Headlines
Nielsen: 72 Percent of TV Viewing Comes With Ads
More than 70 percent of all viewing in the first quarter of 2025 came on ad-supported platforms, a new Nielsen report finds.
DJs And Baristas: Can They Save Their Companies?
Radio companies, in particular, have been struggling whether it’s been Trump or Biden in the White House.
BIA
How the Local Advertising Market Has Been Affected by Trump Administration Tariffs
Early last month, President Donald Trump announced an increase in tariffs against a variety of nations. There’s a long way to connect the dots between those tariffs and local advertising, but they can be connected.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Roku to Acquire Frndly TV
Roku said it will acquire Frndly TV, a virtual multichannel video programming distributor (vMVPD) geared toward family friendly content that offers live TV, on-demand video and cloud-based DVR.
FCC
FCC Chairman Seeks To Clear Backlog of Inactive Proceedings (RBR subscription required)
Talk about “Delete, Delete, Delete.” FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says the agency is moving forward with an effort to “terminate” more than 2,000 official proceedings that have become dormant and, in his view, “no longer serve a purpose for the American people.”
Television
Linear TV Underperforms Other Media ROI, Streaming Audio Leads
Linear TV continues to underperform versus other media for advertisers when it comes to return on media investment -- specifically gross profit margin, according to Big Chalk, a marketing analytics company.
Radio
Will Forcing Radio Out of the Car Dash Save Consumers Money?
It doesn’t have a radio — not even a touchscreen — and it doesn’t even have paint, but the stripped-down new $20,000 electric Slate Truck, backed by Jeff Bezos and other big-name investors, is betting that forcing radio out of the dashboard to save consumers money will be a winner.
Radio is a Must to Engage Auto Shoppers
The auto industry has been on a roller coaster ride with inventory limitations, excesses and now with tariff concerns looming over their proverbial heads.
Media
Trump Orders CPB to Defund PBS, NPR
President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to defund PBS and NPR, claiming that today’s media landscape has changed enough to warrant ending public funding for broadcasting.