PQ: Global Consumer Media Usage Poised To Surge
The average global consumer spent 8.24 hours per day with media in 2025, up from 7.62 hours in 2020, as ad-supported media accounted for 52.7% of time spent in 2025, down from a 55.5% share in 2020.
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Judge Blocks Order Barring NPR and PBS From Funding
Colorado Public Radio said it ensures federal funds can be used for NPR content
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Family Life Expanded To Two Keystone State Counties
Listeners in Lawrence and Beaver County, Pa., who seek a little more light from Christ in their audio programming will soon have a new choice to go to, thanks to a deal that sees Family Life acquire an FM from Lynn Deppen in a transaction brokered by Michael J. Bergner.
Cruz and Cantwell Unwell With Carr Over Nexstar Deal
Two of the most powerful Members of the U.S. Senate have written to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr seeking answers to Commission inconsistency when it comes to resolving significant transactions at the staff level. It throws another wrench into the machinations that allowed Nexstar to merge with TEGNA.
NATPE Shutters For A Second Time
A reborn Miami event under the NATPE Global name debuted in January 2024 at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Miami under new owner Brunico Communications. Now, Brunico is pulling the plug on the annual affair. Why? Brunico cites a changing business climate, rather than any internal fiscal woes.
DuJuan McCoy Completes His WRTV Buy
With no comment, The E.W. Scripps Co. confirmed that it has completed the sale of WRTV-6 in Indianapolis. The deal was approved on February 27 by the FCC's Media Bureau with the grant of waivers of its local ownership rules.
Trumped: Judge Says No To Pubcaster Federal Funding Block
A District of Columbia District Court Judge has ruled against Donald J. Trump for his signing on May 1, 2025, of Executive Order 14290, which ended "taxpayer subsidization of biased media" by ending federal funding of both NPR and PBS by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting or any government agency.
CMG Cleared To Acquire A Longtime LMA Partner
DirecTV sought to squash it, but failed. The longtime LMA of Jacksonville's CBS affiliate by Cox Media Group will soon end, with CMG acquiring the station outright and forming an official duopoly. The deal comes as the "Top Four" prohibition rule no longer exists, per an Eighth Circuit federal appeals court ruling.
Bauer Media Pushes Android Automotive App
Available natively within BMWs and Minis in the UK and Portugal
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Meet iHeartMedia’s New Marketing EVP, Inbound From NBCU
He spent more than a decade at NBCUniversal, most recently holding the post of Executive VP of Marketing and Brand Partnerships. Now, he's joined the nation's biggest audio content creator and distributor for a similar role.
