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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."

Gregg Giannotti: Greg Olsen ‘Going to Get Crushed’ After Super Bowl

"This guy points out every obvious thing that happens during the game, provides zero insite during the game, and sometimes points out things like there's five-year-old watching the game."

Boomer Esiason to Gregg Giannotti: ‘You’ve Been Lashing Out A Lot This Week’

"I've been edgy. There's no doubt about it. I've been volatile."

Gregg Giannotti: Michael Kay Showed ‘Embarrassing, Ridiculous Abuse’

"If I ever -- EVER -- go out on the air or go back to Spike Eskin and say 'This guy needs to be fired', you have permission to punch me right in the face. Because that is a ridiculous -- ridiculous -- abuse of power."

Sports Radio’s Fall Book Ratings Recap (Major Markets)

Sports radio’s fall book is over and the ratings are in. Football season is known to create high expectations, helping many of the nation’s...

Gregg Giannotti: Bernie Kosar Losing Browns Radio Job Over Bet ‘Ridiculous’

"At his age, at his job, at this point, isn't effecting the outcome of Browns/Steelers. It has nothing to do with anything."

Boomer Esiason to Caller: ‘I Have Pretty Good Credibility On QB Hits’

"Have you ever been driven into the ground by anybody that’s twice your size?”

Craig Carton: Bart Scott Opinion of Damar Hamlin Situation A ‘Sad Attention Grab’

"I don't wanna say outrageous but its kind of a sad attention grab. What did Tee Higgins do? He didn't do anything wrong."

Jerry Recco: Mic’d Up Players, Coaches Future of Sports on TV

"I really do believe at some point that's gonna be the future of TV broadcasting in sports. At least in baseball, if you're trying to attract more viewers."

Gregg Giannotti: New NFL Sunday Ticket Package Confusing

"All of this crap is confusing, but this is particularly confusing. Does that mean that you have to have YouTube TV and sign up for their subscription before you can sign up for Sunday Ticket?"

Craig Carton Needs Throat Surgery, But Won’t Ever Get It

"The guy's like 'Look, you don't have growths but you've got stuff. I gotta operate and you're down for 12 weeks.' And I'm like 'I'd still probably beat Michael Kay, but no thank you'."

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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.