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The U.S. Department of Justice has asked for additional information and documents from the nation's largest single owner of broadcast TV stations and the company formerly known as Gannett, which it seeks to acquire, as part of its regulatory review of the historic deal.

With a share price of roughly $641, Spotify is one of the "Big Tech" giants across the globe when it comes to audio content consumption. With a record-high $776 per-share price seen in late June, can the company return to that level after enjoying 69% year-over-year growth?

The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC) has created a fellowship in the name of an iconic broadcasting industry-focused Washington, D.C. attorney, who calls it "an honor of a lifetime for which I am grateful."

For the EVP of Public Affairs at the NAB, the carriage fee feud between ABC parent Disney and Google's YouTube TV comes "thanks to Big Tech's heavy hand in deciding what viewers can and cannot watch."

The nation's most prominent media company superserving African American consumers has released its third quarter earnings results. In the words of Urban One President/CEO Alfred Liggins III, the Q3 results "came in slightly softer than expected across the board." If that's unsettling to investors, what will they think of the Q4 pacings?

Receiving its global debut at IBC2025 two months ago, Raptor offers a straightforward way to embed CEA-608 Closed Captions into a live program stream. That process incorporates the AI-based workflow from ENCO’s enCaption solutions to automatically generate captions.

NextKast is now offering to radio broadcasting companies "an intelligent, playlist-aware synchronization engine" designed to streamlines how station groups share content across multiple markets while allowing customized local programming.

Global streaming and podcast infrastructure company Zeno Media has introduced a HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) across its platform, promising quicker starts, smoother playback, and enhanced monetization and measurement tools to its users.

Some 12 months after Audacy Inc. placed all of its sports inventory into a single sales platform, the veteran sales executive who serves as Sr. VP of Sports Monetization at the company with majority control held by Soros Fund Management is retiring. 

The exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary hardware and software products, has promoted from within to fill the role of Senior Director of Sales for North America.

Dynaudio has brought to market a refreshed suite of next-generation audio tools engineered to serve as the central monitor controller of the modern studio. The "Control" series additions include the Control 01 and Control 02 digital audio processors.

Roku Inc.'s TV streaming platform is among the most commonly used., making connected TV advertising through Roku a key driver in the ever-growing world of digital and streaming media budgets for CMOs. Now, Roku has rolled out an open self-service developer platform squarely focused on CTV advertising.

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The owner of the Global broadcast TV network and radio stations including Toronto's "Q107" and "The Edge" and Calgary's "QR" has moved forward with a "recapitalization transaction" that effectively concludes any involvement with the Shaw family — putting the fiscally challenged company in lenders' hands.

Until eight months ago, he served as the Chief Engineer for an FM radio station that today is the top-billing broadcast asset for publicly traded Townsquare Media. Now, he's fighting back with an age discrimination lawsuit being considered by a Mercer County, N.J. superior court.

He gained national recognition as a Republican candidate for the Governor of New Jersey in 2024 and was handedly defeated by Jack Ciattarelli, who could gain the role in Tuesday's election. Now, Townsquare Media talk host Bill Spadea is celebrating a Garden State victory — this time in the courtroom.

FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty used her keynote address at the Media Institute’s Free Speech America Gala to outline how the agency can balance First Amendment protections with its oversight of modern communications, and why innovation is key to both free expression and public service.

The House Energy & Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology — the Congressional body that has direct oversight of the FCC — has a new Chief Counsel. And, it is someone who has strong ties to Dish Network, Sling TV and Boost Mobile.

There was a clear leader when it comes to Spot Cable activity for the week ending November 2, according to the latest Media Monitors Spot Ten report. That said, NBCUniversal stepped up its spot plays in a significant way for its OTT platform.