearst Television, shedding his role as President/GM of the company's flagship station in Boston. Who will now lead WCVB-5 has become known.

A flurry of announcements have been released from the PR team at TEGNA Inc. over the last 24 hours, and among the biggest ones were announcements as to when the NYSE-traded TV station owner will report its Q1 2025 results and who will be taking two key leadership roles under its Chief Experience Officer.

He's held the dual roles of President/GM of the company's flagship ABC affiliate serving New England's largest market and as a regional VP overseeing the company's stations across the region. Soon, he'll be relocating from Boston to New York and rising to the role of Executive Vice President at Hearst Television.

MAGNA says it had always anticipated a market slowdown in 2025 due to the strong comparables to 2024. That said, it is now further reducing its U.S. advertising growth forecast, as we are all living in "uncertain times."

The second episode of the all-new RBR+TVBR InFOCUS Video Podcast, presented by dot.FM, is now available for viewing on our YouTube Channel! In this 24-minute conversation, Radio + Television Business Report Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson chats with Hearst Television President Michael J Hayes.

Roughly 13 months ago, an ongoing legal battle between the owner of The Weather Channel and McDonald's moved to its next chapter, as legal counsel for Byron Allen confirmed they'd appeal the dismissal of a $100 million racial discrimination lawsuit against the restaurant chain. That appeal has been dismissed.

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation has unveiled this year's winners of the 50th Annual Gracie Awards, celebrating five decades of amplifying women’s voices, stories, and achievements in media. The winners will be honored at the Gracie Awards Gala on May 20 at the Beverly Wilshire, in Beverly Hills, Calif., to be hosted by podcaster Fortune Feimster.

After 43 years of service, Morgan Murphy Media's President and Chief Executive Officer will soon retire from her day-to-day leadership position. Succeeding her is a junior member of the Burns family, which keeps its leadership of the company since 1890 moving ahead into the future.

She's been a longtime financial leader who has regularly appeared on RBR+TVBR's Broadcast Best Finance Leaders annual ranked list and rose to EVP/CFO from Sr. VP/CFO in February 2020. Now, this Chief Financial Officer has revealed that she will soon retire — once her successor is hired and fully integrated into Sinclair Inc.

Does your broadcasting company continue to engage in diversity, equity and inclusion programs that are designed to broaden the multicultural roster of employees? Be warned: If you plan on seeking the FCC's okay for any regulatory matter, you're now under the strict scrutiny of the Carr Commission.

That's a question that Zacks Equity Research asks, and it's completed its analysis of a broadcast television station ownership group poised to differentiate itself from its peers through the launch of a massive production studio in the Atlanta area.

On New Year's Day 1989, the Fox, NBC and CBS affiliations all shifted in Miami, with the longtime ABC affiliate serving South Florida, the Florida Keys and the Bahamas unaffected. Now, after 69 years, WPLG-10 will be parting ways with the network. Where it is heading is even more shocking.

The arrival of the results from Beasley Media Group turns out to be a good one for the company led by CEO Caroline Beasley. That's not to say challenges seen by the publicly traded company have totally evaporated.

FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya is howling that he and his Democratic colleague, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, have been unlawfully dismissed from their jobs by the president. Could the FCC be next for Trump, even with the upcoming resignation of the senior Democrat at the Commission?