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Why Netflix’s Content Battle With YouTube Could Be Sports Radio’s Next Biggest Opportunity

"YouTube’s willingness to pay creators to stay should be a wake-up call for sports radio. Stop giving the platform millions of hours of content every month for free."

What Every Radio Professional Should Know About Severance Agreements

I have been downsized and fired. I know your emotions. You have every right in the world to be angry. Here is the truth: it doesn't help you to disparage your former employer.

The Industry According To: Dave “Chachi” Denes, Benztown

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Linda Cohn Has a New Found Freedom After 34 Years With ESPN

"People are very busy, but they still want to hear what I have to say. Just like I was a part of their lives growing up watching on SportsCenter, they have welcomed me into their homes in this next chapter in the same way. That’s very gratifying to me."

Tom Llamas Replacing Lester Holt on NBC Nightly News Leads Barrett Media’s Top 5 TV News Stories of 2025

Records were broken, billions were made, ratings were lost, and some of the biggest seats in all of television news changed hands in 2025.

What News/Talk Radio Hosts Hope Santa Claus Brings the Format This Christmas

"I know we can’t get everything we ask for but at least we can dream."

Netflix and YouTube Are Proving We All Want What We Don’t Have

Neither company lacks strength where it already plays. That dominance, however, apparently no longer feels sufficient.

How News/Talk Radio Professionals Handle Replacing a Show After the Death of a Host

"I think that the succeeding host has to carry the legacy from the host before them."

Is 1130 WISN Host Jay Weber Right By Saying The Old Generation of Talk Radio is Over?

To understand the point Weber is making, you have to go back to what he’s referencing.

Howard Stern Has Signed His Last Contract with SiriusXM

There's just no way that he inks another deal three years from now, right?

How 104.1 KMOX PD Steve Moore Built the Station’s 100th Anniversary Celebration

"I think that this is significant not only for KMOX, but significant for St. Louis, and I think it's significant for our industry that we celebrate these big brands."

CNN Can’t Be Bullied By The Trump White House When It Comes to Stephen Miller

When you help normalize a political brand built on grievance and intimidation, you shouldn’t be shocked when it turns those tactics on you.

The Uphill Battle Tony Dokoupil Will Take with CBS Evening News

It's a long way to the top. But there's an alternate strategy CBS Evening News could use with Tony Dokoupil to get there.

How 830 WCCO Morning Host Vineeta Sawkar Put Her Own Stamp on a Legendary Timeslot

"It's not Dave Lee's show anymore. It has my stamp and my personality on it, and I love all of the different aspects of it."

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What Every Radio Professional Should Know About Severance Agreements

I have been downsized and fired. I know your emotions. You have every right in the world to be angry. Here is the truth: it doesn't help you to disparage your former employer.

The Industry According To: Dave “Chachi” Denes, Benztown

Thank you for checking out The Industry According To....

Linda Cohn Has a New Found Freedom After 34 Years With ESPN

"People are very busy, but they still want to hear what I have to say. Just like I was a part of their lives growing up watching on SportsCenter, they have welcomed me into their homes in this next chapter in the same way. That’s very gratifying to me."

20 Brands in 20 Days: Ross  MacLeod; 101.9 KINK, 98.7 The Bull, and 102.9 KUFO

"I don't think radio has the power anymore that it had 20 years ago, where we could get people to go to where we are. We have to go to where they are."