Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Zamir Ahmed

Former NAB Communications VP Slams Broadcast TV’s FCC Wants

For nearly 13 years, he advocated for broadcast television and radio as a member of the NAB's Media Relations and Communications corps. Since the start of 2024, he has been aligned with ACA Connects. Now, he's penned an opinion piece that posits the cable TV industry against a rewrite of the FCC's media ownership rules.

Another Big Week At Spot Cable For A Big Advertiser

The latest Media Monitors Spot Ten reports are out for Cable and for national TV, and when it comes to MVPD-distributed channels, there's no question as to what brand is at the top by spot play.

Challenger: ‘Alarming Drop’ in Female CEO Successions

The rate of new CEOs who are women stayed at just 25% during the month of May, equal to the percentage seen in April and below the 29% of new CEOs who are women appointed in January-May 2024. Meanwhile, 56% of the women who are leaving their roles are being replaced by men, a new report shows.
Florida TV Sale

Radio, TV Lag Mobile, Direct Mail and Banner Ads In Florida

"Florida’s local advertising landscape is flourishing this year," boasts BIA's Christina Hurley, who led a presentation at the FAB annual convention illustrating a healthy increase in total local advertising revenue in 2025. There's just one problem: This is being driven by media other than those who are association members.

The Sixth Annual Media Sales Report Arrives

This year’s edition goes beyond industry data with the introduction of a new and accessible format that ditches one large report. "Readers can now explore individual, focused sections on the most critical topics impacting media sales today," CSS says.

‘Performance-Based’ Audio Advertising Gets A Boost

AdLib, a provider of the leading DSP-agnostic media buying platform for in-house programmatic teams and independent agencies, and programmatic audio buying platform Audiohook, have agreed to a strategic integration of their services. This, the companies say, is designed to widen access to performance-driven audio campaigns.

For Episode No. 71, Chachi Loves Deborah Parenti

Connoisseur Media founder/CEO Jeff Warshaw, former Meruelo Media leader Otto Padrón, and Saga Communications President/CEO Chris Forgy are among those who have appeared recently on the "Chachi Loves Everybody" podcast. For Episode No. 71, Denes spoke with the President/Publisher of RBR+TVBR.

Update: Innovid Teams With Sirius XM For Podcast, Pandora Ad Data

A new ad measurement partnership between SiriusXM Media and the integrated ad server tied to the Pandora ad-supported streaming business and SiriusXM podcasts is designed to aid CMOs in getting a fuller understanding of the campaign's ROI. It builds on measurement agreements with a host of other vendors, including Nielsen.

Shoppable TV Advertising Success Examined By Roku

Just how do consumers engage with "shoppable TV," the latest sexy sales platform marketers are salivating over? A new report from Roku and Dentsu shows that, as streaming becomes a dominant mode of TV consumption, advertisers are reimagining what’s possible with shoppable TV and how to best engage with consumers.

RAB Concludes Radio Talent Institute, Audio Media Academy

The GAB Radio Talent Institute returned to Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., on May 12-17, while the inaugural Illinois Broadcasters Foundation’s Audio Media Career Academy took place in Bloomington-Normal, Ill., from May 12-17.

Public Speaking for Beginners, Made Simple

"To be a competent speaker, you don’t need to be charismatic," says public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal. "You don’t need a booming voice. You don’t need to be flawless. You need three elements." Learn what those three elements are in this column, that comes along with a short video presentation.

Highdive Gets Top RMA Honor For Jersey Mike’s Campaign

Winners of the 2025 Radio Mercury Awards were announced Thursday evening at the 34th annual awards presentation held at SONY Hall in New York. The awards show was also live streamed, courtesy of Hubbard Radio. Getting the Best of Show award? The agency behind the popular sandwich shop chain.

Hispanic Radio Conference To Begin On Wednesday

This is the agenda, and these are the speakers, you can’t afford to miss at next week’s Hispanic Radio Conference. We all have regrets – don’t let missing this be one of them.

Media Industry Job Cuts Half Of Early 2024’s Losses

The Media industry has announced 4,107 cuts so far in 2025, down 51% from the 8,410 cuts announced in the first five months of last year. The News category, which includes broadcast, digital, and print, has also seen a significant dip in the number of job losses seen through the first five months of 2025.

Media CEO Turnover Edges Higher In April

The number of CEO changes at U.S.-based media companies rose on a month-to-month basis in April, while increasing by 50% from one year ago, fresh data from global outplacement and business and executive coach firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas show.