Headlines
Automotive Advertising in 2026: The Evolving Role of Broadcast and CTV
The prevailing narrative in automotive advertising is that digital won and broadcast lost. In practice, the story is more nuanced.
Carr Says Trump ‘Reshaped’ Media Ecosystem As Local Broadcast Role Grows.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says President Trump has fundamentally reshaped the relationship between political leaders and the news media, arguing that the President’s confrontational approach toward national media outlets has helped disrupt what he describes as a long-standing system of narrative control.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Some Assembly Required: Can Consolidation Actually Help Local Media?
In a media landscape where attention is so fragmented and digital natives flock to big tech platforms, is it possible that potential megamergers like Nexstar and Tegna (or Charter and Cox) are the last hope for building a healthy local media industry that can withstand long-term disruption?
Deal Digest: James Embrescia Sells Stations To Lilly Broadcasting
Brian and James Lilly Broadcasting has filed a $4 million deal to buy 11 stations in the Jamestown, NY and Ashtabula, OH regions from James Embrescia’s Media One Group.
Television
Broadcasters Brace For Another C-Band Squeeze
With not enough spectrum to go around to distribute the current load of programming, terrestrial IP, Ku-band weighed as distribution alternatives as well as 5G wireless and low earth orbit satellite.
The End Of The RSN Era Has Begun - But Leagues Don’t Agree On What Comes Next
For more than three decades, the regional sports network was one of the most reliable economic engines in American television.
Radio
Has Cumulus’ Bankruptcy and Privatization Plan Killed Nielsen Case?
A federal judge has stayed the entire Cumulus Media antitrust lawsuit against Nielsen following Cumulus’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
What Makes Radio Stronger Now? Top Industry Leaders Weigh In
Most days, there is no shortage of doom and gloom talk for radio, both outside and inside the industry. But AM/FM refuses to yield.
Out of Home
The Rise of Mobile OOH: Why LED Billboard Trucks Are Having A Moment
For decades, the industry’s most valuable assets were premium placements—highways, busy intersections, and urban corridors where audiences naturally pass by.
Media
FTC Revisits 'Click-To-Cancel' Rules
The Federal Trade Commission is once again considering whether to issue rules that could make it easier for consumers to cancel recurring subscriptions for cable television, gyms, newspapers and other products and services.