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The Big 12 Didn’t Land a Monster Deal — It Sold Its Soul for Peanuts

"The Big 12 may look back at this deal as necessary survival in a restructured college athletics landscape. Or it may look back at it as the moment it decided an energy drink was worth more than its soul."

Two Years Later, Audacy’s WCBS 880 Decision Looks Smarter Than Ever

Two years later, the numbers back up the decision. Audacy's willingness to partner across the industry has paid dividends well beyond New York.

Laid Off By Innovation? Use AI To Get Hired Faster, Part 2

Last week, I shared the first five prompts media...

Spotify’s Explicit Music Drop Reveals a Bigger Shift for Radio

One statistic caught my attention this week, and it...

CBS Evening News Producer Calls Out ‘Shifting Set of Ideological Expectations’ In Farewell Letter

"There has been a sweeping new vision prioritizing a break from traditional broadcast norms to embrace what has been described as 'heterodox' journalism."

CBS News Begins Offering Buyouts to CBS Evening News Staffers

The news of buyouts comes one day after CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss laid out her vision for the future of the network.

CBS Evening News Sees 16% Ratings Increase During 3rd Week of Tony Dokoupil Era

Despite the large week-over-week uptick, CBS Evening News still finished a distant third behind NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas and World News Tonight with David Muir.

While ABC News Dominates and NBC News Chases, Tony Dokoupil and CBS News Struggles to Define Itself

His counterparts at NBC and ABC have big ratings leads and seem to have clear direction and momentum. Not so at CBS.

Jim Acosta: Walter Cronkite ‘Spinning in His Grave’ After Changes at CBS Evening News

"What we should be having in this country is a free press that can hold the (expletive) President the United States accountable without everybody worried whether they're going to lose their (expletive) job."

Tony Dokoupil Has Already Failed His Promise to Make CBS Evening News More ‘Transparent’ and ‘Accountable’ Than Walter Cronkite

Maybe it's an early rush to judgment, but it's hard to see how he can ever surpass the promises he set out before taking over the venerable newscast.

NBC Nightly News Tops World News Tonight in Key Demo For 1st Time in Tom Llamas Era

The figure marked a 47-week high for NBC News, its best performance since the week of February 10th last year.

Tony Dokoupil Debut on CBS Evening News Earns More Than 4 Million Viewers

That figure represents a double-digit decline compared to the debut of other previous anchors.

Tony Dokoupil’s CBS Evening News Debut Shows Just How Unforgiving the Anchor Chair Can Be

The mistakes always land on the face the audience sees.

CBS News Removes Tony Dokoupil Flub From CBS Evening News on YouTube

The moment from Dokoupil's first weeknight anchoring the CBS Evening News went viral on social media in the aftermath. Many took potshots at the new anchor.

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Two Years Later, Audacy’s WCBS 880 Decision Looks Smarter Than Ever

Two years later, the numbers back up the decision. Audacy's willingness to partner across the industry has paid dividends well beyond New York.

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Spotify’s Explicit Music Drop Reveals a Bigger Shift for Radio

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Kyle Long Opens up About His Dream Role With The NFL Today on CBS Sports

"This opportunity is something I’m not taking for granted. It’s cliche, but it’s a lifelong dream of mine since I was old enough to realize what goals are."