Nebraska Public Media of Lincoln, Nebraska is acquiring Omaha’s KOO-FM and will convert it to non-commercial public radio, Nebraska Public Media reports. Nebraska Public Media’s programming will not be available in Omaha via a dedicated radio signal. 

Hour Media has acquired the assets of Sale Lake, Utah Bride & Groom and Utah Style & Design from JES Media, Salt Lake magazine reports. Hour Media, which specializes in city,, regional and lifestyle publishing, will focus on enhancing client service, the reader experience and product distribute. 

Media mix modelers should consider as-run radio as a new channel instead of equating radio ROI with historical benchmarks, former Procter & Gamble media analyst John Fix argues in a blog post, according to Radio Ink. Fix notes that broadcasters have partnered with firms like Media Monitors, software platform Act1, and Nielsen to provide as-run data for total radio buys.

The Detroit Tigers and eight other MLB teams are leaving Main Streets Group, Detroit Free Press reports. The teams include the  Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays. The Tigers are expected to move to MLB Media, and their broadcasting rights will now be owned by the league.

The Pentagon has defended the limitations on news media that it imposed last October, answering a lawsuit filed by The New York Times. The policy, which requires journalists to sign a 21-page document that would restrict their activities, is to“secure the Pentagon and stop activity that could compromise national security,” the filing said, the Times reports.

Government regulators have approved  ESPN’s acquisition of numerous NFL  Media assets, Sports Business Journal reports.The billon dollar deal was closed by the two sides on Saturday. The NFL will receive a 10% stake in ESPN

TikTok had a disasterous first week under Amercan ownersip, The Guardian writes. In addition to external events, Winter Storm Fern crippled several Oracle data centers, causing the app to suffer severe outages. And people protesting the killing of Alex Pretti accused TikTok of stifling videos of videos judged critical of federal immigration agents.