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“We are pleased today to report a third consecutive quarter of meeting or exceeding Wall Street expectations on nearly every reporting line." That's the official word from Adam Symson, as the President/CEO of The E.W. Scripps Co. delivered its Q3 2025 earnings report following Thursday's Closing Bell for U.S. financial markets.

When it comes to French-language content for those across Canada, TVA has become the go-to leader. This brand strength is one of the reasons media income slipped for parent Quebecor in the third quarter, while adjusted EBITDA grew. Cutting expenses is the bigger reason.

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It's a tale being told by companies around the world, not just in the U.S.: While Connected TV and digital advertising enjoyed double-digit growth in Q3, the bigger linear assets are struggling to keep up, with declines leading to overall softness for total ad revenue. That's the Bell Media tale.

An industry-wide settlement with music licensing organizations ASCAP and Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) resulted in a $2.1 million bump in expenses from January 2022 through the end of the third quarter, directly impacting the P&L for Saga Communications in Q3 as the company led by Chris Forgy swung to a net loss.

Reduction-in-force initiatives surged during the first month of the fourth quarter of 2025, surging by 175% from October 2024, newly released data from global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas show.

The E.W. Scripps Co.'s Scripps Sports unit has secured a broadcast partnership with Major League Volleyball (MLV) that will bring the league’s championship to ION Television, the publicly traded broadcast media company's nationally distributed network.

While year-over-year comparisons are clouded by huge political ad revenue in 2024, the Q3 2025 results for Nexstar show one big takeaway: ex-political, ad revenues were flat. It's reflecting a continued soft environment for the core of broadcast television's biggest revenue generator — outside of retransmission consent fees.

On difficult comps due to strong political advertising revenue one year ago, CEO Chris Ripley explained ahead of a Wednesday afternoon earnings call for investors that Sinclair delivered a strong third quarter, achieving the high end of guidance for advertising and distribution revenue.