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The E.W. Scripps Co. has promoted the leaders of its Detroit and Salt Lake City stations, respectively, to the twin roles of Regional Vice President of Local Media. In these roles, they will continue as general managers for their home local television stations as well as overseeing a regional group of Scripps local stations.

The publicly traded broadcast television company formerly known as Gannett has widened the role of the individual who directs its mergers and acquisitions and business development needs by having him take control of its distribution negotiations and retransmission consent talks with MVPDs.

Across Thursday, talk of a potential carriage fee impasse between YouTube TV and Paramount Global escalated, with each company expressing their views on the terms of a new agreement publicly with their respective consumers. At 8pm Eastern, a "blackout" by law of most of the CBS News and Stations' parents channels was prevented — for now.

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An individual who participated in a 1997 FCC broadcast auction will be held liable for a default payment to the Commission after failing to pay a final lump sum payment for a TV station construction permit. But Todd Robinson will be getting back a big chunk of a deposit that's been held by the Commission.

In the weeks since President Trump was sworn in as U.S. President, "DEI" programs across the corporate landscape have been shelved, or greatly muted, out of concern that the federal government could come knocking. For Comcast, questions are being asked by FCC head Brendan Carr. Top Democrat Geoffrey Starks is seething.

The six radio brands serving St. Louis owned by the nation's largest owner of broadcast radio stations have a new leader, and it is a longtime community figure who began her career as a morning show producer at KSD Radio in St. Louis.

The U.S. Copyright Office has published a Notice of Inquiry on issues related to Performing Rights Organizations — an action, the office explains, that comes in response to a Congressional request to gather comments on the increase in the number of PROs in the United States and their licensing revenue distribution practices.

FuboTV Inc. may largely be known as a "sports-first" live TV streaming platform that went to court to stop The Walt Disney Co., FOX Sports and Warner Bros. Discovery from launching the Venu Sports platform — only to agree to a deal that sees Disney buying Fubo. Now, "Fubo Sports" is poised to become a digital multicast offering.

Sinclair Inc., which has taken a lead role in the development and rollout of ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast technology and its associated datacasting services, has good news to share regarding early participation and consent results for a private exchange offer tied to its Sinclair Television Group subsidiary.

MediaCo Holding Co., the Standard Media-controlled licensee of broadcast properties led by former Spanish Broadcasting System executive Albert Rodriguez, is exercising its option to purchase the radio and TV stations it has been operating for 10 months. Details surfaced in a FCC filing made late Friday.

Gray Media will broadcast Super Bowl LIX using High Dynamic Range (HDR) on all of the company's FOX-affiliated television stations available via the ATSC 3.0-powered NEXTGEN TV digital broadcast standard.

The junior Democrat sitting as an FCC Commissioner has issued another missive against the Chairman and Republican Commissioner Nate Simington for moving forward with a probe of CBS News for alleged news distortion — a claim made by President Trump days before he won the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

On its face, the fiscal Q1 2025 results from the parent of ABC Owned Stations looks great. The company beat the estimates of analysts who chimed in on both revenue and Earnings Per Share. However, a notable decline in the number of streaming subscribers caught investors' attention, sending "DIS" down more than 2% on Wednesday.

David “Ace” Cannon, who until September 2024 was one-half of the syndicated "ACE & TJ" morning show based in Charlotte, has died at the age of 56. Social media posts from stations including iHeartMedia's WHQC paid tribute to Cannon, who had been a wake-up fixture in the Queen City since 1998.