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Political money headed to streaming TV is arriving with conditions. A new survey of advertising decision-makers finds that advertisers planning political campaigns want spend efficiency and accountability first, and that reaching enough local voters, with confidence in who they are, remains the sticking point.

At age 14, “Teen Scientist” host has learned about programming for the next generation

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Cumulus has prevailed in two federal courts, and Nielsen wants the US Supreme Court to take another look. A November date at the high court is now attached to that request, though that mark on the calendar only decides when the justices look.

Audacy’s local sports stations have been on SiriusXM for less than two months, and the satellite company is already pointing to the results. That comes as profit, cash flow, and the full-year forecast all moved up in Q3, while some other areas of the company slipped, causing some new concerns for the remaining two months of 2026.

The library includes 550 holiday tracks

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Cogeco’s US cable business is still losing customers, and the company’s answer now includes a TV streaming product launched in the US, along with wireless, a new digital brand, and new sales channels. Canada is growing, while its radio group saw revenue fall nearly 19%, and the fiscal 2027 outlook points to lower overall.

Is an AI-generated voice that sounds like a radio host a use of that host’s identity? A California court isn’t saying yes, but it isn’t saying no either. Former NPR host David Greene’s suit against Google over NotebookLM now moves ahead, with the facts still to be fought out.

Stating that defendants “likely used public dollars to unlawfully finance a national media campaign in the final weeks before the November 2026 elections,” US District Judge Loren L. AliKhan has frozen a $20 million government ad campaign that put campaign-style spots on national TV, but her decision is raising questions for those that carried the spots.

Broadcasters hoping for movement on ownership limits will keep waiting, at least until December. The focal point of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s November meeting agenda is an order authorizing state and local jails to jam contraband cellphones, the lead item on a five-item November meeting agenda he previewed in his monthly blog post, themed around Halloween.

TelevisaUnivision’s third quarter ran on two tracks: a World Cup-fueled 51% revenue jump in Mexico, and a 24% drop in US advertising, with a $372 million write-down on broadcast licenses tipping the company into an operating loss despite a 9% gain in total revenue.