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Is Netflix Preparing For A Sports Media Rights Shopping Spree?

"Perhaps the company's layoffs are simply about controlling costs. However, if they’re part of a larger strategy to redirect resources toward premium live sports, the next chapter of Netflix’s evolution could be its most significant yet."

Think Big, Ask Big: Doug Abernethy’s Radio One Playbook

"Our industry has transformed better than any other traditional media"

Ken Charles Explains How Trust Drives Ratings and Sales at 95.5 WSB

“The trust of your audience is crucial not only to long-term success but to being a long-term part of the community and a long-term part of their habits, so that when things happen, they go to the place they trust. And we want to be the place they trust the most.”

How Pete Sousa’s Road to Sobriety Led Him Back to a Sports Media Career He Thought He Lost

"When you get sober, the sky is the limit. I'm living, breathing proof of that. People thought I was extremely hopeless. I'm here to tell anyone with a problem, if you think you're hopeless, that is not true."

Social Studies: Elly Rowe, WTOP

When you think about platforms like TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram, those platforms really prioritize that video content, and it jump-starts the algorithm in a way that allows more visibility to all of our content.

The Watch: The ReidOut with Joy Reid on MSNBC

I watched the final episode of The ReidOut on Monday night to see if I can understand why she was viewed as one of the chief villains in the Trump sphere.

How the Pathway to Radio Stardom Has Changed and How You Can Still Make It to the Top in 2025

Radio needs a next generation. It needs innovators. Why not you?

Fox News Scores Nearly 2.5 Million Viewers for Debut of Weekend Show Hosted by Lara Trump

The show was the most-watched 9 PM ET Saturday hour since Donald Trump was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania last July.

Former Talk Radio 102.3 Host Brian Joyce: Cumulus Media Fired Me for Comments About January 6th Rioters

"I don’t see the controversy in what I said, and I don’t see why some people found it offensive."

Dan Bongino: Westwood One Radio Show, Podcast ‘A Lot to Walk Away From’ to Join Donald Trump Administration at FBI

"My wife and I started doing this show. It started in a basement. We never expected it to become this massive..."

Federal Election Commission Rules Ted Cruz Podcast With iHeartMedia Breaks No Laws

A complaint had been lobbied that the audio giant had given nearly $1 million in contributions to the super PAC supporting Cruz.

Rachel Maddow: MSNBC Firing Joy Reid ‘A Bad Mistake’

"It is not my call and I understand that. But that’s what I think."

Social Studies: Aaron Spielberg, OutKick

"We're not necessarily always playing on the same field, so we have to really navigate and figure out what it is that we can do and can't do."

News Media Reacts to Lester Holt Departing NBC Nightly News

Many news media members took to social media to share their thoughts on the departure. Some ranged from tributes to the longtime anchor, while others questioned the lack of reaction at all.

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Think Big, Ask Big: Doug Abernethy’s Radio One Playbook

"Our industry has transformed better than any other traditional media"

Ken Charles Explains How Trust Drives Ratings and Sales at 95.5 WSB

“The trust of your audience is crucial not only to long-term success but to being a long-term part of the community and a long-term part of their habits, so that when things happen, they go to the place they trust. And we want to be the place they trust the most.”

How Pete Sousa’s Road to Sobriety Led Him Back to a Sports Media Career He Thought He Lost

"When you get sober, the sky is the limit. I'm living, breathing proof of that. People thought I was extremely hopeless. I'm here to tell anyone with a problem, if you think you're hopeless, that is not true."

Why News/Talk Radio Stations Must Preserve Their History Before It Disappears

I may be living in some sort of fantasyland that I frequently rail about in these columns. I don’t believe that these special moments are unusual or examples of confirmation bias. This is real life.