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American Music Fairness Act Re-Introduced in Congress

U.S. Congress

The American Music Fairness Act, legislation that would impose a new performance fee on broadcast radio outlets, has been re-introduced in Congress. If passed, the Act would mandate a fee on over-the-air music airplay on free, local radio that many, including the NAB, say would jeopardize local jobs, prevent More

NAB Establishes ''Broadcast District'' at NAB Show

NAB Show

The West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center will be home to NAB Show's new Broadcast District, a destination for radio and television broadcasters offering premium educational sessions, networking and special events, April 15-19. The show floor features a marketplace showcasing More

Nielsen to Market Share of Ear and Edison Podcast Metrics

Nielsen will market Edison Research's Share of Ear and Edison Podcast Metrics services to advertising agencies. Share of Ear provides deep insights about the complete audio landscape, including broadcast radio, streaming, podcasting, downloaded audio, smart speakers and other sources of audio content. Edison More

Study: AM/FM Radio Delivers Student Prospects

Cumulus Media

The Cumulus Media | Westwood One Audio Active Group fielded a national study with MARU/Matchbox to examine the size of prospective student segments and their media habits. The latest August, 2022 study included 1,003 participants and was conducted as a second wave to a 2018 study that More

Edison Research Announces Boomer and Gen Z Podcast Studies

Edison Research

Edison Research has announced two major podcast thought leadership studies to be presented in first quarter of 2023. "Hit Play, Boomer: Podcasting's 55+ Opportunity" from NPR and Edison Research will focus on podcast listeners age 55 and older. The study will explore this oft-overlooked demo and their More

Triton Releases Inaugural U.S. Year-End Podcast Report

Triton Digital

Triton Digital has released its inaugural U.S. Year-End Podcast Report. The report provides insights into the U.S. podcast landscape over the course of 2022, such as listening habits and insights into audience demographics. According to the report, podcast downloads increased by 20% More

Ground Zero w/Clyde Lewis Tops Talk Stream Live's ''Power 50''

Talk Stream Live

Talk Stream Live (TSL) has issued the "The TSL Power 50 Report" -- the 50 most influential and most listened-to streaming talk shows. The Power 50 includes the big personalities talk show fans would expect as well as some new media rising stars. 53 million listening sessions during 2022 were sampled to More

Studstill Media Group Sells Eight Illinois Stations

Media Services Group

Studstill Media and the Studstill family, owners of Mendota Broadcasting, Inc. and Laco Radio Inc. have agreed to sell eight stations for a total of $1.8 million. Included in the deal are WALS-FM/Oglesby IL, WIVQ-FM/Spring Valley IL, WSTQ-FM, WSPL-AM and WYYS-FM/Streator IL, WGLC-FM/Mendota, IL, WBZG-FM/Peru More

Study: AM/FM Radio Works For Personal Care Brands

Westwood One

To understand the personal care category and the awareness and brand images of bar soap, Cumulus Media | Westwood One Audio Active Group commissioned MARU/Matchbox to conduct a study from December, 2019 through January, 2020. The survey consisted of 1,000 women over the age of 40 who use bar soap and are the More

Money Matters Radio Ups Jason Wolfe and Tucker Silva

Money Matters Radio

Money Matters Radio, producer of the Financial Exchange Radio program, has announced promotions for both Jason Wolfe and Tucker Silva. The business radio show, which currently airs across 14 stations, names Wolfe, as Chief Operating Officer and Silva as Director of Broadcast More

Cumulus Releases First-Ever NFL Postseason Audience Report

Cumulus Media

Cumulus Media | Westwood One's Audio Active Group has released a first-ever comprehensive analysis of the NFL postseason audience incorporating the most recently released (2022) data from Nielsen Scarborough USA+ and MRI Simmons USA. The data revealed that the AM/FM radio audience is far more passionate More

Ace TJ Media to Partner with Stout Factor Marketing

Stout Factor Marketing

Personality-based advertising agency Ace TJ Media and media strategy and marketing company Stout Factor ink a new partnership geared to companies throughout the Southeast. The companies will combine their expertise in both traditional (radio, TV, print) and digital (podcast, More

Center for Sales Strategy Releases the Media Sales Report

Center for Sales Strategy

The Center for Sales Strategy (CSS), a total revenue performance company, has released the new Media Sales Report, an annual report compiling data from two surveys conducted in Q4 of 2022. The report studies the media landscape over the past year, including the expectations for sales managers and the More

Nielsen Makes Company-Wide Reduction in its Workforce

Nielsen

Nielsen has instituted a company-wide reduction in its workforce. In a statement, the ratings firm said, "As part of Nielsen's reorganization and prioritization work that began in 2022. we announced a reduction in our global workforce today. The total headcount after this More

Edison Research Issues Top Podcast Genres for Q3 2022

Edison Research

Edison Research has announced the Top Podcast Genres in the U.S. for Q3 2022, and comedy reigns again as the genre consumed by most weekly podcast listeners. The list ranks the most popular podcast genres based on audience size among weekly podcast listeners age 18+ from Edison Podcast Metrics. The Society More

MIW Announces 5th Annual Mentorship Program

Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio

Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio (MIW) and Luminate (formerly P-MRC Data) have announced "Elevating Women in Audio: MIW & Luminate Mentorship." Luminate is widely known in the music industry for their continued work with Billboard to power the outlet's global charts. This represents MIW and More

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