Advertising Week New York kicks off Monday, and for the second consecutive year SiriusXM Media is hosting an event that it says will explore "the growing power and influence of audio across media, culture and advertising."
Forecast 2027 is closed to the press — including our own journalists. The sessions won’t be posted to YouTube. You won’t even find these lessons in our headlines e-mail the next morning. If you’re thinking you’ll catch it later for free, you won’t. The only way to hear these conversations is to invest in yourself. Be in the room.
To detractors including the TVB, a March 30 Public Notice outlining "lowest unit rate" rules wasn't a "reminder" but served as a policy change, suddenly allowing political action committees to benefit from the LUR rules. Now, both supporters and opponents can share their views on the matter with the Commission.
In a 77-22 bipartisan vote, the upper body of Congress passed the "Protect College Sports Act." It preserves the scope of the "Sports Broadcasting Act" by allowing collective media rights negotiations for games on over-the-air television without extending that exemption to paid subscription streaming services.
When Connoisseur Media agreed to merge with Alpha Media, it was understood that several Alpha properties deemed non-essential to the company led by Jeff Warshaw would be sold. Add a Class A facility serving a portion of Western Maryland and neighboring Waynesboro, Pa., to that divestment list.
She's said it is "unlawful" in past statements, and Anna M. Gómez did so again in a formal dissenting statement condemning her Republican colleagues from making "a profound departure" from both statutory boundaries and longstanding broadcast policy.
As Republican FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty sees it, her August 6 decision to vote to repeal the 39% national TV audience reach limit for broadcast television station licensees "recognizes that the media marketplace has changed dramatically, while many of our rules have not."
In a lengthy statement, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said it is time "to restore balance to the broadcast airwaves" and bring back "a healthy counterbalance to the growing leverage of national programmers." He also took great lengths to demonstrate how the FCC has the authority to modify the cap.
The FCC on August 6 voted to repeal its 39% national TV ownership reach cap, replacing it with a granular, case-by-case review. The Report and Order detailing the decision was not released until Thursday, and was quietly posted on the Commission website along with statements from Chairman Carr, Olivia Trusty and Anna Gómez.
Annual employment reports will soon be gone from the FCC’s rulebook. The Media Bureau ordered the removal of the requirement that stations report workforce race, ethnicity, and gender data, bringing federal regulations in line with a Fifth Circuit decision.
The NAB Crystal Radio Awards celebrates radio stations for their "exceptional year-round commitment to serving their communities." A panel of judges representing the broadcast industry and community service organizations will review applications and select 50 finalists and 10 winners.
Third quarter layoff plans totaled 129,591, down 43% from the 226,242 layoff plans in Q2 2026, and down 36% from the 202,118 layoff plans announced in the same quarter of last year.
That's the latest jobs look courtesy of Chicago-based Challenger Gray & Christmas.
It took roughly two months to pass muster with the FCC and reach a successful closing date. Now, K-LOVE Inc. is the owner of a pair of big-signal FM radio stations sold by Beasley Media Group, with a call sign change seen in Las Vegas.
The live simulcasts of streaming service DAZN's coverage begin on October 23, with the Pacers game against the Dallas Mavericks appearing on WTTV-TV or WXIN-TV in Indianapolis, the market's home for CBS and FOX programming. A Nexstar spokesperson confirmed that a game schedule is forthcoming.
In August 2024, the owner and General Manager of Duncan Chevrolet in Stratford, Tex., decided to purchase an AM and FM combo in Dumas, Tex., from Southwest Media Group. Now, he is acquiring an FM translator that will likely give that kHz-band facility a little bit of "revitalization."
A federal lawsuit filed against Paramount Skydance Corp. by parents of minor children who streamed content on the Pluto TV FAST channel platform will continue with seven claims the company that on October 6 expects to complete its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery sought to dismiss.
In late June 2025, Gray Media filed a lawsuit against the parent of Hearst Television in a New York federal district court on the grounds the privately held owner of broadcast TV stations infringed on its trademarked name for newscast weather reports. Hearst sought to dismiss the case. That effort has failed.
It's an advancement seen across numerous CBS Owned Stations facilities' newsrooms in recent months, including stations in Boston, Pittsburgh, and Sacramento. Now, the Paramount Global operation branded as "CBS Minnesota" is readying the inclusion of AR/VR technology in its newscasts.
Lakes Media Network's sellers in Southern Virginia and Northern North Carolina now have access to Townsquare Ignite's digital advertising platform. The six-station operation known for its vociferous interference fights from Raleigh-based FM translators is the latest broadcaster to team up with Townsquare.
On August 3, it completed its $15.8 million purchase of "ABC36," making this Lexington, Ky., station a sibling to its NBC affiliate in the Kentucky market. Approval of the deal came from the FCC after DirecTV attempted to thwart it over retransmission consent concerns. Perhaps DirecTV's Rob Thun is its Chief Soothsayer.
