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With CES 2024 set to begin across Las Vegas, a celebrity-backed music service launch linked to Smart TV brands has captured the attention of many industry observers wondering if it is the second coming of MTV, or yet another "share of ear" taking consumers away from Radio?

It's no secret that heritage MVPDs offering cable television service packages to customers continue to lose subscribers to streaming video services. But, just how many internet households have only a pay-TV service and don't use a streaming platform? Very, very few of them, a newly released study from Parks Associates finds.

As the nation rings in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau has projected what the U.S. population was as the clock struck Midnight in New York on January 1, 2024. It represents an increase of roughly 0.53% from one year earlier.

Efforts to reduce risks posed by artificial intelligence in political advertising expose deeper flaws in electoral advertisement regulation, says American Enterprise Institute (AEI) nonresident senior fellow Bronwyn Howell.

In this column from Rosemary Ravinal, "a potpourri of numbers about oral communication" is offered. Some underscore just how important public speaking is to humanity, she says. "Sort through this assortment and see where you can put some of these lessons into practice to improve your own speaking."

With much conversation about generative artificial intelligence allowing radio stations to have "hosted" air shifts via a ChatGPT platform, a nascent tech company is promoting how it can produce a newscast for television — or any streaming platform — fully synthetically. Should TV industry leaders fret, or laugh?

WMC’s “Women of Color in U.S. News Leadership 2023” focuses on women in legacy print and broadcast news as well as the fast-growing digital news sphere and details their approaches for creating more inclusive newsrooms, expanding definitions of news, attracting new audiences, and, consequently, increasing the bottom line.

How do you integrate the concept of authentic voice and personality into your communication style? How does it affect your ability to establish a genuine connection with your audience? How does it elevate your leadership stature? Public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal has some ideas to share.

The Nielsen 2023 Consumer Survey Report was distributed last week, and the results, based on some 3,000 consumers across the U.S. conducted earlier in 2023, yielded a sentiment about advertisements that undoubtedly deserves the attention of media industry C-Suite executives and CMOs alike.

"You can't afford to wing it no matter if you are the boss, a department head, or a team leader charged with delivering the remarks," public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal says about holiday speeches and toasts. Here are ways to craft the perfect holiday speech that she says will leave your colleagues feeling warm and festive.

The number of people who moved between states rose from nearly 7.9 million people in 2021 to approximately 8.2 million people in 2022, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau estimates. The American Community Survey (ACS) shows state-to-state movers also made up a larger share of all movers between 2021 and 2022, increasing from 18.8% to 19.9%.

As media leaders seek ways to reach and retain audiences and secure long-term business success, broadcast media services partnerships have become key for getting access to the innovation that they need to tap into new audiences and increase visibility in a competitive market while optimizing ROI, notes LTN executive Catherine Gonazlez Pack.

The nonresident senior fellow for Technology Policy Studies at the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute wants the Commission to kill its live broadcast indecency and profanity regulatory policy. His comments came in response to a November 11 live post-game interview with the fill-in coach for the University of Michigan football team.

No matter where you are on your journey as a public speaker, there’s room for improvement, says veteran public relations professional and public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal. In this column, the Miami-based thought leader offers tips based on prior submissions on how to tackle public appearances across 2024.

How does the news media portray the U.S. Hispanic community? What does this consumer group have to say about the number of reporters who are Hispanic or Latino? A just-released Horowitz report offers some sobering statistics as to the work broadcast news still needs to do to win over this audience.