Author: Luke Bouma
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Nexstar Asks The FCC To Buy More Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Stations
Nexstar Media Group has formally asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to complete its long-pending acquisition of TEGNA Inc., filing applications on November 18, 2025, to transfer all of TEGNA’s broadcast television licenses to Nexstar. The requests include detailed arguments for waivers of several ownership rules that would otherwise block or severely restrict the…
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27 Years Ago: Star Trek: Voyager Aired its 100th Episode
On November 18, 1998, U.S. television audiences witnessed a milestone in science-fiction history when the 100th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, titled “Timeless,” premiered on the UPN network. The episode, which marked the series’ achievement of reaching triple-digit installments, blended high-stakes action with emotional resonance as surviving crew members from a future timeline attempted to…
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ESPN Now Owns MLB.TV
Major League Baseball’s long-awaited national media rights package, expected to be one of the most transformative in the sport’s history, remains unannounced more than nine months after ESPN triggered an opt-out of its existing contract. Yet pieces of the complicated puzzle are beginning to lock into place, with the first concrete development emerging this week…
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Roku Adds 12 New Free Channels On Roku TVs & Roku Players Including Channels From PBS & The BBC
Roku today added 12 brand-new channels available immediately to all users at no extra cost on Roku TVs and Roku Players from The Roku Channel. The update brings a diverse mix of classic series, international drama, nature and travel documentaries, mystery programming, lifestyle content, and Spanish-language entertainment, further solidifying The Roku Channel as one of…
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BBC Starts Major Layoffs In Its Streaming Teams
The BBC has placed more than 80 employees at risk of redundancy within its critical product and engineering teams, the division responsible for building and maintaining the digital infrastructure behind services such as iPlayer, BBC Sounds, Sport, News, and Bitesize according to Deadline. The proposed cuts centre on delivery managers based in the broadcaster’s product…
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Apple’s CEO Tim Cook Reportedly Could Be Leaving Apple Next Year
Apple’s board of directors and top executives have recently accelerated the company’s long-standing preparations for transitioning the chief executive officer position from Tim Cook, according to a report published by the Financial Times. The intensified efforts focus on ensuring a smooth handover at the helm of the world’s most valuable technology company, which has grown…
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Verizon Reportedly Plans to Cut 15,000 Jobs & Get Rid of Some of Its Stores
Verizon Communications, the nation’s largest wireless carrier, is preparing its most significant restructuring in company history, with plans to eliminate at least 15,000 positions and transition approximately 180 company-owned retail locations into franchised operations. The moves, expected to begin as early as next week, would reduce the company’s U.S. headcount by roughly 15 percent and…
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17 Years Ago Today, “Twilight” Premiered and Changed Pop Culture Forever
Exactly seventeen years ago today, the Mann Village Theatre in Westwood was transformed into a sea of screaming teenagers, black carpets, and glittering vampire fangs as Summit Entertainment premiered Twilight, the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling young-adult novel. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring then-little-known actors Kristen Stewart as the awkward mortal Bella Swan…
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Sinclair Is Buying More ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC Locals From E.W. Scripps
Sinclair Broadcast Group, the nation’s second-largest owner of local television stations, filed a disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday revealing that it has purchased an 8.2 percent stake in smaller rival E.W. Scripps Company and has spent several months holding private discussions about a full acquisition of the Cincinnati-based broadcaster. The filing…
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is Launching a New AI Start Up Called Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos is set to step into a hands-on leadership role at Project Prometheus, a secretive startup poised to reshape manufacturing landscapes. The billionaire entrepreneur, long synonymous with e-commerce dominance through Amazon, will assume the position of co-CEO, sharing duties with physicist Vik Bajaj. This marks Bezos’s most significant operational commitment since relinquishing his Amazon…