Nielsen's March 2026 installment of The Gauge and Media Distributor Gauge tells a familiar story with a few notable wrinkles: streaming's dominance remains largely intact, cable got a welcome shot in the arm from the NCAA basketball tournaments, and Disney had a month worth talking about.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr again pushed back over whether the agency's escalating investigation into Disney-owned ABC stations is politically motivated, insisting the early license renewal order that has rattled the broadcast industry is tied to "invidious forms of DEI discrimination" — but his remarks carry a warning that extends well beyond Burbank.
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For the second time in three years, NPR is going back to the well — this time offering voluntary buyouts, with the prospect of layoffs to follow, as President and CEO Katherine Maher works to close an $8 million budget gap created by the loss of federal public media subsidies.
Members of Congress sometimes direct agency decisions or tell agency leaders, “You belong to us. Remember that and you’ll be alright,” laments AEI nonresident senior fellow Mark Jamison. He adds that some agency leaders now openly question whether their independence exists at all. That raises three practical questions for Jamison.
An all-American brand value could be fueling a renaissance in visual media advertising activity at an activity that in recent years had stumbled against Pepsico and other soft drink rivals. Today, Coca-Cola is a big Spot Cable believer, the latest Media Monitors data show.
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