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Some 73% of respondents in a newly released Pew-Knight Initiative study said press freedom is extremely or very important to the well-being of society. However, when asked to prioritize press freedom or accuracy, 53% said preventing inaccurate reporting is more important — even if it limits press freedom.

He graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia's prestigious journalism school in 1987 and has served as a news manager and key day-to-day leader at stations across the country. As of Monday, he'll be going back to school — sort of. Meet the new head of the university-owned NBC affiliate serving mid-Missouri.

A full-power satellite television station rebroadcasting the programming of an independent Birmingham-based TV station owned by Sinclair Inc. is poised to become a Sinclair station itself.  This would change a lengthy shared services agreement between Sinclair and this cozy operational partner to outright ownership.

The nation's dominant audience measurement and data company for broadcast media has made updates to its "Streaming Content Ratings" product, a move it says "accelerates data deliveries" from a once-weekly reporting cadence to a daily offering.

Property owners or managers in New York and Florida received notices

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Research firm says Gen Z and younger Millennials turn to radio for human curation

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Florida's "Nature Coast" is a rapidly growing area due north of Tampa and west of Ocala. Pending FCC approval, it will also be the home of the latest radio stations owned by a rapidly growing licensee based in Winter Park, Fla. That's thanks to a transaction that sees Mark Jorgenson serve as the seller's broker.

He's been associated with Hearst Television since 1983 and has served in various roles at flagship property WCVB-5 in Boston, as well as in a key ad operations role. Now, the privately held broadcast TV station licensee is celebrating this company veteran's longtime retirement.

The former Executive VP of Marketing & Communications at Fremantle has been selected to serve as Sr. VP of Brand & Marketing for FOX Television Stations — a role in which he will report to Executive VP of Digital Operations Jeff Zellmer.

Technology now enables almost infinite flexibility for “remote” audio

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