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Bob Lawrence Joining RAB to Oversee National Radio Talent System
Lawrence will report to RAB President and CEO Erica Farber as the organization aims to reboot five National Radio Talent System institutes in the coming year.
Report: The Daily Beast Owner Exploring Sale of Company
Parent company IAC has reportedly tapped Whisper Advisors, specializing in operations, investment, and transactions, to run a potential sale of The Daily Beast.
Parler Parent Company Lays Off Majority of Staff
The launch of Parler coincided with then-President Donald Trump's outspoken views on alleged discrimination against conservatives on more traditional social media sites.
Rupert Murdoch Reportedly Wants Rebekah Brooks to Run Media Empire
Murdoch, 91, would like to reunite his companies as a "swan song", saying it's one more "big deal" before "he departs to the big newsroom in the sky".
Apple Launches AI-Narrated Audiobooks
The shift to AI-narrated books is a direct opposition to Amazon's current rules for Audible, which expressly state that audiobooks submitted and offered on the platform must be narrated by a human.
Nielsen Sets Launch Date For New Viewership Measurement Project
"Nielsen One will allow advertisers and publishers to plan and transact using a single metric across linear and digital that is reliable, independent and standardized across the industry.”
Microsoft Bulking Up Bing to Compete With Google
Utilizing ChatGPT -- which is powered by AI company OpenAI -- will purportedly provide "humanlike answers" to questions placed with the search engine, rather than just links that match the searched query.
Drive Time Metrics Secures In-Car Radio Patent For Data Analyzation
"The potential scale of this data is of critical importance to the audio industry, especially for broadcasting which still represents the majority of in-car listening.”
Veritonic, Acast Partner For Podcast Data
"The powerful combination of our attribution and brand lift technology provides unparalleled and comprehensive measurement of audio campaigns from top to bottom in one unified and intuitive platform.”
New York Times Reporters Encourage Readers to Walk Digital Picket Line
Amanda Hess and Maggie Astor tweeted readers should walk the “digital picket line” Thursday; that’s when 1000 unionized Times staff will go on strike for 24 hours.