Global ad spend is forecast to rise 11.9% to $1.34 trillion in 2026, according to WARC Media’s Global Ad Spend Forecast Q3 2026. That follows 10.0% growth in both 2024 and 2025. WARC cites corporate AI investment and major events including the Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, and the US mid-term elections as drivers. It names further escalation of global tensions as a downside risk.
Jo Ann Jean Juliano has emerged as the seller-to-be of an FM translator in Sheridan, Mont., associated with an AM/FM combo in Dillon, Mont., with Angel Broadcasting signing off on a purchase agreement submitted for regulatory approval with the FCC.
A longtime licensee of broadcast radio stations in the Lone Star State has agreed to sell an AM/FM combo and an FM translator in a small South Texas city. What is Benavides and his Claro Communications Ltd. earning from the deal? That's a question with an answer sealed some 15 years ago.
It is a Class C3 FM with coverage of Appleton and Madison, Minn., the latter locale being its city of license. As of today, it is licensed to a company led by Kerri Boyens. Soon, the entity operating the station known to locals as "Q-92" will become the owner, pending FCC approval.
A two-day gathering presented by the USBC and National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters is wrapping up on a high note, with a lunch-hour "Fireside Chat" featuring one of the top thought leaders in multicultural marketing and panel discussions focused on growing radio and TV dollars for African American-targeted media
USSI Global, the Melbourne, Fla.-headquartered provider of customized network, broadcast media and digital signage systems and services worldwide, has appointed an individual it calls an "accomplished media technology and transformational executive leader" to serve as its next Chief Revenue Officer.
Italia Commisso Weinand will continue to be involved with Mediacom Communications Corp., by serving on the company’s Board of Directors under Chairman/CEO Giuseppe Commisso. Her departure comes following the January death of Mediacom founder and Italian soccer club Fiorentina owner Rocco Commisso.
The broadcast standards association for over-the-air television has reached what it calls "an important milestone" in the development of Broadcast-to-Everything (B2X) technology.
What's transpired at the ATSC?
The 2027 Call for Entries includes new and updated categories reflecting today’s media landscape. National winners will be recognized at the Gracies Gala on May 25, 2027, in Beverly Hills, and local and student winners will be honored at the Gracies Luncheon on June 15, 2027, in the City of New York.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts late Thursday effectively blocked a mandamus order from the Fourth Circuit in Richmond — a decision that came just hours earlier.
What does this mean for the FCC with its need to issue a ruling on its “Lowest Unit Rate” policy as discussed in a controversial Public Notice?
There will be a second season of a one-on-one interview series airing on the digitally distributed Scripps News offering hosted by a journalist whose past experience includes high-profile roles at CNN and, before that, FOX News.
He's the licensee of such properties as a VHF low-power TV facility serving the Coachella Valley of California. Soon, pending FCC approval, that station will be in the hands of a "new" owner.
Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has officially closed. Now, there’s much focus on what the newly combined media giant known as Skydance means for Hollywood and streaming. But, there’s another side of the deal worth watching, says AdCellerant CEO Brock Berry.
He's served as Director of Sales for publicly traded Saga Communications' Charleston Media Solutions for the past five years. Now, he's being elevated to General Manager for the group of radio stations in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
The Governor of Alabama removed and replaced five Alabama Public Television Board members, just days after a survey on state citizen's opinions of public television were released by the Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority. The five members were also members of the foundation authority.
The Nexstar Media Group broadcast TV station branded as "Siouxland's News Channel" has a new News Director. She's been in the role for one month, as the station made the appointment public on Tuesday.
TEGNA's KARE-11 in Minneapolis will simulcast some 15 Minnesota Timberwolves games in a previously announced deal with DAZN. Now, adjacent DMAs that the NBA team includes in its territory have just secured free-to-air homes for the select games. It's thanks to a third-party deal with Gray Media.
He was formerly a story desk manager for TEGNA's KHOU-11 in Houston. Now, he's getting a promotion and will lead the newsroom for a sibling station serving the Temple-Killeen, Tex., region. Past experience includes serving as a Regional Director of Digital Content and as Digital Managing Editor of WTSP-10 in Tampa.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Judge Loren AliKhan on Tuesday heard from attorneys representing both ABC and the FCC, as litigation continued as to whether civil rights violations are at the heart of the Commission's early license renewal proceeding for the eight ABC Owned Stations.
From the Great Recession to the AI boom, one reporter has been covering the stories that move markets. ABC News Chief Business, Technology, and Economics Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis joins Forecast 2027 to share her reporting on the economy.
