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Paramount-WB Merger Set to Close Next Week After Judge OKs Settlement With State AGs tvnewscheck.com/business/art…

Paramount-WB Merger Set to Close Next Week After Judge OKs Settlement With State AGs

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, who is overseeing the antitrust case aimed at blocking the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal approved Paramount’s settlement with the 12 Democra...

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Beasley Media Group Announces $5 Million Stock Offering. insideradio.com/free/beasley… via @insideradio

Beasley Media Group Announces $5 Million Stock Offering.

Beasley Media Group plans to raise approximately $5 million through a stock sale and private placement with an institutional investor. The Naples, FL-based broadcaster will sell 357,000 shares and...

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Disney Hit By Layoffs, A Couple Hundred Workers Cut tvnewscheck.com/business/art…

Disney Hit By Layoffs, A Couple Hundred Workers Cut

Disney has initiated layoffs as it continues to tighten its belt under recently appointed CEO Josh D’Amaro. The cuts are said to impact a couple of hundred employees, largely in areas such as tech...

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Nearly half of CFOs say they’d go with AI over a gut feeling cfo.com/news/cfo-sometimes-f… via @CFO

Nearly half of CFOs say they’d go with AI over a gut feeling

In a survey by enterprise planning firm Board, finance chiefs were likelier than CIOs and COOs to follow a recommendation from an AI tool when if it “conflicts with their instinct.”

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Local TV Must Be The Podcast Authority In Its Markets tvnewscheck.com/business/art…

Local TV Must Be The Podcast Authority In Its Markets

U.S. podcast ad revenue reached $2.86 billion in 2025, and local broadcasters need to take a commanding position on the platform for their share of it.

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Gray Media Raises Political Ad Guidance, Lifts Revenue Outlook tvnewscheck.com/business/art…

Gray Media Raises Political Ad Guidance, Lifts Revenue Outlook

Gray Media said today it expects stronger political advertising revenue in the third quarter and raised the low end of its total revenue outlook for the period ending Sept. 30. The broadcaster now...

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Radio Political Spending Accelerates, With Biggest Weeks Ahead. insideradio.com/free/radio-p… via @insideradio

Radio Political Spending Accelerates, With Biggest Weeks Ahead.

Radio political ad spending has surged 34% in roughly a month to $166 million as the election advertising rush accelerates. Stations have now captured 61% of AdImpact’s $273 million full-cycle

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IRS raises per diem rates for business travel effective Oct. 1 journalofaccountancy.com/new…

IRS raises per diem rates for business travel effective Oct. 1

In its annual update, the IRS increased the special per diem rates taxpayers may use to substantiate business travel expenses for the upcoming travel year and updated its list of high-cost localities.

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Judge Grants Block the Merger Coalition’s Motion to Oppose ‘Weak and Unenforceable’ Paramount-WB Settlement thewrap.com/industry-news/de…

Judge Grants Block the Merger Coalition’s Motion to Oppose 'Weak and Unenforceable' Paramount-WB...

The order comes as Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin will address “certain outstanding questions" related to the proposed settlement during a Thursday hearing

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Disney Legal Chief Warns Of ‘Hard Choices’ & ‘Much Smaller Organization’ Coming As Company Layoffs Loom tvnewscheck.com/business/art…

Disney Legal Chief Warns Of ‘Hard Choices’ & ‘Much Smaller Organization’ Coming As Company Layoffs...

An end-of-week memo from Disney‘s chief legal and global affairs officer has given a blunt warning that layoffs are coming amidst a “transformation process” that includes “automating certain workfl...

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Borrell: LinkedIn Is Quietly Winning More Local Ad Dollars. insideradio.com/free/borrell… via @insideradio

Borrell: LinkedIn Is Quietly Winning More Local Ad Dollars.

LinkedIn is quietly gaining ground with local advertisers, even as TikTok and YouTube generate more buzz. Borrell Associates says LinkedIn usage rose from 35% to 41% in a year, while

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Judge Holds Off On Paramount-WB Merger Settlement Ruling tvnewscheck.com/business/art…

Judge Holds Off On Paramount-WB Merger Settlement Ruling

Araceli Martinez-Olguin orders the parties to respond to concerns from Sen. Corey Booker by Monday.

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Senators move to force AI companies to disclose more semafor.com/article/09/24/20…

Exclusive: Senators move to force AI companies to disclose more

The measure would have the FTC enforce disclosure requirements for certain AI companies.

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CFO optimism holds steady overall, weakens at small firms cfodive.com/news/cfo-optimis… via @CFODive

CFO optimism holds steady overall, weakens at small firms

Twenty percent of small companies reported financial constraints preventing them from covering costs or pursuing new business opportunities.

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Broadcast TV Bounces Back: More Orders As Network Fare Drives Streaming Ratings tvnewscheck.com/programming/…

Broadcast TV Bounces Back: More Orders As Network Fare Drives Streaming Ratings

An uptick in the number of scripted series and recognition of the strengths of the broadcast model is fueling optimism for the 2026-27 season.

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Leadership In Uncertain Times: Tegna’s Paolini Faces His Moment tvnewscheck.com/business/art…

Leadership In Uncertain Times: Tegna’s Paolini Faces His Moment

New Tegna CEO Patrick Paolini may have the toughest leadership job in America right now. Some straight talk about staffers’ future employment will make that burden a little lighter.

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In its punk moment, public media must choose between the status quo and total reinvention editorandpublisher.com/stori…

In its punk moment, public media must choose between the status quo and total reinvention - Editor...

Public media survived the loss of federal funding, but is survival enough? In his September “Innovation in Practice” op-ed, E&P columnist Chad Davis contends that public media is at a pivotal moment...

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Paramount has agreed to several major commitments as part of its settlement with the states over the Warner Bros. merger: • Keeping its operations in California and not selling the Paramount or Warner Bros. studio lots • Investing an additional $300M annually in U.S. film production • Staying true to its commitment to release at least 30 movies theatrically every year • Establishing a third-party, independent board to oversee CNN and CBS News in order to maintain the news outlets’ editorial independence variety.com/2026/film/news/p…
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Paramount To Keep Headquarters In L.A. Post-Merger: ‘We Aren’t Going Anywhere’ tvnewscheck.com/business/art…

Paramount To Keep Headquarters In L.A. Post-Merger: 'We Aren’t Going Anywhere'

Paramount is not leaving California — at least not anytime soon. The settlement of the anti-trust lawsuit filed by 12 state attorneys general calls for the company, which is set to acquire WBD...

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David Ellison Says Paramount Hopes To Close WB Deal In ‘Approximately Two Weeks’ tvnewscheck.com/business/art…

David Ellison Says Paramount Hopes To Close WB Deal In ‘Approximately Two Weeks’

In a Monday address to staff, Ellison said his team’s goal is to “close in approximately two weeks. That said, closing is really just the starting line. Bringing two companies this size together...

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