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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."

The Volume Adds New Podcast Featuring Leonard Fournette, Jarvis Landry

"This podcast gives us the chance to sit down, talk honestly about that journey, and open a window into what life inside football really looks like."

UFC Simulcast on CBS Sports Draws Best Linear Audience for Promotion in a Decade

"The arrangement resulted in more than 2.47 million viewers watching the fights on CBS, marking the largest audience the UFC has generated on traditional television in the last 10 years."

Matt Vasgersian Reportedly Tabbed as NBC and Netflix Opening Day Play by Play

"NBC selected Vasgersian to handle play-by-play duties for its Opening Day telecast when the New York Mets visit the Pittsburgh Pirates on March 26."

How Dan Patrick Strives for Greatness With Looming Retirement Questions To Be Answered

"It’s a bigger picture and constant. Keep moving and make it great. Make everyone else great. I’ll be doing the same thing up till that final day in Atlanta at the Super Bowl."

The Campaign Stephen A. Smith Never Ran May Be His Biggest Win Yet

"If the idea of running for president was never serious, the whole exercise says less about politics and more about the media environment we now live in — one where even the possibility of a campaign can become just another tool for building a brand."

Laurence Holmes: Michael Jordan’s NBC Sports Agreement Belongs in the Hall of Fame of “The Bank”

"Oh, wait a minute. That interview’s been in the can since November."

Lauren Shehadi Reportedly Lands MLB Sideline Reporter Role With Netflix

"The assignment further elevates Shehadi’s visibility across multiple networks and properties, as the veteran broadcaster already maintains a demanding schedule spanning MLB Network, TNT Sports and TBS throughout the baseball and college basketball calendars."

ESPN’s Omar Raja To Host ABC Oscar’s Pre-Show Following NBA Coverage

"We’re trying to take part of that sports audience and keep them engaged by mixing sports and culture."

Don La Greca Regrets Not Fighting More To Have Name Represented on ‘Michael Kay Show’ Branding

"I felt like I got jerked around a lot because I would go to management and they'd go ‘yeah, that's a good point Don. We should do something about it.’ Then nothing would ever get done about it."

Peter Rosenberg: Any “Beef” With ESPN New York Host Michael Kay Is Fugazi

"We’re new. When we do stuff, the only thing that gets written about is me and Michael Kay having a fugazi beef."

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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.