Headlines
Audacy Study Finds Radio Reaches NFL’s Most Avid Fans
Buffalo has the nation’s most avid NFL fans, while radio ranks as the medium with the highest concentration of sports superfans, according to new research from Audacy.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Judge hits pause on settlement between states, Paramount over Warner Bros acquisition
A federal judge in California has paused a pending settlement between Paramount and a number of states in an antitrust cause involving the acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), questioning attorneys at a hearing on Thursday about concerns raised by a lawmaker.
Television
Disney Legal Chief Warns Of Looming Layoffs: "Much Smaller Organization"
An end-of-week memo from Disney‘s Chief Legal and Global Affairs Officer has given an blunt warning that layoffs are coming amidst a “transformation process” that includes “automating certain workflows by leveraging the latest technologies.”
Local TV News’ Youth Gap: Phone Calls As Tube Loses
The “stark generational divide” seen for local television news consumption is based on consumer research released today by #FutureOfTV.Live, a quarterly research initiative from Ring Digital, an advertising services company focused on “precision digital marketing.”
Radio
Public Radio's Big "But"
Public radio has had quite a couple of years, losing its federal funding last spring…and yet, living to fight another day.
Your Car Radio Is Still the Best Disaster Alert, Xperi's Jury Says
When cell towers fail in a disaster, emergency alerts can arrive hours late or not at all. Xperi’s Jeff Jury is joining the chorus that the fix is already sitting in car dashboards with AM/FM, and that HD Radio is a multilingual, location-aware backstop in tandem.
GeoBroadcast Solutions Rebrands As Aktira
GeoBroadcast Solutions has relaunched as Aktira as the company moves to expand commercial deployment of its FM coverage and geo-targeting technology with broadcasters, advertisers and technology partners.
Media
When disaster strikes, newsrooms scramble. A new website aims to help tame the chaos.
Emergency Mode for News has checklists and other tools to help journalists respond to disasters before, during, and after they happen.