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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."

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."

Spotify Reveals Biggest Songs and Artists After 20 Years

Bad Bunny comes in at number two, followed by Drake, The Weeknd, and Ariana Grande.

Why Radio Should Always Believe In The Song, Not The Algorithm

"I don’t make music to chase a trend, or try to get viral on TikTok. I just make music that I love. It takes a lot of other variants, but I still believe that song is king."

Redefining Classic Hits in the Streaming Era

Play what is expected from your brand, but also offer a variety that surprises.

How Heavy Metal’s Queens of Scream Showcase a Movement, Not a Moment

"Musicians that treat their band like a business, that tour extensively, that invest in their own future — those are the ones that tend to succeed, and the types of artists that we’re looking to work and partner with"

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Steps Down, Will Transfer to Executive Chairman

"This change simply matches titles to how we already operate"

Musical Differences Are An Amusing Take On The Generational Jukebox

Let’s take a look at the musical habits of Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials, and Zoomers and how they might amusingly see each other!

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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.