Headlines
Inside Disney’s Hunt to Replace Bob Iger as CEO: Bibbidi Bobbidi Who Will It Be?
The legendary exec will retire (again) in late 2026, so the kingdom needs a new king—or, for the first time ever, a queen.
George Cheeks Tackles Paramount Global's Future, 'Tracker' and Colbert
Paramount Global has a strong future ahead of it and so does broadcast television, despite the uncertainty that has enveloped Hollywood in general and Paramount in particular.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Sales Week Of 6/7
Vidify Media sells Brokered Talk 1490 WWPR Bradenton FL to the William Bailey led Happy Gospel Singers Evangelistic Crusade, Inc. for $125,000. The Bradenton based non-profit has existed since 1967 as a performance group, but this is their first radio purchase.
Winemiller Spins Two Groups Of LPTVs
It’s been a busy start to June for Jeff Winemiller, who this week has been actively trading low-power television stations.
Television
Paramount Global Breakup: New Digital Disruptor Level Reached
Paramount Global has an alternative plan for its key streaming business -- and future overall -- should it not want to sell the company to a consortium of investors comprised of David Ellison’s Skydance Media and private equity firms RedBird Capital and KKR.
Deb McDermott-Led Standard Media To Launch Chicago RSN
It proved to be a financial boondoggle for Diamond Sports Group, a subsidiary of Sinclair Inc. NBC Sports has also opted to get out of the Regional Sports Network (RSN) business.
Media
NAB Opposes FCC Plan to Make Workforce Data for Each Station Public
As part of an effort to track diversity, the FCC is reinstating the collection of radio and television stations’ workforce composition data on FCC Form 395-B
Reported NBA Deals Could Change Face Of Sports TV
Who wins and who loses in the blockbuster NBA rights deal that The Wall Street Journal said Thursday is imminent?
FCC
‘DIRS’ Exercise Coming Early Next Week From FCC
In preparation for the 2024 hurricane season, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct an exercise of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) from June 10-12, 2024.
Rosenworcel Counters FEC AI 'Chaos' Claim With Call For Unity
As partisan tempers flare in Washington, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel took an opportunity to urge unity in response to a barbed letter from Federal Election Commission head Sean Cooksey over potential political AI ad disclosure rules.