Headlines
How TV news stations collaborate: A growing necessity in the age of digital and streaming
In 2023, journalism collaborations continued to proliferate. Most media outlets in the U.S. have embraced partnership as budgets and resources run thin, from newspapers and magazines to digital publications and public radio stations.
Survey: Biggest Influence on Gen Z TV Viewing Decisions Is Social Media
95% of Gen Z viewers aged 18 to 24 decided to watch a TV show or movie because it was trending on social media
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: Six-Station Cluster In Florida Keys Sold To Fiorini Broadcasting
Fiorini Broadcasting has filed a $1.6 million deal to buy six stations from Holladay Broadcasting, including CHR “Wow 92.7” WEOW, classic hits “US-One” WWUS,” Classic Rock Sun 103” WFKZ, “Thunder Country 100.3” WCTH, classic rock WAIL (99.5), and “The Zone 97.7 Sports Radio” WAVK.
A Minot, N.D. Noncomm CP Is Sold
It’s licensed for 5,000 watts and assigned a broadcast frequency of 90.7 MHz. Soon, it could sign on the air.
FCC
FCC Acts to Improve Network Reliability During Disasters
The FCC has updated its rules and proposed additional updates designed to improve communications network reliability, resiliency, and transparency during disasters and outages.
FCC Tells Congress It Remains Focused On Property Owners As It Battles Radio Pirates
The Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act or PIRATE Act, which was signed into law in January 2020, made it easier for the Federal Communications Commission to go after landlords that are allowing unlicensed stations on their property.
Television
Weigel Gets New City of License For Future TV Station
In October 2023, the company behind the MeTV network and the owner of the CBS affiliate serving Milwaukee filed a petition with the FCC asking it to adjust the Table of TV allotments — a change that would allow an unbuilt television station to shift its city of license to a small Wisconsin city bordering Shawano Lake.
Digital
In A Digital Age: Iconic News Publications Continue To Struggle
In an era of misinformation and an important election upcoming, several long running and respected news publications are losing revenue and cutting staff.
Tech
Patreon: Blocking platforms from sharing user video data is unconstitutional
Patreon, a monetization platform for content creators, has asked a federal judge to deem unconstitutional a rarely invoked law that some privacy advocates consider one of the nation's "strongest protections of consumer privacy against a specific form of data collection." Such a ruling would end decades that the US spent carefully shielding the privacy of millions of Americans' personal video viewing habits.
