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In last week’s Media Monitors TV Spot Ten report, the Nissan Dealer Association moved up a notch to No. 1 with 24,181 spots while the Chevrolet Dealer Association slipped to No. 2. The Ford Dealer Association and the Honda Dealer Association helped to round out the top 5.

In last week’s Media Monitors Cable Spot Ten report, GEICO was in first place, once again, with 46,390 spots while Trivago soared to No. 2 and Progressive held steady at No. 3.

The first quarter showed a dip in growth for pay TV service packages globally -- about half the rate of a year ago. The top 100 global pay TV providers gained just 0.8% -- 3.46 million homes -- in the first quarter of 2017, according to Multiscreen Index. Of the top 10 U.S. services, which were down 559,000 subscribers, only Comcast registered gains.

According to CBS News president David Rhodes it is, says the Hollywood Reporter. He said as much when asked outright during an employee town hall on Thursday morning. The reason for the unrest? The tricky transition that followed anchor Scott Pelley’s departure from “CBS Evening News” in late May.

The high-profile CNN journalist has been recognized by the Radio Television Digital News Association with the 2017 John F. Hogan Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes an individual's contributions to the journalism profession and freedom of the press. Tapper, who joined the network in 2013, hosts the one-hour weekday show “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” and has hosted CNN's Sunday morning show, “State of the Union,” since June 2015.

PBS and America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) are getting financial assistance during the post-incentive auction repack period to translator stations that extend public television signals into hard-to-reach rural areas. No, it's not coming from ongoing pledge drives at many of the nation's noncommercial classical music stations.

Fresh details were revealed Wednesday regarding Sinclair Broadcast Group's blockbuster merger plans with Tribune Media, thanks to the official filing of a flurry of Form 315 applications with the FCC. While the deal could only be made possible with the pending reinstatement of the FCC's "UHF discount," Sinclair revealed that it could divest stations in no less than 10 different markets.

On May 31, TEGNA shares were trading at or near $23.75. One day later, they tumbled to $15.30 ... and haven't recovered since. Should investors be concerned? No, they shouldn't. Zacks Equity Research explains why they believe there's no trouble on the way for the company formerly known as Gannett.

The Media Financial Management Association (MFM) has affirmed its officers and newly elected board members for 2017-2018 officers and for its BCCA subsidiary, the media industry’s credit association.

Gordon Borrell thinks so. The noted local media industry analyst has released another "Chart of the Week" tied to Borrell Associates' 2017 Local Advertiser Survey, and it suggests that nearly 2,300 local advertisers go with their gut when it comes to making radio a part of their media mix.

Local advertising spending in the state of New York will reach $13.7 billion in 2017 across the Empire State's 10 local media markets. That said, radio is laggard when it comes to ad spend in the top 5 vertical market categories, and is behind all other forms of local media. That nugget comes courtesy of BIA/Kelsey's updated 2017 U.S. Local Advertising Forecast.

A top independent data management platform (DMP) and data exchange has been selected as a partner by a company that's best known for providing TV companies with solutions for ad detection, sponsorship measurement and media monitoring.

After Monday's Closing Bell on Wall Street, CBS went looking for some cash—in a nearly billion-dollar way—to engage in a debt swap that, when all the calculations are made, gives the company a more favorable consolidated rate of interest.

One of America's top retailers is once again a heavy user of cable spots, according to the latest Cable Spot Ten report from Media Monitors. Who else is actively using local TV spots on cable channels? Click here for all of the details!

It's the end of a big month for auto retailers, and it's the end of the fiscal year for many businesses. This could explain why the Honda Dealer Association greatly accelerated its activity at broadcast TV for the seven-day period ending June 25.