Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Gavel

LPTV group may challenge incentive auctions in court

According to the LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition, the stations it represents are imperiled
Chart

Stakes defined in CBS/TWC battle

SNL Kagan has seen retransmission consent impasses before, but none quite like
FOX News

Fired Fox News PR exec issues warning

Fox News Channel says it terminated its EVP Corporate Communications
LPTV

FCC offers an out to liable Class A stations

During the past two years, the FCC has opened a slew of cases against Class A stations
Cumulus

Buzz about Cumulus/Townsquare encore deal

Cumulus Media and Townsquare Media Group have done
ESPN

ESPN, Turner Sports want out of NASCAR contract

This you don’t hear very often in today’s fierce completion for sports rights
Democrat and Republican

Activists weigh in on political ad disclosure

A group of groups called Public Interest Public Airwaves Coalition has petitioned
CBS

Another plea for FCC intervention in retransmission consent

An organization called the Independent Television

Piolin sues former staffers over extortion

Former Univision Radio-syndicated Spanish-language star Eddie "Piolin" Sotelo filed
MTV

PTC attacks MTV Awards

Parents Television Council is no fan of MTV, and certainly was not happy about the most recent broadcast of the MTV Video Music Awards, which it argues included adults-only material and should not have been rated as acceptable for viewing by 14-year-olds.
ESPN

ESPN said to be key factor in Nielsen-Arbitron buy

The fate of Nielsen’s proposed $1.26 billion purchase of Arbitron likely lies
Westwood One

Dial Global switch to Westwood One date set

Rumors are rampant that Cumulus may be buying Dial Global, and that announcement
Rush Limbaugh

Cumulus re-ups with Rush, sans NYC

After much speculation, Rush announced he has signed a three-year deal

Syncbak dragged into Aereo-CBS court battle

Syncbak has developed a technology that allows local TV stations to transmit signals to the Internet
Rush Limbaugh

Obama plugs Limbaugh once again

They say there is no such thing as bad publicity, so the fact that President Barack Obama has