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After taking legal action against McDonald’s in 2021, Byron Allen has filed yet another lawsuit. According to Deadline, the media mogul’s companies including Weather Group, Entertainment Studios Networks (ESN), and CF Entertainment have sued Nielsen. Allen Media Group claims that the ratings company has undercounted its viewers and was unreliable for Allen’s ESN networks, given their limited distribution. “This lawsuit is about Nielsen’s outdated, unreliable and broken television ratings service, and the resulting harm suffered by media companies who rely on Nielsen to sell ad time,” the complaint explains, according to Deadline. In addition to its alleged inaccuracy, ESN also claimed Nielsen failed to tell ESN the truth about its ratings services, which the company reportedly already knew. “Nielsen did not tell Entertainment Studios the truth – that, in reality, its ratings services were not reliable for networks like those owned by Entertainment Studios,” the suit details. Within...

A judge has given Byron Allen the all-clear to proceed with his racial discrimination lawsuit against McDonald’s. Ba-da-bup-bup-ba, we’re loving it! According to The Grio, U.S. District Judge Fernando Olguin gave Allen and his companies the green light to proceed and said that McDonald’s claim was denied “for improperly referencing materials outside the pleadings.” But there’s no guarantee that Byron Allen will be able to proceed. The outlet confirms that McDonald’s has until Jan. 27 to refile their motion to dismiss, which the company said they would most certainly do. “McDonald’s will refile its motion to dismiss by January 27 and continues to believe plaintiffs’ claims are meritless,” the company said in a statement. “This case is about revenue, not race, and plaintiffs’ groundless allegations ignore McDonald’s legitimate business reasons for not investing more on their channels and the company’s collaboration with diverse-owned partners.” This is just the latest salvo in an...

Byron Allen continues to prove he’s the man with a plan. According to The Grio, The Allen Media Group — which also, incidentally, owns the outlet — has just signed a deal to acquire a local Fox affiliate in Montgomery, AL. The acquisition, which will cost $28.5 million in pure cash, means that Byron Allen will own 36 television stations in 21 markets. “WCOV-TV is an excellent asset and has been extremely well-managed for decades by the Woods family, who I’ve known for over 35 years,” Byron Allen, the chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios, said in an exclusive statement to the outlet. “Over the past two years, we’ve invested approximately $1 billion to acquire best-in-class, top-tier, Big 4 broadcast network affiliates, and we plan to invest significantly more to acquire additional ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX television stations with the goal of being the largest broadcast television group in America. All of our media assets work in concert to amplify our...