The licensee of a pair of radio stations on the Delmarva Peninsula has filed a Petition to Deny a proposed transaction submitted to the FCC for its regulatory approval. That deal would allow Draper Media to own and operate eight radio stations in the region between Wilmington, Del., and Salisbury-Ocean City, Md.
Data accuracy and validation firm Truthset has forged a "strategic integration" with Comcast-owned FreeWheel, the connected TV-focused ad tech platform. This, FreeWheel says, allows advertisers to activate its independently validated Data Rated Audiences (DRAs) across the platform's Connected TV advertising ecosystem.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has declined to move ahead with a fresh look at a District Court's decision that put the kibosh on a $136 million racial discrimination claim against the FCC for Standard General's inability to complete its proposed merger with TEGNA.
TEGNA has a new Board of Directors, complying with an order from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento. The news was shared via a "Status Report" submitted by Nexstar Media Group legal counsel to the judge overseeing its legal battle against DirecTV and a coalition of state Attorneys General.
The weeks-long standoff is over. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit formally issued a mandate on Tuesday, vacating the stay that had clouded Cumulus Media’s antitrust injunction against Nielsen and confirming that the order is back in force.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled in favor of four Capitol Hill politicians who took the Federal Communications Commission to court in an effort to put a stop to a Public Notice they claim opens the door to what Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gómez calls "dark money spending" on political ads.