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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058623-25-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMLS"
cik: "0001058623"
company_name: "CUMULUS MEDIA INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T23:41:02.528529+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cumulus Media Q1 net loss widens to $32.4M; revenue down 6.4% YoY

## Summary
- Net loss $32.4M ($1.88 diluted EPS) vs $14.2M loss in Q1 2024.
- Revenue $187.3M, down 6.4% YoY; broadcast radio revenue fell 10.6%.
- Digital revenue up 6.1% (20.4% ex-Daily Wire); digital marketing services grew 30%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $3.5M vs $8.4M in prior year; annualized cost cuts of $7.5M.
- Total debt $670.2M, with $23.9M maturing in 2026; cash $52.7M at quarter end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058623-25-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMLS
- cik: 0001058623
- company_name: CUMULUS MEDIA INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058623/000105862325000043/0001058623-25-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058623/000105862325000043/cmls-20250501.htm

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