He was associated with Fox News Channel from November 1998 through August 2010 and later spent 8 1/2 years at CBS News. Now, this veteran broadcast and digital news operations executive is settling in to his role as VP/News Operations at the Chris Ruddy-run Newsmax.
On Monday RBR+TVBR was first to report on the acquisition of a low-power television station in Miami by a Tallahassee, Fla.-based licensee led by Kristina Bruni. Bruni has now signed off on the purchase of another LPTV property, this time in Delaware.
Independent advertising digital and linear rep firm Viamedia has forged new agreements with a trio of cable TV and broadband services companies, expanding its reach to 83 MVPDs across 72 DMAs.
The company helmed by CEO Bob Pittman and COO/CFO Rich Bressler seeks more time to repay its lenders by proposing to push out its repayment dates by at least three years — and by doing so at a noticeably higher interest rate. Now, iHeartMedia has announced a small extension of its exchange offers and consent solicitations for outstanding debt.
Come December 31, Robin Davis will retire as SVP/Chief Distribution Officer, just 6 1/2 months after rising to the role at The E.W. Scripps Co. This results in a promotion from within to fill the role of VP of Distribution, with Davis' duties being shifted to the current Senior Director of Media Distribution for Scripps.
For 33 years, he was associated with "B96" — the Windy City FM that Audacy Inc. acquired from CBS Radio. In October 2024, this programming veteran joined Cumulus Media to direct what comes out of the speakers at WLS-FM 94.7, freshening up its Classic Hits sound. Now, Todd Cavanah is being rewarded with a corporate-level role.
Just south of the Red River separating Texas from Oklahoma and casino resorts over the border, Gray Media has selected a General Manager and Director of Sales for the CBS and FOX affiliates that serve these fast-growing communities due north of Dallas-Fort Worth.
How does the Townsquare Media CFO view his company's potential revenue intake from digital advertising in the coming quarters? "The sky's the limit," he told attendees of the BofA Securities Leveraged Finance Conference, held Tuesday. Stu Rosenstein also shared that a Term Notes issuance is coming, and this InFOCUS Podcast has the details.
The nation's dominant audience measurement services provider is teaming up with TikTok "to unlock a cross-media view of ad campaign performance" inclusive of the app's stateside activity. The partnership comes amid ongoing national security concerns tied to TikTok, a Chinese operation.
As radio faces competition from an ever-increasing number of platforms, radio marketing firm DMR/Interactive is projecting a 14% increase in station marketing budgets across the radio industry in 2025, following years of single-digit declines.
In a move that the company says will "strengthen" its positioning in the province, Bell Media will "regroup the expertise" of both its Québec teams under the leadership of its provincial VP of Content Development, Programming and News. Just don't call it a reduction-in-force initiative.
A Class C3 FM serving tiny Hettinger, N. Dakota, a locale where nine radio stations may be accessible to locals, is trading hands. What does this mean for this Country-formatted radio station?
While much optimism exists for 2025 — fueled by increased ad spend and emerging technologies — challenges abound. Kantar Media's just-released Media Trends & Predictions report seeks to illuminate the opportunities and challenges confronting the media and entertainment ecosystem in the coming year, and beyond.
A nonprofit dedicated to "fostering vibrant local media that connects, informs and inspires communities" is launching a new initiative to help local public media organizations better understand and meet the information needs of their communities.
A French technology company that has established itself as a digital television testing and video decoder compliance product provider is cheering the availability of the industry's first test suite for what will become Brazil's 'TV 3.0' digital terrestrial television broadcast system.
VIZIO and its SmartCast Operating System are now the property of one of North America's biggest brick-and-mortar and online retailers, as the transaction has closed following the expiration of the waiting period under federal regulations.
The Hispanic-focused broadcast media company with a global ad tech arm has appointed a VP/GM for its mobile advertising and connected TV technology platform, Smadex.
His surname serves as the title of his FOX News Channel show. His full name is how his Premiere Networks-syndicated radio program is billed. Now, the "Most Influential Conservative Voice In The Country" is heading to the direct-to-consumer FOX Nation offering with a new program that uses his first name as its title.
As "Zoom expert" and public relations pro Rosemary Ravinal sees it, "private speaking" will improve your public speaking. She explains, "Whether you are leading a video conference, behind the lectern on a stage or whispering words of kindness to your grandmother, it boils down to communicating and connecting genuinely with other human beings."
K-LOVE and Air1 parent organization Educational Media Foundation has officially relocated its headquarters from California to Tennessee. The new 166,000-square-foot facility includes ten broadcast studios for K-LOVE and Air1 radio networks and podcasts.
