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Another piece of legislation sought by broadcasters will have to wait. A last-minute effort to pass the "NO FAKES Act" in the Senate ran into an objection from a senator who has already voiced free-speech concerns, leaving the bill’s future to a short post-election session.

The first-ever Chief Insights Officer at iHeartMedia has been announced, and it reflects the promotion of a woman to the company's "StratCom" leadership team — a move that puts insights work across the entire company in her hands.

The fiscal challenges at Corus Entertainment Inc., whose stock is trading on the TSX at just $0.03 CDN, may not wholly be over, but the company that owns such stations as "Q107" and "102.1 The Edge" in Canada's biggest market has started an important new chapter in the quest to cut and end its losses.

The President/CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters will appear in a "fireside chat" focused on radio and television companies' battle against "Big Tech" for ad dollars and local media's core strengths and advantages at Forecast 2027, presented by RBR+TVBR and Radio Ink. 

An AM/FM combo along with an FM translator licensed to the Rocky Mountain burgh of Pagosa Springs, Colo., is being sold. Who is the buyer of these stations being divested by Wolf Creek Broadcasting Co.?

He's a familiar name to broadcast media industry leaders with CBS Television Network affiliations. And, he's staying on at the newly reborn Skydance to handle distribution matters for all of the company's broadcast and cable television properties.

He's a self-described "highly praised media industry leader with broad knowledge in Operations, Engineering and Technology" who exited Latino Media Network one year ago. He's also held key technical roles for TelevisaUnivision and for Telemundo's stations. Now, he's settling in to a new role at MediaCo.

The Radio Hall of Fame has inducted its 2026 class of honorees, with a ceremony and dinner honoring eight notables from across the AM and FM radio dial at the Fairmont Chicago in Millennium Park.

How big is product placement, which over the last two decades has become commonplace on network TV and many local TV entertainment and lifestyle shows? The U.S. accounted for 56.5% of the global market for product placement in all media, new data from PQ Media show.

Gray Media has closed a new $600 million Term Loan G maturing July 15, 2030. The publicly traded company has also reduced its existing $750 million revolving credit facility, while announcing Friday that its launched a new "incremental term loan" while redeeming some of its 2029 notes.