Cumulus Media New Holdings Inc. v. The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

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Case overview

Case Number:

26-88

Court:

Appellate - 2nd Circuit

Nature of Suit:

 

  1. September 14, 2026

    Cumulus Tells 2nd Circ. Even Brief Stay Of Nielsen Order Is Bad

    Cumulus Media says it's going to be irreparably harmed if the Second Circuit doesn't lift the administrative stay it put in place stopping a preliminary injunction that Nielsen is challenging for the second time from going into effect while the appellate court looks at the matter.

  2. September 10, 2026

    Nielsen Tells 2nd Circ. Court Altered Terms Of Cumulus Order

    Nielsen is headed back to the Second Circuit after a New York federal court changed the terms of a preliminary injunction that the appellate court had already upheld, the company said, requiring Nielsen to not only unbundle its national radio ratings data from its local offerings but also to provide that data on specific terms.

  3. August 24, 2026

    2nd Circ. Says Nielsen Unbundling Order Starts Tuesday

    The Second Circuit has declared that the preliminary injunction blocking Nielsen from making Cumulus Media buy its local offerings to gain access to its national radio ratings data will go into effect Tuesday.

  4. August 18, 2026

    2nd Circ. Lets Stand Cumulus' Nielsen Data Unbundling Order

    The Second Circuit declined Tuesday to reconsider a ruling that Nielsen cannot tie together sales of its local and national radio data, sustaining a win for the troubled Cumulus Media New Holdings Inc. even as the company tries to enforce the lower court's order against the ratings giant.

  5. August 14, 2026

    Cumulus Asks 2nd Circ. For Help With Nielsen Data Order

    Cumulus Media sought clarification Thursday from the Second Circuit on the timing of a district court order upheld last month barring Nielsen from conditioning access to national radio ratings data on buying Nielsen's local offerings, arguing that the ratings analytics company can't hold up obeying the injunction just because it's seeking reconsideration.

  6. August 11, 2026

    Cumulus Can't Yet Enforce Tying Injunction Against Nielsen

    The Second Circuit may have upheld a preliminary injunction blocking Nielsen from making Cumulus Media buy its local offerings to gain access to its national radio ratings data, but a New York federal judge says that injunction can't be enforced until the circuit court decides whether it will rehear the case en banc.

  7. July 28, 2026

    Nielsen Says 2nd Circ. Ruling Makes Courts Price Regulators

    Nielsen has asked the Second Circuit to reconsider a ruling upholding an injunction in a case from Cumulus accusing it of tying sales of its national radio ratings data to its local offerings, telling the appeals court the ruling turns judges into price regulators.

  8. July 13, 2026

    2nd Circ. Upholds Cumulus' Data-Tying Order Against Nielsen

    Nielsen cannot condition media company Cumulus' access to national radio ratings data on buying its local offerings, under a Second Circuit panel decision Monday upholding, and unpausing, a district court preliminary injunction, concluding that a 10-fold price increase for the standalone product likely amounted to anticompetitive coercion.

  9. May 07, 2026

    Nielsen Tells 2nd Circ. To Upend Cumulus' Data-Tying Order

    An attorney for Nielsen urged a Second Circuit panel Thursday to undo an order, which is currently stayed, effectively blocking it from conditioning media company Cumulus' access to national radio ratings data on buying its local offerings.

  10. April 22, 2026

    Cumulus Defends Nielsen Data-Tying Order At 2nd Circ.

    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.