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Lesley Stahl’s 60 Minutes Extension Is a Band-Aid, Not a Fix

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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?

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"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

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"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

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"What we know doesn't work is back-selling and reading liner cards. That is the radio equivalent of being a boring band."

Urban One Revenue Drops 22% During 2025’s 2nd Quarter

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Operating losses for the organization essentially doubled, growing to $120.7 million compared to the $60.4 million it saw during April, May, and June 2024.

93Q’s Lo Sessions Understands the Importance of Live and Local Radio

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“Live and local radio is such a rare gem these days, and we’re super lucky to have a full team from top to bottom and full control of our playlist.

Urban One Sees 6.3% Revenue Decline During 2024 3rd Quarter

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Radio was down 3.6%, while cable TV dropped 13.3%. Digital advertising also saw a decline of 4.1% during the quarter.

Urban One Flips ‘La Raza’ Stations To ‘La Mega’

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Urban One/Radio One has agreed to own and operate stations under the “La Mega” brand in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis.

Urban One Names Eddie Harrell Jr. And Deon Levingston Co-Presidents Of Audio Division

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Urban One has announced that Eddie Harrell Jr. and Deon Levingston have been promoted to co-presidents of Urban One’s Audio Division.

Urban One Podcast Network Triples Audience And Downloads Since Launch

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Since the launch of the Urban One Podcast Network two years ago, the company reports a 381% increase in downloads and a 313% rise in unique listeners.

Radio One CEO David Kantor to Receive Barrett Media’s Gold Standard in Leadership Award at the 2024 BNM Summit

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I started hosting conferences in 2018. Two days of experimentation in Chicago with forty five programmers and executives convinced me we could turn a...

Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins to Speak at the 2024 BNM Summit

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The 2024 BNM Summit is just thirty nine days away from taking place in Washington D.C.. Media professionals looking to attend the show can...

Radio One/Reach Media CEO David Kantor to Retire Later This Year

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Radio One and Reach Media CEO, David Kantor, is retiring at the end of the year. Radio Ink broke the news late Tuesday afternoon....

Urban One President/CEO Alfred Liggins Inks Contract Extension

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Liggins has signed a new contract that runs through December 31st and will feature automatic one-year renewals.
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Should New Podcast Credit Rules Lead To Questions About Radio’s Three Minute Qualifier?

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"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

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"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

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"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

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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.