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Lesley Stahl’s 60 Minutes Extension Is a Band-Aid, Not a Fix

For years, people compared a 60 Minutes correspondent chair to a Supreme Court seat: once you got it, it was yours for life. This year proved that's not actually true.

Should New Podcast Credit Rules Lead To Questions About Radio’s Three Minute Qualifier?

"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

"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

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

Townsquare Media Sees Slight Revenue Decline to Begin 2025

"In a rapidly changing landscape for consumers and local businesses, it has never been more important to embrace transformation and evolution."

Townsquare Media Digital Revenue Up More Than 5% in 2024 While Broadcast Revenue Falls

"Broadcast is a mature cash cow business that will continue to face headwinds going forward, as businesses will continue to share shift from traditional advertising to digital advertising."

Townsquare Media Revenue Up Slightly During 2024 3rd Quarter

As expected, digital led the way for Townsquare Media.

Townsquare CEO Bill Wilson: We Used ‘Radio as a Trojan Horse to Build a Digital-First Company’

"We're very proud of the radio business, and to me, we would never have had the success over the last 14 years in transforming into a digital-first company without the DNA of radio."

Townsquare Media Buys Back Nearly $15 Million of Outstanding Stock

"Since 2021, we have repurchased 16.2 million shares at an average price of $7.19, while simultaneously reducing leverage."

Townsquare Media Reports 1.9% Revenue Drop in 2023

“Despite the lack of tailwinds at our back in 2023, I am very pleased with how the Townsquare team navigated the progressively challenging economic landscape."

Townsquare Media Sees 13.6% Revenue Increase

For the second quarter of the fiscal year, Townsquare Media is reporting a net revenue of $121.9 million. That increase is 13.6% higher than the same quarter in 2021.

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Should New Podcast Credit Rules Lead To Questions About Radio’s Three Minute Qualifier?

"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

"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

"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

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.