Headlines
How AI Is Disrupting Broadcast Advertising From Production To Planning
Are the same algorithms creating AI video ads devaluing broadcast ad inventory?
Mergers & Acquisitions
Deal Digest: Anco Media Reshuffle Leads Radio Transactions.
Just months after Marco Mazzoli bought a controlling stake in Anco Media, which owns dance “Revolution 93.5” WBGF in the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL market and dance “Revolution 93.5” WZFL in the Florida Keys, he is selling a majority interest in the company.
New Head-Spinning Media Spinoff Math: Selling Network-Owned Stations?
Now that the high-drama, pumped-up Paramount-CBS-Colbert story seems to have faded somewhat, the next wave of the story -- from a business perspective -- might be more ground-breaking.
Television
What TV News Can Learn From YouTuber Ryan Trahan’s ‘50 States In 50 Days’ Series
The entrepreneur and YouTuber with more than 21 million subscribers just completed his most ambitious storytelling project yet, and it holds lessons for the TV news industry.
Radio
Radio is Still #1
Despite all the entertainment options today, radio still reaches more adults each week than any other medium. Radio is still #1.
Broadcasters, Automakers Still In High-Dollar Lobbying Battle Over AM Dash Access.
A new Congress and old battles over radio royalties and keeping AM in dashboards led to continued robust broadcast industry lobbying spending during the first half the year.
Verticals
Fed leaves interest rates unchanged despite Trump demands
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gave little indication on Wednesday of bowing anytime soon to President Donald Trump’s frequent demands that he cut interest rates, even as signs of dissent emerged on the Fed’s governing board.