Despite efforts in D.C. to limit its use in the U.S. due to its ties to the Chinese government and a new effort led by 14 state attorneys general to impose "significant penalties" on it for its harms to American youth, TikTok is a major social media platform that isn't fading away anytime soon. Data from Pew indicate that adults — not kids — are big-time users.
Publicly traded Francophone-focused Cogeco Media, tied to U.S. MVPD Breezeline parent Cogeco Inc., will be welcoming a new President, effective February 3. It's a woman who most recently directed Radio-Canada, the French audio division of Canada's CBC.
Direct broadcast satellite service DirecTV has joined EchoStar in raising concerns about the recently announced dismissal of Fubo’s claims against Venu and its shareholders and the lifting of the preliminary injunction that blocked the launch of Venu pending a full review of the claims against it.
A former MSG Entertainment marketing partnerships prop who joined iHeartMedia's New York station group in September 2022 has been promoted to Director of Marketing and Promotions.
A host of conservatives have been critical of the FCC's approval of a restructuring structure that supposedly fast-tracked an increase in Audacy's foreign ownership concentration. Now, Audacy has told the Commission that non-U.S. ownership matter is moot, and as such any un-doing of its post-bankruptcy regulatory OK is unwarranted.
The Order was adopted before the end of 2024 but not released by the Commission until earlier this week. Rule changes to the FCC's Schedule of Application Fees have been made, and there's been an upward adjustment in the fees it assesses for processing applications and other filings.
On July 1 of last year, Gray Media acquired the construction permit for a new full-power television station licensed to the seat of Carbon County, Utah, a small city to the southeast of Provo. Now, in a bid to improve its signal contour, Gray is asking the Media Bureau's Video Division to allow it to shift from a VHF channel to a UHF facility.
Adam Jacobson
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