Headlines
FCC TV Ownership Move Raises Hopes For Radio Deregulation.
In what may be the clearest signal yet that local radio ownership limits may be rolled back in the coming months, the Federal Communications Commission has taken its first steps to rewrite the media rulebook.
BIA
BIA: Large radio station owners become sellers to address debt
Nearly 200 radio stations changed hands during the first six months of 2026, though transaction activity remained below the pace recorded a year earlier as buyers concentrated on smaller, strategically focused acquisitions.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: Audacy Sells St. Louis Cluster For $20 Million.
Jerrilyn Hoffmann’s Hoffmann Media Group has filed a $20 million deal to buy a six-station cluster from Audacy.
FCC chairman says he doubts multistate challenge to Paramount-WBD merger will succeed
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in an interview on July 15, 2026, that he does not believe the coalition of 12 state attorneys general challenging the Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery will prevail, calling it something other than “a legitimate antitrust case.”
Television
Fox News crushes CBS in prime-time ratings during recent measurement week
Fox Corporation’s cable news outlet Fox News Channel drew a stronger prime-time audience across overall and key audience demographics during Nielsen’s most-recent measurement week, outpacing legacy broadcast networks like CBS and ABC with its strong slate of commentary-driven programming.
Radio
Connected Dashboards Accelerate In-Car Digital Listening
Owners of in-car infotainment systems such as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are devoting a growing share of their listening time to digital audio, according to new data from Edison Research at SSRS.
CTV/OTT
CTV Budgets Keep Growing, Trust Still Hasn’t Caught Up.
Connected TV has won the budget battle. Now it must win the credibility battle
Pay TV
Parks: Cable Broadband Sub Losses Slow Down
New research from Parks Associates' Broadband Market Tracker shows broadband subscriber losses among the largest cable providers continue to lessen as operators strengthen customer retention efforts and expand converged broadband and mobile offerings.
FCC
Gomez Slams FCC’s ‘Unlawful Plan’ to ‘Raise’ TV Cap
The lone Democrat casting a vote at the FCC has condemned a proposed Order that will be up for a vote at the Commission’s August Open Meeting that she believes will “unlawfully raise the national television ownership cap.”
FCC Says It Knows 'Public Interest' - Will Brands Approve?
What is in the public interest when it comes to local TV journalism?