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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."

Yahoo Sports’ Layoffs Underway as Company Begins Aligning To Meet New Goals

"Sources indicate to Barrett Media the cuts are not part of a cost-cutting measure by Yahoo Sports, but instead a restructure for a best path forward toward their goals."

Yahoo Sports Adds Jarrod Schwarz As General Manager

"I've spent my career at the intersection of sports, media, and technology, and Yahoo Sports is one of the few places that brings all three together at real scale."

How Yahoo Sports Became a Sports Content Hub Under The Vision Of Ryan Spoon

"We don’t think about competitors or other sites. The muse is creating and delivering smart sports content"

How ‘Yahoo Sports Daily’ Aims To Dominate Digital With Jason Fitz, Caroline Fenton

"The long-term goal is for people to realize they can get the same information anywhere else, but it’ll be packaged a little differently. It’s going to be fun and make my day feel a little better"

Yahoo Sports Sells Rivals to On3 Ownership Group

"We look forward to taking Rivals to new heights with significant new investment focused on recruiting, high school sports, and passionate college fan communities.”

Yahoo Sports and The Rich Eisen Show Announce Partnership

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Isis ‘Ice’ Young Earns Expanded Role with Yahoo Sports

"Ice will now serve as a Yahoo Sports host & analyst covering men’s and women’s basketball. She will also host our NBA Draft live show."

Jason Fitz is Going to Set Your Weekend Off Right

“The relationship that you get with sports talk radio is untouchable. You’re with people every day through every memory."

Jason Fitz Heading To Yahoo Sports

"The nature of his role was not mentioned."

Ross Dellenger Lands at Yahoo

"Yahoo has always boasted strong college football coverage."

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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.