April 22, 2026
Radio giant Cumulus Media has told the Second Circuit that Nielsen helped contribute to the broadcaster's bankruptcy earlier this year by tying sales of its national radio ratings data to sales of its local offerings, calling the practice unlawful and saying it should be stopped.
April 08, 2026
The U.S. Trustee's Office blasted radio giant Cumulus' Chapter 11 plan, attacking what it characterized as nonconsensual releases as fatal to the debtor's confirmation hopes.
March 11, 2026
As radio giant Cumulus was looking into restructuring options that ultimately led it to Chapter 11 last week, it was also kicking off litigation against audience analytics giant Nielsen, a longtime vendor.
March 05, 2026
Ratings provider Nielsen has told the Second Circuit that a lower court injunction blocking it from conditioning access to its nationwide radio ratings data on the purchase of local market data intruded on its private price negotiations with radio giant Cumulus Media.
January 22, 2026
The Second Circuit temporarily paused a New York federal judge's order blocking Nielsen from tying access to its nationwide radio ratings data to the purchase of local market data.
January 12, 2026
Nielsen has just four days to seek Second Circuit intervention before an order goes into effect blocking it from conditioning full access to its nationwide radio data on also buying local data, after a New York federal judge refused Monday to pause that mandate beyond a brief administrative stay.
January 09, 2026
A New York federal judge preliminarily blocked Nielsen from conditioning full access to its nationwide radio data on also buying local data because that policy is more than just discounted bundling, according to a ruling unsealed Thursday.
October 20, 2025
Cumulus Media sued Nielsen in New York federal court last week, as the local and national radio network owner seeks temporary and lasting blocks on a new ratings data policy Cumulus says entrenches Nielsen's monopolies by conditioning comprehensive nationwide data on subscriptions to the data for local geographies.