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Garrett Searight

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Garrett Searight is Barrett Media's News Editor, which includes writing daily news stories, features, and opinion columns. He joined Barrett Media in 2022 after a decade leading several radio brands in several formats, as well as a 5-year stint working in local television. In addition to his work with Barrett Media, he is a radio and TV play-by-play broadcaster. Reach out to him at Garrett@BarrettMedia.com.

550 WDUN Host Martha Zoller to Retire

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"I’ve had a front-row seat to history, politics, and the people who shape North Georgia. I am grateful for every conversation, every caller, and every experience I’ve had on WDUN.”

Lachlan Murdoch Signs Contract Extension to Remain FOX Corp. CEO

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Murdoch's annual salary remains unchanged at $3 million.

77 WABC’s Sid Rosenberg Opens Up About His Repeated Israel Visits

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"I've been there. I've seen this. I've experienced that. It does lend credibility to what I'm saying."

Why Podcast Advertisers Shouldn’t Let the Skip Button Keep Them Away

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The lesson here isn't to flee podcasting. It's to approach it correctly.

KNZR Host Jaz McKay Exits, Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Added to Daily Lineup

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"I just can't work with people who really don't want to be working with me. I don't need it."
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Should New Podcast Credit Rules Lead To Questions About Radio’s Three Minute Qualifier?

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"If the podcast industry is willing to recognize 30 seconds of listening as worthy of credit over "genuine engagement," then radio has every right to examine whether its own standards should evolve as well."

New Music Friday Evolves As Spotify Bets On Editorial Personality

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"The irony is hard to miss — streaming is adding humans while radio considers removing them."

What Radio Programmers Can Learn from Boring Bands About Audience Loyalty

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"What we know doesn't work is back-selling and reading liner cards. That is the radio equivalent of being a boring band."

Nielsen Audio Ratings Overhaul Could Reshape Radio Measurement

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Here’s the question: Will another research company have an opportunity to overthrow King Nielsen? Will radio and audio measurement change? I expect we’ll see a new landscape by the end of the decade.