Headlines
Local TV Rides The Politically-Driven 2026 Boom Toward A Tech-Driven 2027
With no Olympics, World Cup or midterms on the schedule, TV stations look to 2027 as a building year.
BIA
Station Sales Climb For Third Straight Month
Radio station dealmaking continued to accelerate in September, with the number of stations involved in transactions climbing for the third consecutive month.
Mergers & Acquisitions
John Malone: Trump Officials Told Netflix "No Chance" Of WBD Merger
Media mogul John Malone says that the Trump administration informed Netflix that their proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery would be blocked, with the streaming giant then dropping out of the bidding and clearing the way for Paramount’s purchase.
Report: Elon Musk makes $1 billion investment in Skydance
Billionaire Elon Musk has invested approximately $1 billion in Skydance, the newly combined entertainment company formed through Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) earlier this month.
Television
Comcast Plans Restructure, Layoffs
In advance of its plans to spin-off its NBCUniversal division next year, Comcast said this week that it plans to restructure its business, expecting a restructuring charge exceeding $1 billion in Q4.
Scripps CEO defends layoffs, newsroom restructuring
The top executive at the E. W. Scripps Company is defending the broadcaster’s decision to lay off journalists and restructure many of its local television newsrooms around inter-station collaboration and artificial intelligence, claiming there are some early signs that the effort has started to pay off.
Radio
As Consumers Cut Back, Radio Has a Value Pitch
Tight wallets are handing radio a chance to prove its value.
Be Greedy: Radio’s Top Brokers Bet on 2027
In our upcoming annual Forecast issue, Radio Ink asked three of the industry’s leading media brokers where the market goes in 2027, from the future of the independent multimarket group to the state of financing.
Media
YouTube has milestone moment in Nielsen's August "The Gauge" report
The social video platform captured more than 15 percent of time spent with TV on account of a summer lull across broadcast and cable TV networks and other streaming platforms.