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

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Case Number:

26-88

Court:

Appellate - 2nd Circuit

Nature of Suit:

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. March 05, 2026

    Nielsen Urges 2nd Circ. To Nix Data-Tying Order

    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.

  4. January 26, 2026

    Radio Co. Says Letting Nielsen Resume Data Tying Hurts Biz

    Cumulus Media has urged the Second Circuit not to lift a New York federal judge's order blocking Nielsen from conditioning access to its nationwide radio ratings data on the purchase of local market data while the ratings company appeals the ruling.

  5. January 22, 2026

    2nd Circ. Stays Nielsen's National-Local Data Tying Block

    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.