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While he tearfully commented on his statements regarding the suspect in the assassination of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk, radio host turned TV star Jimmy Kimmel also had stern words for FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and warnings for the administration of President Trump.

Seasonal hiring announcements from U.S. employers have been limited so far this year, with only a handful of companies making public commitments to holiday staffing. Following a summer of subdued hiring, Challenger, Gray & Christmas expects seasonal Retail hiring in 2025 to fall to its lowest point since the recession-hit season of 2009.

A podcast company with a global print is welcoming a VP of International from British podcast network Adelicious. He steps into an expanded role that "will be pivotal to Audioboom’s long-term growth strategy."

Featuring the story of the famous Sutro Tower

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Broadcasters are moving fast to meet shifting audience habits, multiplatform distribution and AI-driven production. NAB Show New York returns Oct. 22–23 at the Javits Center with a focused, two-day program designed to help station executives and content teams pressure-test strategies and get hands-on with tools on the show floor.

Football was the common catalyst for Disney and FOX in August, as coverage of a new college football season along with the National Football League preseason drove the only share increases for companies in this month’s Media Distributor Gauge.

As the NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises arm explains, the new format is "designed to deliver bold and engaging storytelling," and showcases "a dynamic portfolio of content in compact episodes, reflecting Telemundo audiences’ evolving video consumption habits."

It is the OG hyper-local hub of public media, Rima Dael writes

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Capital markets activity by publicly traded media and telecommunications companies in North America "plummeted" both year over year and sequentially in August, with the sector raising $4.70 billion, newly released data from S&P Global Market Intelligence show.

It technically has an October 31 deadline to raise $25,000 to help it "defend the future of NJ PBS." But, the future of the public broadcasting operation serving the Garden State is now known — there will be no road forward for the unit of The WNET Group.