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In late June 2025, Gray Media filed a lawsuit against the parent of Hearst Television in a New York federal district court on the grounds the privately held owner of broadcast TV stations infringed on its trademarked name for newscast weather reports. Hearst sought to dismiss the case. That effort has failed.

It's an advancement seen across numerous CBS Owned Stations facilities' newsrooms in recent months, including stations in Boston, Pittsburgh, and Sacramento. Now, the Paramount Global operation branded as "CBS Minnesota" is readying the inclusion of AR/VR technology in its newscasts.

Lakes Media Network's sellers in Southern Virginia and Northern North Carolina now have access to Townsquare Ignite's digital advertising platform. The six-station operation known for its vociferous interference fights from Raleigh-based FM translators is the latest broadcaster to team up with Townsquare.

On August 3, it completed its $15.8 million purchase of "ABC36," making this Lexington, Ky., station a sibling to its NBC affiliate in the Kentucky market. Approval of the deal came from the FCC after DirecTV attempted to thwart it over retransmission consent concerns. Perhaps DirecTV's Rob Thun is its Chief Soothsayer.

Orchestration platform connects multiple systems via a coherent operating layer

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Nathan Bohne, Adam Wofford and Eric Krueger developed Project PERMIT

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It revises NEPA review procedures for structures, including broadcast towers

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Functioning alerting hardware should stay in place, they wrote

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A Houston federal bankruptcy court judge has signed off on a Chapter 11 restructuring plan that will eliminate billions of dollars in debt held by one of the nation's two direct broadcast satellite companies. It resolves a bitter legal battle with a significant number of its lienholders.

The "local first" media company headed by CEO Bill Wilson has announced when it will release its Q3 2026 financial results. What can investors in Townsquare Media expect to learn?