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As 2025 began, Fubo agreed to its purchase by The Walt Disney Co. Now, the company led by CEO David Gandler has released its Q1 2025 results, perhaps its last first quarter fiscal report as an independent "sports first" vMVPD. The details are a bit cheerful. It's the Q2 visibility that's a bit glum.

The head of Nashville Public Radio shows how seriously pubcasters are taking the threat

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Radio Ink and Radio + Television Business Report are proud to announce that Cox Media Group Executive Vice President and Head of Radio Rob Babin and Nexstar Networks President Sean Compton will serve as co-chairs for Forecast 2026. The event is scheduled for November 12 at the Harvard Club in New York.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says the agency is moving forward with an effort to "terminate" more than 2,000 official proceedings that have become dormant and, in his view, "no longer serve a purpose for the American people." It's unread to the "Delete, Delete, Delete" initiative that has captured the media's attention.

Al Peterson has some thoughts on creative deployments for radio

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The President/CEO of America's Public Television Stations says the organization is "deeply concerned" by a late-night Executive Order signed by President Trump on May 1 that directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop direct and indirect funding of both PBS and NPR.

The acquisition is expected to be completed in the second quarter, pending customary closing conditions. The total purchase price is $185 million in cash, which includes $75 million held back that is tied to meeting performance goals and milestones over the next two years.

The White House has trumped Congressional Republicans who have sought a cessation of federal funding for the noncommercial educational organizations that are not FCC licensees but provide programming to broadcast stations across the U.S. and its territories.

CPB and NPR signal defiance, says they are not subject to an executive order

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"The Station Of The Cross" Catholic Media Network can be heard on a group of radio stations stretching from Northeast Ohio to the Bay State. However, a transaction has been agreed to that will see the sale of properties in Massachusetts to another non-secular broadcast group.

The nation's largest Spanish-language audio content creation and distribution company that is certified Hispanic-owned returned to profitability in 2024, following the return to day-to-day leadership of President/CEO and founder Raúl Alarcón Jr.

Graham Holdings Company, the diversified publicly traded business that is parent to Graham Media Group, this week released its Q1 2025 earnings report. How did the broadcast TV division, led by Catherine Badalamente, do?  Revenue was on the decline in the first three months of this year.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded five grants totaling $9.6 million to statewide public broadcasting networks in Louisiana, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, as well as KSUT Tribal Radio in Colorado.

This document amends the Table of TV Allotments (table) of the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) rules by substituting channel 8 for channel 24 at Monroe, Louisiana in response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Gray), the licensee of KNOE-TV, Monroe, Louisiana. The staff engineering analysis finds that the proposal is in compliance with the Commission's principal community coverage and technical requirements. The substitution of channel 8 for channel 24 in the table will allow the station to continue to operate on its licensed channel and provide uninterrupted service to its viewers.

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The Consent Decree resolves issues arising from the review of the Station's pending license renewal application.

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This Order dismisses the Elko County Petition seeking to modify the satellite television market of Stations KNPB (PBS), Reno, NV; KOLO (ABC), Reno, NV; KREN (Univision), Reno, NV; KRNS-CA, Reno, NV; KRNV (NBC), Reno, NV; KRXI (FOX), Reno, NV; KT

The Consent Decree resolves issues arising from the review of the Station's pending license renewal application.

The Consent Decree resolves issues arising from the review of the Station's pending license renewal application, transfer of control application, and license to cover application.