Is Owning a Cable News Network a Strength or a Weakness in 2025?
For major corporations, the optics of running a news operation can easily morph into a strategic headache. Just inject some truth serum into Disney CEO Bob Iger and I'd bet he'd tell you the same.
Why Hot-AC Program Directors and GMs Must Replace Hype With Authenticity
"A compelling morning show, strong music mix, and meaningful giveaways don’t need to be oversold, they carry their own weight."
Why All-Christmas Radio Formats Still Deliver Huge Ratings Every Holiday Season
"If I have a basic Christmas playlist guiding principle, it’s putting the listeners’ interests ahead of my own."
How News/Talk Radio Can Take Lessons Learned at the Mall Food Court to Prosperity
The food court is perhaps the only part of your local mall that is still doing great business in 2025.
Toast to 10: Barrett Media’s Plans For 2026
“Here’s what we have planned to serve our readers and partners in 2026.”
Does a Craig Carton Return to WFAN Make Sense
"After weighing the options, I’ve found simple arguments both for and against his return"
ABC Created a Blueprint for Cable News to Follow in Handling the Jimmy Kimmel Situation
For better or worse, it's an attention economy. You have to use it as currency.
Why News/Talk Radio Hosts and Stations Need to Tell the Truth in the Time of Lies
I don’t know how you aren’t all losing your collective minds over, well, everything.
Radio and the Battle for Attention in the Age of Brainrot
We 2025 humans don’t focus well, and while it’s easy to blame social media or other options on our smartphones — and that may be true — it is the reality.
How Much Did YouTube Banning COVID-19 Skeptics and 2020 Election Deniers Help Rumble?
When YouTube made certain conversations off-limits, Rumble stepped in and offered a place where those conversations could happen. Audiences followed.
