Headlines
US newspaper circulation 2023: Top 25 titles fall 14%
The combined average newspaper circulation of the 25 largest US titles fell 14% in the year to September 2023, according to new figures obtained by Press Gazette.
Forecast: N America pay-TV subs to plummet
The number of pay-TV subs in Canada and the US will fall from 111 million in 2015 to 60 million in 2029, according to the North America Pay TV Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Sales Week of 2/23
Peg Broadcasting is selling its stations in McMinnville and Sparta TN to Chad Graves and Scot MacDonald’s Main Street Media for $1 million.
Judge Rejects Attempt To Set Aside Results Of Rocking M Bankruptcy Auction.
Bankruptcy Court Judge Dale Somers has rejected an attempt by one of the creditors in the Rocking M Media bankruptcy to disallow the outcome of a Feb. 1 auction.
Pay TV
FCC Tackles ‘All-In’ Price Clarity For Cable, Satellite TV Video Services
The proposal has the backing of FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel
MVPDs Poised To Get Their Own FCC Diversity Report
With the FCC on February 7 adopting rules, released late Thursday evening, that would reinstate Form 395-B data collection for the use of determining broadcast media workforce composition, the Commission on a 3-2 party-line vote also moved ahead with a plan to create an identical requirement for multichannel video programming distributors ranging from cable TV suppliers to direct broadcast satellite companies.
CTV/OTT
Sports Increasingly Influencing Consumer Streaming Choices
More than a third of respondents to Hub survey say sports is "much more important than other kinds of content"
FCC
FCC Brings Back An EEO Form For Broadcasters
With FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel now emboldened by the presence of Anna Gómez as a third and decisive vote-maker on contentious proposals that will not get the support of the Commission’s two Democrats, another 3-2 party line victory has come.
Carr: EEO Data Sharing Order ‘Violates the Constitution’
To say that the two Republicans on the FCC are displeased with the party-line 3-2 vote to reinstate a federal requirement that broadcasters file Form 395-B every year with the FCC that lists the race and gender of their employees may be an understatement.
