Headlines
Broadcasters Streamline Portfolios Amid 2025 Brand Reset.
For stations on the financial edge, 2025 is proving to be a make-or-break moment. Cumulus Media, Salem Media Group and Townsquare Media have each taken more stations dark in the past few weeks, with candid statements about their uncertain future.
The At-Work Companion Is Back: Radio’s Big Growth Story
Listening to ad-supported AM/FM radio at-work jumped “a stunning” 10 share points compared to a year ago.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Station Trading Roundup: 2 Deals, $2,800,000
The purchase of WSJP-LD Aquadilla, P.R., by Concado Holdings tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA Advisory Services.
Television
YouTube turns 20 years old. How it changed TV as we know it
The grainy 19-second YouTube video that started it all hardly had the makings of a viral sensation.
Paramount's Shari Redstone Says Freedom of the Press Means ‘Giving the Facts'
Just hours after the surprise resignation of “60 Minutes” boss Bill Owens, Paramount Global non-executive chairwoman Shari Redstone described her views on the role of media in the current era, and what freedom of speech means.
Radio
Judge Blocks Trump Administration Dismantling of Voice of America
The Trump administration has been ordered by a federal judge to rehire all the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Network staff for now.
How AI Can Give Radio Personalities More...PERSONALITY
The “debate” in radio from the jump was about how AI might replace on-air personalities. In fact, many saw it as inevitable. It was just a matter of time before a battalion of robots would work behind the scenes doing a mechanized version of “radio” as we knew it.
Media
Tariffs Soured Ad Market, But Q1 Buys Remained Strong
Analysts have begun lowering ecommerce and paid-media industry forecasts as tariff policies persist and consumer sentiment continues to fall. U.S. ecommerce growth for 2025 is now projected at 4.5%,