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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."

Florida Man Radio Network Announces Lineup Changes

Orlando’s 660 AM, and 105.5 FM added “The Dan Bongino Show” and hired Lil Shawn as co-host and producer of the “The Justin Clark Show.”

Vanessa Yurkevich: People Are OK With High Gas Prices to Hold Russia Accountable

Yurkevich acknowledged the 55-cent jump from last week but compared the prices to drastic hikes that people paid in the summer of 2008.

Volodymyr Zelensky: Vladimir Putin Might Not Be Receiving Accurate Information

The interview conducted by David Muir centered on Russian demands and what it might take to end the nearly two-week war in Ukraine.

Jen Townley Joins KRMG as its New Morning Co-host

Townley had been serving as a news producer for KRMG’s sister station KOKI-TV. Her new partner, Dan Potter, called the hire a “perfect choice.” 

Peter Doocy, Jen Psaki Spar Over Gas Prices

Doocy sparred with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki during a briefing Monday after blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for the sharp increases in gas prices.

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Spikes TV Viewership

On Feb. 23, the Big-3 networks broke in to original programming during the 10 p.m. ET hour (5 a.m. In Ukraine) to first report on the invasion.

BSM Summit Unmasks the Secret for a Successful Media Career

perienced executives, the days’ panel of guests repeatedly came back to this one common theme - some by plainly calling it out and others in less overt ways.

The John Fredericks Media Network Acquires New Signals

The network has acquired WVCH AM 740 and 103.3 FM in Chester and Malvern, PA. 

Desi Lydic Uses “Foxsplains” Segment to Explain Russian Invasion

Lydic attempted to explain Fox News' coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

RT America Halts Production, Lays off Most of Its Staff

T&R Productions, the production company behind the news channel, told staff in a memo that it will be "ceasing production" at all its locations because of "unforeseen business interruption events."

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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.