Nielsen Appeal Denied: The U.S. Court of Appeals has declined to reconsider its earlier ruling that bars Nielsen from bundling sales of its local and national radio audience data, locking in a significant victory for financially strained Cumulus Media.
Cumulus Trims: Cumulus Media is selling a pair of FM stations in two mid-sized markets—Savannah, Georgia, and the Bentonville/Fayetteville, Arkansas, area—to Radio Training Network (RTN) for $2.05 million.
RIP: Frank Beard, the longtime drummer for ZZ Top, has died at age 77. The Texas-bred musician, who played with the blues-rock trio for 56 years, died Aug. 17 while in hospice care at his ranch in Richmond, Texas.
Media Industry
Mickey Goes To Court: The Walt Disney Company filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the FCC. The suit alleges that the agency’s early license-renewal proceedings for the stations and its scrutiny of whether The View qualifies as a “bona fide” news interview program exempt from equal-time rules violate the First Amendment. FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gómez, the panel’s sole Democrat, immediately cheered the filing.
The Core Issues: Here are the core issues in the ongoing regulatory dispute involving the FCC. The Walt Disney Company, and its ABC-owned television stations (the eight O&Os: WABC-TV New York, KABC-TV Los Angeles, WLS-TV Chicago, WPVI-TV Philadelphia, KTRK-TV Houston, KGO-TV San Francisco, KFSN-TV Fresno, and WTVD Durham).
FIFA Scored: Nielsen’s June 2026 reports of The Gauge™ and Media Distributor Gauge revealed several key drivers that impacted television viewing trends: The highly anticipated FIFA World Cup 2026™ drove remarkable audience engagement with over 84 billion minutes viewed across FOX and NBCUniversal properties
U-S News
Iranian Attacks Unanswered: Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz are piling up without an American military response, raising the risks of crossing the strategic waterway and frustrating some Arab allies who worry the U.S. doesn’t have a strategy to wind down the conflict.
Consumers Pinched: U.S. consumers are going to continue to feel the pinch of higher prices for everyday expenses, such as gas, as the ceasefire with Iran expired. President Trump said Tuesday that no talks are taking place with Iran to continue a ceasefire, which had a 60-day deadline pass on Aug. 17.
Progressive Impresses: State Representative Angie Nixon, a progressive firebrand who ran such an underdog campaign that she could not afford a single television ad, won the Democratic Senate nomination in Florida on Tuesday in a shocking upset. With her defeat of Alex Vindman, a candidate with establishment backing who raised more than 16 times as much campaign money, Ms. Nixon, a democratic socialist, continued the left’s winning streak this year in Democratic primaries.
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