August 14, 2026
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.
August 11, 2026
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.
July 28, 2026
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.
July 13, 2026
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.
May 07, 2026
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.
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.