Here's some sobering but perhaps not-so-surprising news for those who have been closely monitoring the U.S. broadcast media landscape for the last several years: Media & Publishing is the only sector on course to record a real terms decline in ad spend between 2020 and 2027, new data from WARC show.
As of January 1, 2026, there will be a new Market Manager in San Antonio for the radio stations formerly owned by Alpha Media, thanks in part to the company's recent acquisition by the Jeff Warshaw-led Connoisseur Media. This will see the retirement of longtime Market Manager Lance Hawkins.
FOX Television Stations has named a Senior Vice President of Human Resources, and as of Wednesday assumed oversight of all HR functions for the unit, reporting directly to CEO Jack Abernethy.
In the last week, two PBS Member station organizations announced that they will engage in severe service cutbacks, with NJ PBS completely shutting down in 2026. NPR Member stations are equally vulnerable, and the parent of two iconic New York noncomm brands is offering its shows at no cost to impacted stations.
He served for many years supporting broadcasters through his regional role with Telos Alliance. Now, he'll move into Inside Sales, something Telos says will provide continuity for clients and maintains his involvement with broadcasters in a different capacity.
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."
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."
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.
The parent of the main public broadcasting station serving Seattle-Tacoma and the region since 1954 and its sibling serving Yakima and the Tri-Cities of Washington has moved forward with a significant restructuring plan that it says is a direct result of "Congress's complete defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in July."
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.
The CBS affiliate serving the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz market as of today brands itself as a "weather authority." As of Tuesday, that promise to viewers "expanded" with new local reporting and weather coverage supplied by the CBS News & Stations property just to the north in San Francisco.
The company with majority control held by Soros Fund Management has inked a new strategic partnership with an "athlete influencer end-to-end tech platform" enabling brands to use the name, image and likeness of pro sports figures to consumers via fresh marketing and advertising opportunities.
As Jimmy Kimmel prepares for his return to late-night television following Disney's decision to end its brief suspension, another major broadcast group is making it clear that viewers in their markets won't be seeing the comeback. Nexstar Media Group announced today that its ABC affiliate stations will continue an indefinite block of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Educational Media Foundation's acquisition appetite for K-LOVE shows no signs of slowing down. The latest in a near-constant run of buys, the Tennessee-based Christian Contemporary Music powerhouse has its sights on the Prairie State, where a small-market country station has found itself caught between financial pressures and ownership changes.
Skyview Networks is promoting two executives in its Finance and Business Development/Communications divisions, citing their roles in shaping the company’s recent growth. The promotions are the latest several other leadership changes announced in the past week, as the company continues to realign its management structure.
Comcast Corporation is taking fresh steps to reshape its balance sheet, unveiling plans to refinance nearly $10 billion of bonds coming due later this decade. On Monday, the company launched a pair of related transactions to manage debt ahead of looming maturities in 2027 through 2029.
