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In what appears to be a marketing effort for its subscription service, Apple has partnered with TuneIn to offer the free Apple Music radio stations outside of the Apple Music app for the first time. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, starting today, all six of the Apple live music radio stations will be made available to listen to …

As PBS Stations Confront Cuts, American History Takes a Hit  The New York Times Opinion | A reality check for NPR stations in Trump country  The Washington Post Hussain: Future of WGTE, other public entities hang in balance  Toledo Blade After Trump and Congress spending cuts, public media stations wait on money for emergency alerts  AP News WRTI must raise $700,000 after CPB announces …

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Facebook Tweet Email Link Nexstar, the biggest owner of US TV stations, is trying to get even bigger, believing the Trump administration will allow it to do so. On Tuesday, Nexstar announced a deal to acquire another broadcast station heavyweight, Tegna, in a $6.2 billion deal including debt. The deal will require government approval. Public interest groups say TV mega-mergers …

The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations  The New York Times CPB Defunding Ends Next Generation Warning System Grant Program for Local Public Media Stations  Corporation for Public Broadcasting These rural radio stations are a lifeline for their communities. Trump’s cuts threaten their future  The Guardian I love PBS. But I don’t think it or NPR should get taxpayer dollars | Opinion  Kansas …

Chinese astronauts added more debris shielding to the Tiangong space station during a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Friday (Aug. 15), according to state media. Two astronauts from the three-person Shenzhou 20 mission ventured outside Tiangong to do the spacewalk, which concluded Friday at 9:27 a.m. EDT (1447 UTC, or 10:47 p.m. in Beijing). It was at least the second effort for …

Two Alabama television stations have changed hands as a result of a $171 million telecommunications deal. Huntsville’s WAAY and Montgomery’s WCOV are part of a 10-station deal, according to a press release. Allen Media Group sold the stations to Gray Media, which has a station portfolio of about 180 local stations in 113 markets. The deal also includes WSIL in …

Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, Inc. has sold 10 local TV stations to Gray Media for $171 million. The deal, which Gray expects to close in the fourth quarter subject to regulatory approval and closing conditions, will bring Gray into three new local TV markets: Columbus-Tupelo, Mississippi; Terre Haute, Indiana; and West Lafayette, Indiana. Per Gray, the sale is expected …

Byron Allen‘s local TV liquidation has begun. The comedian turned media mogul’s company Allen Media Group says that it has sold 10 of its local TV stations to Gray Media in a $171 million deal. The stations, mostly in the south and midwest, largely complement Gray’s existing station portfolio of about 180 local stations in 113 markets by creating duopolies. …

Winners and losers About five years ago NASA awarded initial space station development contracts to four different companies: Northrop Grumman, Blue Origin, Axiom Space, and Voyager Space. Since then Northrop has dropped its effort and joined Voyager’s team. There has also been some interest from other companies, most notably Vast, which is working with SpaceX to develop its initial space …