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Mark your calendars. The Ninth Circuit has on the docket a hearing concerning the preliminary injunction in the 13-state Attorneys General-led antitrust challenge to the Nexstar-TEGNA merger. And, it will be livestreamed from Pasadena, Calif.

Public notice establishes dates by which existing satellite operators must migrate

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Gray Media and Netflix have little in common to most broadcast media leaders. But, for the investor, there could be many similarities to consider, especially if investing in the stock is of desire. Which company is more attractive? Zacks Equity Research sought to best answer that question. 

U.S. news sources like CNN, Fox News and The New York Times tend to attract audiences that differ from one another by partisanship and education level. These distinct audiences also engage in public life in varying ways, a recent Pew Research Center analysis from the Pew-Knight Initiative released Friday finds.

At TEGNA, prior to its acquisition by Nexstar Media Group, he served as Chief Legal Officer under CEO Mike Steib. Now, history is set to repeat itself, only Steib and Alex Tolston are now at the entity that began life as "Angie's List."

It's a company "building accountability infrastructure for autonomous AI," and it is welcoming a Chairman of the FCC during the second term of President Obama to its Advisory Council. For Known, the arrival of Tom Wheeler "brings decades of experience navigating the intersection of technology, regulation, and the public interest."

He was a key figure at Greater Media and helped champion FM Talk in Los Angeles. Bob Moore enjoyed decades in Los Angeles broadcast radio, which included roles at Westwood One and CBS Radio. Now, the industry is pausing to remember Moore, who has passed away.

This auction is designed unify a gigantic swath of C-band spectrum—including 280 megahertz of the Lower C-band successfully auctioned in 2020—to create a harmonized “super band” spanning 440 megahertz (3.70-4.14 GHz).

The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act got an urgent plea. Deal valuations got a hard second look. Disruption got a keynote. Forecast 2027 wrapped Thursday at the Harvard Club of the City of New York after a day of broadcast leaders testing market assumptions, with the sharpest insights shared only in the room.

In early September, Sinclair Inc. moved ahead with the conversion of a longtime shared services agreement to outright ownership. Granting the application would give Sinclair Inc. a "triopoly" in Nevada's second-largest market. The FCC has said yes to the waiver request, giving it the green light to own three full-power TV stations in Reno.