Radio continues to dominate ad-supported audio listening, whether at work, home, or in the car - even among Millennials and Gen Z. Edison Research's full Share of Ear results for 2024 show nearly 90% of ad-supported in-car audio listening belongs to AM/FM.
As the week began, the Byron Allen-controlled AMG heralded a "groundbreaking" initiative and "innovative partnership" that would have yielded production of all local newscasts' weather segments to The Weather Channel. It now appears that widespread criticism of the plan has led to a rescission in at least two DMAs.
A Class A FM radio station offering R&B and "Old School" to listeners in Central Texas is about to change hands, as paperwork has been filed with the FCC seeking the approval of a sale agreed to on Monday.
"We believe that linear TV's decline in the U.S. is irreversible," Naveen Sarma, U.S. Media and Entertainment Managing Director for S&P Global Ratings. Here's the good news: "There is no immediate cliff," Sarma said.
Have you ever told a joke and forgot the punchline? It happened recently to public speaking coach and veteran public relations executive Rosemary Ravinal. "I felt so awkward and awful that I must use it as a learning moment," she says, turning a lemon into lemonade with this column.
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