Headlines
FCC’s Carr: Broadcasters Must Be ‘Held to Their Public Interest Obligations’
Trump’s nominee to lead regulator tells NewsNation ‘one of my top priorities is trying to smash this censorship cartel’
TV in 2024: Change to the Business Further Accelerates
From rapidly evolving viewer tastes to a transformative election, change is now a constant for an already disrupted industry
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $450,000
The purchase of W03BU-D Miami by Fair Play Broadcast tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA Advisory Services.
Television
News Has ‘Narrow Window’ To Make One-To-One Connections On Digital
New York Public Radio’s Sam Guzik: News groups need to reboot websites and apps to lock in habitual consumer use before they lose the territory completely, and TV is trailing the pack.
Radio
Algorithms vs. The Human Touch
The way of the world is rapidly tipping to algorithmic, AI, machine learning, and the like are being utilized to do the jobs many of us were once hired to do.
Elvis Has NOT Left The Building
These days, the importance of this difference goes to the heart and soul of what radio is all about. Or perhaps, what it should be all about.
Pay TV
Cable TV Consolidation Will Come - But Not Next Year: Analyst
With Comcast's recent decision to spin off cable networks, there is a strong likelihood that consolidation of live, linear TV networks is coming, according to analysts -- but probably not next year.
Digital
Digital Growth: Townsquare’s Solution For Broadcast’s ‘Secular Decline' (subscription required)
Some publicly traded media company executives may be inclined to sugarcoat the struggles seen with core advertising that are forecast to continue in the coming quarters.
Harris Campaign Team Looks Back At Role Of Podcasts During 2024 Campaign
The top campaign aides to Vice President Kamala Harris say they should have developed a podcast strategy sooner and, in hindsight, wished they could have made more appearances on podcasts before Election Day.