With the company's fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings report still awaiting release, Beasley Media Group on Friday confirmed that it has entered into a "Transaction Support Agreement" with the holders of its first and second lien notes due in two years that would trigger an exchange offer.
Could Nexstar Media Group's now completed merger with TEGNA somehow be unwound? The latter is what California Attorney General Bonta and seven other state Attorneys General seek, as Rob Bonta filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on Friday in an effort to reverse what's already been done.
Nautel's annual Radio Technology Forum is confirmed for April 19 in Las Vegas as the concurrent 2026 NAB Show officially opens. The sessions at the Forum begin bright and early with an Industry Briefing Breakfast that includes the Publisher/President of Radio + Television Business Report and Radio Ink.
Creative SSP TripleLift has released a new report that suggests the nearly half of Connected TV ads that are "still traditional TV spots" represent a "huge missed opportunity," while urging advertisers to consider what digital and streaming video platforms can do that over-the-air TV cannot.
She has been a Director of Entravision Communications' board since October 2023 and also serves as a director of technology and data science firm MediaAlpha Inc. Her resume also includes a stint as Chief People Officer at Snap Inc. Her role on Entravision's Board of Directors will soon be coming to its conclusion.
Advertising performance platform VideoAmp has brought to market new first-party data integrations with NCM and Sirius XM. It is a move that widens the coverage of VideoAmp's VXP planning tool and sends broadcast media yet another message that it has competitors for ad dollars everywhere.
While some argue that Newsmax founder Chris Ruddy had no standing to be a Witness at a February Senate Commerce Committee hearing focused on the national broadcast TV ownership reach cap, the head of the Media Bureau made it clear he has no standing to contest the transaction with the FCC.
New York Festivals Television & Film Awards and Radio Awards will bestow its Lifetime Achievement Award on the man who serves as President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Many remember him from his time as the head of NBC News.
The Radio + Television Business Report has independently confirmed that CBS News Radio will be winding down its operations over the next several weeks. The news was shared via an internal memo from CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and president Tom Cibrowski.
Now that Nexstar Media Group effectively owns TEGNA, which saw its stock conclude its trading at a $20.03 valuation and is being converted to "NXST" shares, the company founded 30 years ago by Perry Sook is moving forward with its intent to offer two rounds of senior secured notes to bondholders.
The Media Bureau head granted, with minor conditions, Nexstar Media Group's merger with TEGNA. It all but erases the 39% national ownership cap, setting up a court challenge being waged by eight state Attorneys General and DirecTV. Divestures have been agreed to, but the terms make it clear any sales are unlikely.
Gray Media and the Atlanta Braves have confirmed that the Major League Baseball Club's 2026 home opener against the Kansas City Royals on March 27 will appear on both "BravesVision" and on Gray-owned television stations.
It's not so much a surprise that it happened, but that it happened on March 19 perhaps caught some industry observers off-guard. The $6.2 billion transaction that rewrites local media ownership rules is now complete, with both the Department of Justice and the FCC granting approval of TEGNA's takeover by Nexstar.
What fascinates public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal about acceptance speeches is that they compress a lifetime of work into seconds. Winners typically get about 45 seconds, so every word matters. This raises a question: How do you deliver a great acceptance speech when the spotlight suddenly finds you?
A discussion of how Congress "can build on those lessons to modernize our laws to promote innovation, strengthen competition, and drive investment in modern communications networks” has been placed on the calendar for Thursday, March 26.
She joined FOX Television Stations in 1999 and until now has served as Local Sales Manager for the FOX-owned duopoly in Houston. Now, she's been promoted to VP/Director of Sales for the company's two stations serving the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose DMA.
It's a noncommercial hub for classic and "Red Dirt" country music with a Class C2 FM and accompanying FM translator serving Alamogordo, N. Mex. Pending regulatory approval, a new owner will be in control of "Active Radio."
Guideline is moving forward with the expansion of its Ad Intelligence Insights service with the release of Local Dynamics, a subscription report designed to enable agencies, publishers, and station groups to meet evolving market demand with transaction-level benchmarking.
In April 2021, he was hired by American General Media to lead its eight stations in Albuquerque. Now, he's heading to St. Simons Island, Ga., to oversee a group of local radio stations serving the Brunswick, Ga., market, due north of Jacksonville.
The multicultural media company with Albert Rodriguez at the helm that's parent to the Estrella TV network is seeking to "strengthen and expand" its news operations. This has led to bringing on a former President of News for the Univision network as a Senior Advisor.
