There's a new leader for several Gray Media markets across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Region of the U.S. And, it is the woman who for the past seven years has been General Manager of WFSB-3 in Hartford, a former Meredith Local Media property that has long-served as Connecticut's CBS affiliate.
Based on 24,525 surveys collected from 500 participating commercial stations across the U.S. and Canada between January 8 and February 9, Jacobs Media President Fred Jacobs presented the findings of Techsurvey 2025, saying, “The vital signs [for radio] are reasonably stable, but there is erosion.”
SMPTE, the global society of media professionals, technologists, and engineers working in the digital entertainment industry, has put out a call for technical papers for the SMPTE 2025 Media Technology Summit, scheduled for October 13-16 in Pasadena, Calif.
The owner of a Class B AM radio station licensed for 10kw from two towers in a suburban area of San Juan, Puerto Rico, has received a Notice of Violation — a precursor to a potential forfeiture notice — for operating the facility outside of its licensed parameters.
The WNBA's Indiana Fever and WTHR-13, the TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate in Indianapolis, have reached a multi-year extension of their distribution agreement. This will see WTHR or MeTV-affiliated sibling WALV-TV air 18 of the Fever's games.
The E.W. Scripps Co.'s Nuvyyo USA subsidiary, the company behind the Tablo TV device, has debuted new free ad-supported streaming television channels featuring content from Warner Bros. Discovery. The deal will bring 45 WBD-branded FAST channels to the Tablo platform.
The radio programming and operations-focused consultancy that's home to Tim Richards and Jimmy Steal, veteran industry figures known for ratings success, is welcoming the Director of Operations and Programming for Local Media San Diego to its team.
The individual who has served as VP of Sales for Audacy‘s radio stations in North Texas since January 2024 has been elevated to the role of SVP/Market Manager.
AdLarge and the fwd. network have appointed a new Executive Vice President of Business Development and Partnerships. In this role, the former Scripps Networks Interactive and Westwood One staffer will be leading the business development team in strategic digital partnerships and expand opportunities for the company and creators across the fwd. network’s portfolio of female-focused content.
Planar has built itself a reputation as a leading visualization technology company. At the NAB Show, it teamed up with 3D tracking systems affiliate company OptiTrack to showcase a selection of broadcast and media technologies that grabbed the attention of thousands of conference and expo floor attendees.
In this exclusive conversation with Adam R Jacobson, the President/CEO of The E.W. Scripps Co., Adam Symson, talks of how to get revenue ahead of expenses, the company's reinvention of local news, attracting advertisers to local newscasts, and how to combat the talk that only Seniors tune to local TV in Prime Time.
Madhive has appointed a Chief Product Officer while also welcoming to "the only unified operating system for local media" a new Chief of Staff.
The announcement comes as Madhive says it is expanding both its product suite and client roster.
Of the publicly traded broadcast media companies poised to present their first quarter 2025 earnings results to analysts and investors in the coming weeks, Sinclair Inc. has opted to take pole position and will release its results the afternoon prior to a bevy of releases from its peers.
There is a new General Manager for the ABC affiliate serving Lincoln, Neb., owned by Standard Media Group. And, he'll retain his role as Director of Sales, which he's held since 2020.
After earning a reputation at Pivotal Research, Brian Wieser established Madison and Wall as a strategic advisory and data provider for the global advertising industry. Now, he's expanding his leadership team by bringing on an eight-year veteran of one of Canada's biggest media companies.
He spent more than 14 years as Director of Sales at TEGNA's WXIA "11Alive" and MyNetwork sibling WATL-TV in Atlanta and is a former Tribune Broadcasting sales leader, leading efforts for the company's Indianapolis TV stations. Now, Tim McNamara is returning to a station he spent five years at earlier in his career.
Global consumer media usage, including all digital and traditional media channels, increased 2.4% in 2024 to an average of 57.2 hours per week, following a sharp deceleration in time spent with media growth in 2023. That's according to new findings in a just-released report from PQ Media.
As RBR+TVBR has shared with readers across 2025, ad dollars to content publishers and broadcasters have only come in spurts. A newly released report from WARC examines the conundrum — along with a potentially alarming shift in ad spend from what WARC calls "professionally produced content" to "user-generated and 'creator-journalists'."
National advertising sales specialist Katz Media Group has promoted from within to fill the roles of VP of Political Sales and Director of Political Sales, respectively. Each individual reports to CEO Mark Gray.
