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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."

Peacock Adds In-Market Streaming for NBC Sports Regional Networks

Users will now have the ability to add NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Sports Boston, NBC Sports California or NBC Sports Philadelphia to their plans, unlocking direct-to-consumer functionalities for fans.

Brian Roberts: NBA Helps Comcast ‘Build Something for the Long Term’ on Peacock

'We have a lot of playoff games, but that drives your subs, your ARPU and your churn, and it is, just with the NFL, I think the premier content that we can do in the United States."

Former NBA Guard Gilbert Arenas Confirms Meeting With NBC Sports

“It's a good crazy that people want me, and I'm very thankful for just the opportunities that I put myself back in position to be wanted,"

Reggie Miller Joining NBC Sports as Lead NBA Game Analyst

"Some of my most memorable moments have been on NBC and I’m looking forward to creating more."

ESPN Will Not Renew Formula One Media Rights Deal: Report

F1 reportedly took meetings with Netflix and NBC during Super Bowl week in New Orleans, La.

Carmelo Anthony to Join NBC Sports as NBA Studio Analyst: Report

If Anthony’s signing becomes official, he would join a roster that includes venerated broadcasters and league veterans, including Mike Tirico, Jamal Crawford and Noah Eagle.

NBCUniversal Announces Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Games Programming Plans

"The time zone allows us to mimic our Paris programming and coverage strategy on NBC and Peacock, which was widely praised and highly consumed."

Comcast Raises Dividend for 17th Consecutive Year as Fourth-Quarter Earnings Beat Wall Street Estimates

"We had the best financial performance in our company’s 60-year history with record revenue, EBITDA and EPS along with significant free cash flow."

Reggie Miller Reportedly ‘Poised’ to Join NBC Sports as Part of NBA Coverage

Miller has worked on "NBA on TNT" broadcasts for the last two decades.

Mike Tirico Named Lead NBA Play-by-Play Announcer for NBC Sports

""I could not be more thrilled about returning courtside to call NBA games."

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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.