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A federal judge’s ruling that Google illegally monopolized key online advertising markets is drawing praise from the NAB, which says the decision validates long-held concerns about "Big Tech" influence over digital revenue streams critical to local journalism.

For the first time since June 4, 2024, iHeartMedia shares have fallen below the all-important $1 threshold, dipping 3.6% on Thursday ahead of the holiday weekend for U.S. financial markets. The decline comes as one financial blog in early April presented three reasons to sell "IHRT."

After climbing steadily from 2000 to 2017, the share of U.S. young adults living with their parents has fallen somewhat in recent years. That's according to new data from Pew Research Center that could prove important to radio and television broadcasters seeking higher audiences — and more advertiser support.

A change in the ownership concentration of a licensee of an AM, FM and FM translator serving the small city of Monmouth, Ill., has taken place, and the company has submitted paperwork with the FCC seeking its blessing on the deal.

A Sacramento-area broadcast technology company focused on the design, engineering, and manufacturing of RF transmission equipment and systems for radio and television stations has agreed to begin supporting HD Radio, thanks to a newly signed agreement with Xperi Inc.

TEGNA-owned streaming advertising platform Premion, focused on Connected TV and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, has integrated Octillion into its offerings — something it says "further strengthens" its local Connected TV platform and demand side platform (DSP) "to drive full-funnel outcomes."

It professes to be a company "powering the industry’s most successful live OTT solutions as well as hyperlocal streaming platform Zeam." Now, Zeam Media has partnered with a provider of AI-driven products for content discovery and media options as part of a plan to increase discoverability and engagement with next-level metadata.

Daystar Television Network has upgraded the audio capabilities at its production studio complex in the Dallas-Fort Worth region with the installation of a custom configured, dual-operator Solid State Logic System T S500 broadcast audio platform and a pair of SSL Live L550 Plus mixing consoles.

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Former BBC correspondent Russell Padmore revisits the stations he said shaped careers and rivaled RTÉ

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