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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."

Dan Abrams: Top Talent At CNN ‘Should Be Concerned’

"Reminder: Jeff Zucker is no longer the boss at CNN. And John Malone is soon to be the critical shareholder of CNN."

Chris Cuomo Wants $60 Million From CNN in a Settlement

Cuomo was fired in December for using his journalistic influence to assist his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with sexual misconduct allegations.

Former NAB CEO Gordon Smith to Receive Honor at Award Show

Smith will be honored with the organization’s Distinguished Service Award during the 2022 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

Newsradio 810/103.1 Having Special Broadcast to Mark 100th anniversary

There will also be a podcast series that highlights the illustrious history of the station.

Rumble Offers Joe Rogan $100 Million to Join its Company

In a letter tweeted out and signed by the company’s CEO, Rumble promises to stand by Joe Rogan and his “legions of fans.”

New Era, Same Ratings Success For The Five and Fox News

"Fox News Channel secured 76 of the top 100 most-watched cable telecasts for the week, including the entire top 20 — four of the five weekday editions of "The Five" placed in the top ten."

Steve Malzberg: Whoopi Goldberg Isn’t Anti-Semitic, Just a Fool

Malzberg said there was a breaking point for Goldberg’s comments, but she crossed the line of acceptability when she said, “Blacks, whites, and Jews, eat each other.” 

Spotify Pulls Over 100 Episodes of Joe Rogan’s Podcast

Clips of Rogan using the n-word were recently circulated by Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter India Arie

Daniel Ek: Too Early to Know if Joe Rogan Controversy Will Impact Spotify

Ek spoke to employees, some of whom reportedly pressed him on why the company continues to allow Rogan to host shows that indulge in anti-vaccine/mandate rhetoric. 

Sunny Hostin: Allison Gollust Shouldn’t Keep Her Job at CNN

Hostin argued that as a woman she wants other women to be held to the same standards that men are held to. 

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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.