Headlines
On Disrupted Media Landscape, Political Campaigns Need To Rethink Their Strategy
With Super Tuesday less than three weeks away, political campaigns are making critical decisions about how and where to allocate their ad budgets.
In Detroit, 'Watchable' Radio Shows The Dashboard's New Power
As the automobile dashboard continues its transformation into a visual entertainment experience for the driver and passengers, new data shows how boosting radio’s visual elements in-car can lead to ratings growth and a more engaged audience.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Sales Week Of 2/16
Skip Bednarczyk’s Y-Town Radio Broadcasting sells Adult R&B “Star 94.7” 1330 WGFT Campbell and Helen Bednarczyk sells 94.7 W234CH Girard/Youngstown OH to Karl Bloom’s Bloom Broadcasting LLC for $255,000.
Television
Where Nielsen competitors stand in 2024
New contracts and legacy measures keep Nielsen on top, but rivals persist
Radio
Seven In Ten Listeners Heard Super Bowl Talk On The Radio Following The Game.
To an on-field rematch to a pop superstar in the celebrity box, this year’s Super Bowl had plenty to talk about regardless of whether it was on a sports-talk station or a CHR morning show.
Media
TikTok dominates media outlets as news source for Gen Z
For Gen Z, catching up on the news is often a side effect of time spent on social media apps like Instagram and, in particular, TikTok — and media outlets are adapting to serve that behavior.
Elon Musk displaces Rupert Murdoch, Fox News to be king of conservative media
Elon Musk has displaced Rupert Murdoch and Fox News as the king of conservative media in recent weeks.
Tech
OpenAi’s text to video tool, Sora announced
OpenAI on Thursday announced Sora, its first tool that can turn a text prompt into a video of up to one minute in length. However, OpenAI said Sora is still in the research stage and is not yet being added to any of the company's products.
May You Live In AInteresting Times
There's growing concern – and well-placed – that AI tools can instantly create deepfakes. Now, video has gotten even easier and more realistic, thanks to Sora. And Meta, Google, and others have announced/launched their proprietary text-to-video AI platforms.
FCC
FCC Advances Multilingual Alert Proposal. ‘We Can Save More Lives,’ Says Chair Jessica Rosenworcel
A proposal designed to bring multilingual emergency alerts to radio and television has advanced at the Federal Communications Commission, which voted unanimously Thursday to move forward with a rulemaking that the FCC says would help ensure that alerts reach the more than 26 million Americans with limited English-language proficiency.
