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Local Radio in Focus: Geofencing, Politics, and Revenue Growth
In our latest podcast episode, BIA's Nicole Ovadia and Rick Ducey delve into key topics from our recent RAB webinar on local radio opportunities. They explore the impact of geofencing on advertising strategies, the ongoing influence of radio in po...
Listening To Audiences Is Key To Local TV's Survival
The industry’s “gut” instinct for news needs to be replaced with the audience’s actual information needs.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Hudson MX Discontinues Operations, Some Assets Acquired By Comcast's FreeWheel
Short-lived, but storied agency tech startup Hudson MX appears to have turned its final corner, discontinuing operations this week, with at least some of its assets and people being acquired by Comcast Corp.'s FreeWheel technology unit, say sources familiar with the developments.
Some Unlikely Bidders Kick The Tires On InfoWars And Its Assets.
InfoWars could soon be acquired by some of the people who despise it the most.
Television
Why TV’s AI ad strategies should be more like streaming audio
Theorem’s Michele Bavitz and SiriumXM’s Molly Fuard joined Ad Age’s TV & Streaming Summit to discuss what TV can learn from AI’s impact on streaming audio
Radio
Nielsen’s Proposed 3-Minute Quarter Hour
Nielsen is floating a new (lower) standard for measuring radio quarter-hour listening statistics that would redefine a decades-old measurement, but will it help?
Media
Managing From The Brink Of Bankruptcy
While there’s always great emphasis on “best practices” – making the right moves that grow businesses – I find I learn even more by observing “worst practices” – the disasters, the debacles, and the challenges that befall companies and the people who run them.
FCC
FCC Seeks Dismissal of Challenge to Employee Data Collection Order
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is defending its decision to resume collecting workforce data from radio and television stations through Form 395-B, a move that has triggered a legal challenge from several broadcasters.
FCC Delays ‘Form One’ EAS Filing Deadline For Stations Affected By Helene
Scores of broadcasters across the Southeast are still dealing with the impact of Hurricane Helene, including many providing the only news and information to their communities.
