Headlines
Beyond The Tower: What Fox’s Roku Acquisition Signals For Local Broadcast
The signal, the transmitter and the tower are no longer the primary anchors of broadcasters’ future.
BIA
BIA Appoints Michael Guerity to Advance Advertising Forecasting, AI-Driven Insights, and Strategic Growth
BIA Advisory Services today announced the appointment of Michael Guerity as Vice President of Market Intelligence & Strategic Communications.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Samba acquires Bestever AI to accelerate autonomous advertising tools
Samba has acquired Bestever AI, a generative artificial intelligence platform focused on advertising and marketing, as the media intelligence company moves deeper into AI-powered campaign planning and optimization.
Radio
Katz: Radio's Best Ad Unit Is the Person Behind the Mic
As budget cuts shrink on-air talent rosters across the country, new Katz Radio Group research makes the cost of that tradeoff clear: personality is a massive driver of radio loyalty, and listener trust in those hosts is the mechanism behind ad effectiveness.
Print Media
The Post’s Local Backpedal
After cutting much of its local reporting, The Washington Post is quietly rebuilding its coverage, Status has learned, leaving current and recently laid-off staffers with "whiplash."
Media
The Local Media Paradox: Trust vs Ad Dollars
Local media owns something the rest of the advertising industry spends billions trying to manufacture: trust.
FCC
FCC Penalties Frozen As Inflation Adjustment Canceled For 2026.
The government reported some of its hottest inflation numbers in years as year-over-year inflation hit a three-year high of 4.2% in May. But the Federal Communications Commission says it will not be making its annual adjustments to its list of potential fines after officials determined there was insufficient inflation data to calculate the annual adjustment.
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 15, 2026 to June 19, 2026
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.