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Publicly traded media and telecom companies in the U.S., Canada and Bermuda collectively raised $24.26 billion through capital offerings in May, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data and analysis. But, what about Broadcasting? The story, alas, remains bleak.

AMG says it is the first TV publisher to move forward with a deal of this kind, making VideoAmp their primary and preferred currency, effective immediately.

Curious about the current landscape of pay and free TV among Black consumers? Horowitz Research has announced two webinars giving a free sneak peek and then a full review of their latest demographic studies, FOCUS Black Volumes 1 and 2.

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is making several changes following last week's 2023 Annual Shareholders' Meeting. Many of the votes and changes pertain to Nexstar's Board of Directors and company executives. Official voting results for each proposal will be filed with the SEC.

DuJuan McCoy's Circle City Broadcasting Entertainment is bringing a 13-year-old Emmy Award-winning show into a new era with national syndication. The program can now be viewed for free on over-the-air broadcast TV stations in 21 markets.

The Manoj Bhargava-funded NewsNet digital multicast network is rapidly shifting its distribution strategy by acquiring low-power television stations across the U.S. that will serve as owned-and-operated properties. These stations are licensed to Bridge News LLC, and it has just agreed to purchase a LPTV property serving the Gateway City.

Entravision has announced that it has been certified by Great Place To Work for the fourth time. This recognition is based on the feedback and opinions of current employees regarding their working experience at Entravision.

The Walt Disney Company's Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Christine M. McCarthy, will be stepping down from her role and taking a family medical leave of absence. Disney has appointed an interim CFO coming from inside the company.

He has served as General Manager of Gray Television’s NBC affiliated WSAZ-TV and The CW Network-affiliated sibling WQCW-TV in Charleston-Huntington, W. Va., since December 2021.  On June 26, he'll be leading the company's CBS and The CW Network affiliates serving Cleveland.

Sixty years after its original debut on broadcast TV, a groundbreaking wildlife show is returning to NBC this fall with an original new series, featuring one of the program's original hosts. And, it is produced by Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG).

Philadelphia, San Francisco and Tampa-St. Petersburg will see the CW Network shift to the Nexstar-owned stations. It is hardly a surprise, as CBS announced in early May it was dropping the network from eight markets.

For 10 1/2 years, he's served as SVP/GM of FOX Television Stations two stations serving the Chicago market. This veteran broadcast TV leader has been with FOX for 26 years. Now, Dennis Welsh is retiring at the end of June.

The newly forged partnership integrates the financial institution’s credit cards into NBCUniversal's One Platform Commerce. As such, Wells Fargo will be sponsoring NBCUniversal’s content, kicking off Wednesday evening with the season premiere of Bravo’s “Project Runway.”

Hearst Television earned a partial win Monday as a U.S. District Court dismissed many of the claims brought forth in a lawsuit by a former videographer at its flagship broadcast TV station in Boston who sued the station following his 2021 job loss for not adhering to corporate COVID-19 vaccination requirements.

It calls itself a technology company "engineered for modern TV advertising." As of today, it is poised to get a huge investment courtesy of the Private Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. As such, a CEO change is taking place.