Radio broadcasting
Broadcasters have a key date to mark: June 18, 2026, when the FCC’s latest package of deregulatory updates becomes official.
The Infinite Dial shows 30% of all weekly radio listeners report using a digital stream for at least part of their radio consumption. This means nearly one-third of the radio audience is now hybrid in its listening behavior—tuning in to the same stations through both legacy broadcast signals and modern digital channels.
Hybrid radio listening skews toward a blend of younger digital natives (who add streams to their habits) and older traditionalists (who are increasingly supplementing OTA with digital options).
Media Industry
Nexstar Media Group on Wednesday urged a U.S. appeals court to fast-track its review of a lower-court ruling that has blocked the company’s proposed acquisition of rival broadcaster Tegna, warning that continued delays are inflicting tens of millions of dollars in permanent financial harm.
FOX News Channel (FNC) concluded the week of May 11th with over 2.6 million weekday primetime viewers and 243,000 in the 25-54 demo – notably, nabbing 99 out of the Top 100 cable news telecasts among total viewers.
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, on Wednesday pushed back against sharp criticism of a harsh round of layoffs at the newspaper, arguing that the outlet must become a profitable business to demonstrate its true relevance in the media landscape.
U-S News
The $1.8 billion fund created by the Trump administration this week to pay people who claim mistreatment by the federal government appears to violate longstanding Justice Department standards and practices, as well as a policy directive issued by the administration last year
The Democratic Party is entering the midterm elections with the political winds at its back but a fiercely dissatisfied and divided voter base that is trying to steer the party in wildly divergent directions, a New York Times/Siena poll found.
The Justice Department announced charges on Wednesday against Raúl Castro, the 94-year-old former president of Cuba, accusing him of murder and a conspiracy to kill American citizens stemming from the fatal downing 30 years ago of two planes over waters off the coast of his country