How will broadcast advertising revenues in the U.S. be affected? Where are the biggest areas of opportunity? And how will AI alter the landscape? A panel of experts will share their perspectives and insights in a provocative opening Forecast 2025 session on November 13 at the Harvard Club in the City of New York.
An FM radio station licensed to serve the community of Hettinger, N. Dakota, is being spun, with paperwork filed with the FCC seeking its blessing on the transaction.
The E.W. Scripps Co. expects total 2024 presidential-year political advertising revenue in the Local Media division to reach at least $340 million — a record level that far exceeded the guidance the publicly traded company led by CEO Adam Symson shared in August. But, how did the company perform on the whole in Q3? Good, yet Scripps shares sunk on Monday.
Four scrappy entrepreneurs have faced all of the threats and competition from digital media, streaming ventures and even cable television channels. How have these "Main Street Media" professionals succeeded? That's a question ex-NAB communications head Dennis Wharton will ask as a Forecast 2025 session moderator.
An appearance by VP Kamala Harris on "Saturday Night Live" just days before Election Day riled the senior Republican-aligned Commissioner at the FCC. He took to the X social media platform to blast NBC for what he believes is "a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC's Equal Time rule." Did NBC resolve the matter yesterday?
Higher political advertising revenues at the company's Fox Television Stations unit, coupled by continued growth at free ad-supported streaming television platform Tubi, significantly impacted total advertising revenue for Fox Corporation in a big way. In its first quarter for its 2025 fiscal year, the company enjoyed an 11% revenue gain.
Both SESAC and the Radio Music License Committee are separately claiming they came out on top following the determination of licensing fees for RMLC-represented stations through 2026. An arbitration panel determined SESAC’s new blanket fee on November 1.
A 30-year marketing veteran who has both B2B and B2C experience is joining the NAB to serve as Chief Marketing Officer and its SVP of Global Connections and Events. His most recent role? He's exiting the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) after nearly 7 1/2 years as its Marketing VP.
While Domino's is again the big leader at Spot Cable and Progressive easily takes the auto insurance specialist crown once again, the latest Media Monitors data show one of the oldest quick-service restaurant chains is back with a new campaign.
Applications for the 2024-2025 mentorship program now honoring retired RAB leader Erica Farber are now open. Candidates in the radio broadcasting industry are invited to apply by Friday, November 22.
The publicly traded radio station ownership group with properties in markets such as Philadelphia, Boston, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Detroit has decided to release its third quarter earnings report prior to the Opening Bell on Wall Street this Tuesday — Election Day in the U.S.
A Local Management Agreement has been signed that sees La Mega Media Inc. and Lazo Media LLC "taking a significant step to expand Spanish-language programming across its Ohio markets and into Indianapolis." How so? Urban One is taking the "La Mega" brand and its programming to stations in Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus, Ohio, as well as Indiana's largest market.
The technology won't be limited to ACC football, as The CW says "shoppable" programming will be expand to other live sports, scripted series, and unscripted programming across the network controlled by Nexstar Media Group.
The Michael Sciore-led entity that presently holds equity interest in debtor-in-possession Mega-Philadelphia LLC has filed paperwork with the FCC seeking its approval of an agreement that sells his M.S. Acquisitions & Holdings' interest in the stations to an individual presently renting a unit in the Camden Boca Raton apartment tower.
MRC Executive Director and CEO George Ivie congratulated Nielsen on the renewal of accreditation of its National Television Panel Measurement and on receiving approval to integrate its first-party streaming data into the panel measurement.
From September 1998 through June 2017, it was a Top 40 station branded as "Mix 96.1." For the last 7 1/2 years, the FM has taken the "96.1 NOW" branding. Now, iHeartMedia has brought the "Mix" name back, but has adopted a presentation championed by its WLVE-FM in Miami.
Why are so many self-introductions cringe-worthy? Public speaking expert and veteran PR pro Rosemary Ravinal remarks, "It’s one of the FAQs in my workshops." In this column, Ravinal sets the groundwork for polished, succinct, and relevant introductions that signal one's worth and lays the foundation for strong and lasting business relationships.
A newly released report from Involved Media designed to help brand clients deliver the most effective strategies suggests CMOs should not shift too much budget away from heritage, linear media channels. That's because, when it comes to long-form video consumption, broadcast and cable still rule.
The nation's top producer of audio content for podcasting and its 800+ broadcast radio stations releases its Q3 2024 earnings on Thursday morning, and the forecast is for a good fiscal check-up from CEO Bob Pittman and COO/CFO Rich Bressler. This led Zacks Equity Research to ask if now is a good time to buy "IHRT." Investors listened.
Nexstar Media Group will release its Q3 earnings report on Thursday. Ahead of that financial status update, the company's Board of Directors moved ahead with the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend. The news comes as Q3 earnings and revenue forecasts from nine analysts have tempered in recent days.
