Headlines
For News Sites, Habit-Formation Is An Elusive But Necessary Goal
Digital product leaders from outside TV offered fresh perspectives on what makes audiences return to news sites and apps — and why they should pursue such habituation — in a NewsTECHForum panel.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Sales Week Of 12/20
Libby Parris’ Radio Broadcast Communications sells 970 WAMD Aberdeen MD to Christy Andrulonis’ Sweet Tea Radio for $5000.
Lotus Buys San Diego Adults Hits ‘Big FM’ For Undisclosed Price
Adult hits “100.7 Big FM” KFBG, one of San Diego’s top performing radio stations, is changing hands.
Radio
As Blame Game Begins, Trump’s Past Comments On AM Gain New Attention
The blame game for why a bill to keep AM radio in vehicle dashboards failed to gain passage despite bipartisan majorities in both the House and Senate has begun in Washington.
Old Man, Take A Look At My Ratings
In the world of media, age has always been a key variable in how we create content and then market it to the advertising community.
Digital
Google Releases AI Reasoning Model
Google on Thursday released Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental, an AI model that uses runtime "reasoning" techniques similar to OpenAI's o1 to achieve "deeper thinking" for queries.
FCC
Texas Daytimer Faces License Revocation After Not Paying FCC Fee For 12 Years
It is not a holiday card, but a threat of license revocation that is arriving in the mailbox of a Spanish-language contemporary Christian station in Texas.
FCC's Carr Again Highlights CBS ‘Bias’ Complaint As Factor in Paramount-Skydance Review
In a social media post, incoming chair promised to address bias complaints raised by a conservative group opposing the merger
Verticals
Retailer’s ‘Super Saturday’ Is This Weekend. Here’s What They Expect From Shoppers.
How can you tell Christmas is close? The big department store chains – Macy’s, Kohls and JCPenney – aired more than 60,000 ads last week on national radio stations tracked by Media Monitors.
