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For Connoisseur Media, and any other broadcast licensee currently navigating a foreign ownership remediation at the FCC, a Tuesday filing brought some much-needed clarity, but also a few speed bumps — especially as the Jeff Warshaw-led radio group goes full steam ahead on its aggressive M&A plan.

Job cuts across radio, TV, newspapers, and digital media rose 18% last year compared to 2024, and those still employed in the newsroom are feeling it acutely. That's the most alarming finding in Cision's 2026 State of the Media report, which surveyed 1,899 journalists across 19 global markets during January and February.

Public interest groups pressing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to unwind the Nexstar-TEGNA merger are accusing the FCC of deliberately running out the clock on judicial review, and are asking the court to either force the full commission to act immediately or hold their case in suspension.

In the midst of turmoil in Iran dominating his agenda, President Donald Trump admitted that the fight to keep AM radio in vehicles had slipped off his radar — but recommitted to acting on the bipartisan AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act during an interview last week.

Political advertisers heading into the 2026 election cycle have a new avenue into premium audio inventory, as Global Media's DAX US has struck an exclusive integration with Basis, the cross-channel media orchestration platform.

New data from Cumulus Media's Audio Active Group and Westwood One finds that marketers and agency personnel are commuting to the office at the highest rate recorded since tracking began in April 2022. An Advertiser Perceptions survey of 301 marketers and agencies conducted April 1-13 finds 92% commuting to an office in some fashion.

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Nielsen's March 2026 installment of The Gauge and Media Distributor Gauge tells a familiar story with a few notable wrinkles: streaming's dominance remains largely intact, cable got a welcome shot in the arm from the NCAA basketball tournaments, and Disney had a month worth talking about.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr again pushed back over whether the agency's escalating investigation into Disney-owned ABC stations is politically motivated, insisting the early license renewal order that has rattled the broadcast industry is tied to "invidious forms of DEI discrimination" — but his remarks carry a warning that extends well beyond Burbank.