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The Return Of The Pretty Reckless AND The Return Of The Record Release Party

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Live Music Revenue Plateaus After Years of Record-Breaking Post-Pandemic Growth

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KXnO Layoffs Highlight the Changing Reality for Sports Radio Talent

"The industry has spent decades telling talent to be genuine, build trust, and create authentic relationships with listeners. Yet when those same qualities extend beyond sports and into the realities of the business itself, they can suddenly be viewed as liabilities instead of strengths."

Zach Gelb Joins 365 Sports Following Exit From Infinity Sports Network

"Can’t wait to talk to you all again & much thanks to Cory Dickman, John Vilade & their team for their belief in me."

Why Nick Kostos Is Betting on a Long Term Payoff With Westwood One Sports

"If I know that the show is really good. The people I trust and respect, they know the show is really good. That counts as success for me, and we'll sort the rest out afterwards."

Dan Bernstein’s Departure From 670 The Score Leads Barrett Media’s Top 5 Sports Talk Radio Stories of 2025

"After thirty years of service on the Chicago sports talk leader, Bernstein was removed due to a social media exchange with a followers on Twitter."

Nick Kostos Excited for ‘You Better You Bet’ to Move to Middays on Westwood One Sports

"The one thing that I can promise everybody is you, our audience, you are going to get my absolute best effort every single day."

Is FOX Sports Radio’s Afternoon Shakeup the Latest Tale of Building the Industry’s Future?

"The addition of Weiner to the FOX Sports Radio lineup isn’t the problem. It’s a symptom. It reflects an industry increasingly hesitant to take risks."

BetMGM Network Host Femi Abebefe Departs ‘You Better You Bet’ as Show Transitions to Westwood One Sports

"It's not my decision to be honest and to be frank, like it's disappointing, it sucks. I'm gonna be completely honest about that, but that's the business that we're in."

Is It Fair for the Radio Goodbye To Become the Only Memory for Your Next Manager?

"Saying goodbye is never something any talent truly prepares for, and every talent chooses a different way to send off their listeners in the final moments."

Damon Amendolara on the End of the Infinity Sports Network: “It’s Demoralizing”

"It was predictable. I did sense that there were signs that it wasn't going to be very long"

Bart Winkler: Listeners Were Ignored in Decision To End Infinity Sports Network

"The listeners of the Infinity Sports Network were an afterthought, not even a thought. You got afterthought means you were at least a thought. I don't think you were a thought at all in this process"

Is Westwood One Sports the Change Needed for an Evolving Sports Radio Industry?

"In a business that keeps recycling the same voices while wondering why audiences age out, this lineup represents a calculated disruption"

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Paul Finebaum Reflects on His Legacy in Receiving the Sports Media Lifetime Achievement Award

"I, somehow, have been able to survive and adapt. My career is full of different chapters. Every one of those chapters, I never really knew if I’d make it out of it."