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Gray Media Announces First Quarter Financial Results
ATLANTA, May 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Media, Inc. (“Gray,” “Gray Media,” “we,” “us” or “our”) (NYSE: GTN) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, which included total revenues above the high end of our guidance for the quarter. Total operating expenses were also below our guidance for the quarter. Moreover, for the first time since the COVID slowdown in 2020, our broadcasting operating expenses declined in the first quarter of the year on a year-over-
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